Firmware Jobs in England

Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 307 569
Rank change year-on-year -97 +262 -52
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 341 544 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.93% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 5.28% 6.05% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 142 375 253
10th Percentile £43,938 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,750 £61,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £71,250 £81,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

All System Software Skills
England

Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,464 8,996 14,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.30% 15.38% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,715 7,338 10,512
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in England.

Salary trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the England region over the 6 months to 23 January 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -82 104 £55,000 +2.80% 45
South West +52 76 £70,000 +40.00% 35
Midlands -30 61 £63,500 +9.48% 12
East of England -50 41 £51,000 -7.27% 31
North of England -29 34 £56,000 +12.00% 25
East Midlands -7 32 £80,000 +60.00% 6
West Midlands -32 29 £62,500 - 6
London +17 23 £57,500 +15.00% 8
North East 0 15 £56,750 +3.18% 3
North West -38 11 £52,500 - 12
Yorkshire -2 8 £62,500 +47.06% 10
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.35%) Confluence
2 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 42 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.35%) OrCAD
3 5 (1.47%) Simulink
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (9.68%) Azure
2 14 (4.11%) AWS
3 12 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.35%) GitHub
4 8 (2.35%) SaaS
5 6 (1.76%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.47%) AWS CodeCommit
6 5 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.17%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.17%) GCP
8 3 (0.88%) IaaS
8 3 (0.88%) PaaS
9 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.59%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.14%) Firewall
2 30 (8.80%) Wireless
3 29 (8.50%) Bluetooth
4 27 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (5.57%) VPN
6 18 (5.28%) DNS
6 18 (5.28%) VLAN
6 18 (5.28%) WAN
7 16 (4.69%) SD-WAN
7 16 (4.69%) TCP/IP
8 15 (4.40%) Network Security
9 13 (3.81%) Internet
9 13 (3.81%) Software-Defined Radio
10 12 (3.52%) Ethernet
10 12 (3.52%) RS-232
11 10 (2.93%) DHCP
12 9 (2.64%) RS-485
13 8 (2.35%) LAN
13 8 (2.35%) Modbus
13 8 (2.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.76%) Power BI
2 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (7.92%) Git
2 20 (5.87%) JIRA
3 6 (1.76%) Eclipse
3 6 (1.76%) Subversion
4 4 (1.17%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.88%) TestRail
6 2 (0.59%) GitLab
6 2 (0.59%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.59%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 152 (44.57%) Electronics
2 71 (20.82%) Social Skills
3 33 (9.68%) Automotive
4 28 (8.21%) Manufacturing
5 26 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.40%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.81%) Military
8 13 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.64%) Finance
10 7 (2.05%) Legal
11 6 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.17%) Marketing
13 4 (1.17%) Police
13 4 (1.17%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.59%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.59%) Retail
16 1 (0.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (36.95%) Embedded Engineer
2 109 (31.96%) Senior
3 85 (24.93%) Software Engineer
4 59 (17.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 52 (15.25%) Firmware Engineer
6 48 (14.08%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 42 (12.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 31 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
9 30 (8.80%) Electronics Engineer
10 26 (7.62%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 25 (7.33%) Design Engineer
11 25 (7.33%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (6.74%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 22 (6.45%) Senior Design Engineer
13 22 (6.45%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
13 22 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
14 21 (6.16%) Network Engineer
15 19 (5.57%) Lead
15 19 (5.57%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 17 (4.99%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.16%) .NET
2 13 (3.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 7 (2.05%) SAML
3 7 (2.05%) Yocto
4 5 (1.47%) NestJS
4 5 (1.47%) Node.js
5 4 (1.17%) REST
6 3 (0.88%) Flash
6 3 (0.88%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.59%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.59%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.59%) Middleware
7 2 (0.59%) SOAP
8 1 (0.29%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.29%) HTML
8 1 (0.29%) Laravel
8 1 (0.29%) RESTful
8 1 (0.29%) Sphinx
8 1 (0.29%) Vue
8 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (20.23%) Embedded Systems
2 56 (16.42%) FPGA
3 46 (13.49%) VHDL
4 28 (8.21%) Algorithms
5 25 (7.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 23 (6.74%) Optoelectronics
7 20 (5.87%) Data Centre
8 17 (4.99%) Life Science
9 14 (4.11%) GNSS
9 14 (4.11%) MicroBlaze
10 13 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (3.52%) Device Driver
12 9 (2.64%) CAN bus
12 9 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.64%) IoT
12 9 (2.64%) Management Information System
12 9 (2.64%) Satnav
13 6 (1.76%) ARM Cortex
13 6 (1.76%) Verilog
14 5 (1.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 92 (26.98%) Linux
2 58 (17.01%) Windows
3 34 (9.97%) Embedded Linux
4 18 (5.28%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.69%) FreeRTOS
6 12 (3.52%) Android
7 7 (2.05%) Unix
8 6 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.88%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.79%) Software Engineering
2 49 (14.37%) Signal Processing
3 45 (13.20%) Schematic Capture
4 44 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (12.90%) Prototyping
5 36 (10.56%) Computer Science
6 34 (9.97%) Agile
7 33 (9.68%) Requirements Analysis
8 28 (8.21%) Test Automation
9 27 (7.92%) DevOps
10 26 (7.62%) CAD
10 26 (7.62%) Digital Signal Processing
11 24 (7.04%) Open Source
12 23 (6.74%) Stress Analysis
13 21 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (5.87%) Mentoring
15 18 (5.28%) ITIL
16 17 (4.99%) Architectural Design
17 16 (4.69%) Scrum
18 14 (4.11%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 171 (50.15%) C
2 152 (44.57%) C++
3 85 (24.93%) Python
4 56 (16.42%) C#
5 47 (13.78%) Java
6 43 (12.61%) Embedded C
7 27 (7.92%) MATLAB
8 14 (4.11%) Embedded C++
9 12 (3.52%) PowerShell
10 11 (3.23%) VB
11 10 (2.93%) SQL
12 9 (2.64%) Perl
12 9 (2.64%) Tcl
13 7 (2.05%) Bash
14 2 (0.59%) R
14 2 (0.59%) Rust
15 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
15 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.29%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (31.67%) Degree
2 49 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.33%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (6.74%) CCNA
4 23 (6.74%) SC Cleared
5 21 (6.16%) CCNP
6 20 (5.87%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.35%) MCSA
7 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.17%) MCP
9 3 (0.88%) HND
9 3 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.59%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.29%) HNC
11 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) PMP
11 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.23%) QA
2 8 (2.35%) Automotive SPICE
2 8 (2.35%) AUTOSAR
3 6 (1.76%) ISO 13485
3 6 (1.76%) MISRA
3 6 (1.76%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.17%) IEC 62304
5 4 (1.17%) SLA
6 2 (0.59%) GAMP
6 2 (0.59%) GxP
6 2 (0.59%) JTAG
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 15765
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 131 (38.42%) Embedded Firmware
2 29 (8.50%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.64%) Docker
4 9 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.17%) vSphere
8 3 (0.88%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.59%) NFS
Systems Management
1 11 (3.23%) Ansible
2 10 (2.93%) WSUS
3 7 (2.05%) SCCM
4 5 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.47%) Terraform
5 4 (1.17%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (1.17%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.59%) vRealize
7 2 (0.59%) VxRail
8 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 60 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.68%) EMC
3 19 (5.57%) Cisco
4 16 (4.69%) Palo Alto
4 16 (4.69%) Veeam
5 15 (4.40%) VMware
6 13 (3.81%) Dell
7 11 (3.23%) HP
7 11 (3.23%) Xilinx
8 10 (2.93%) Meraki
9 9 (2.64%) Altera
9 9 (2.64%) Green Hills
10 6 (1.76%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.47%) Cadence
11 5 (1.47%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.17%) Aruba
12 4 (1.17%) Intel
13 3 (0.88%) F5
13 3 (0.88%) Juniper
13 3 (0.88%) MobileIron