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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 308 545
Rank change year-on-year -141 +237 +65
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 238 791 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.88% 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 4.06% 7.36% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 162 584 300
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £26,975
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,875 £72,125 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 5,857 10,752 13,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.88% 11.97% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,359 8,555 9,013
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,170 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% -1.20%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -71 77 £62,500 +25.00% 106
East of England -16 42 £57,500 +4.55% 73
North of England -40 36 £47,683 -9.18% 43
Midlands -26 35 £47,500 -9.52% 24
North West -38 26 £47,683 -13.30% 20
London +68 25 £85,000 +61.90% 74
South West +32 20 £70,000 +21.74% 48
West Midlands +3 18 £45,074 -24.88% 16
East Midlands +4 17 £47,500 -5.00% 8
Yorkshire +26 8 £46,000 +8.24% 21
North East +42 2 £61,000 +10.91% 3
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 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.10%) Simulink
3 2 (0.84%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.88%) Azure
2 13 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.62%) AWS
4 5 (2.10%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (2.10%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.84%) Firebase
5 2 (0.84%) GCP
5 2 (0.84%) GitHub
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon Alexa
6 1 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.42%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (17.23%) Software-Defined Radio
2 36 (15.13%) Wireless
3 28 (11.76%) Firewall
4 26 (10.92%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (6.30%) DHCP
5 15 (6.30%) VPN
6 14 (5.88%) WAN
7 12 (5.04%) Cisco Firepower
7 12 (5.04%) Modbus
7 12 (5.04%) RS-485
7 12 (5.04%) VLAN
8 11 (4.62%) DNS
9 10 (4.20%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (4.20%) LAN
10 9 (3.78%) Bluetooth
10 9 (3.78%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (3.78%) NX-OS
10 9 (3.78%) ZigBee
11 8 (3.36%) SD-WAN
11 8 (3.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (6.30%) JIRA
2 13 (5.46%) Git
3 4 (1.68%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.26%) GDB
4 3 (1.26%) Subversion
5 1 (0.42%) Appium
5 1 (0.42%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.42%) TestRail
5 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (31.09%) Electronics
2 71 (29.83%) Social Skills
3 37 (15.55%) Finance
4 23 (9.66%) Aviation
5 18 (7.56%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.10%) Automotive
9 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.68%) Marketing
11 3 (1.26%) Banking
11 3 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.26%) Wearables
12 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Police
12 2 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (22.27%) Senior
2 49 (20.59%) Embedded Engineer
3 41 (17.23%) Software Engineer
4 36 (15.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 29 (12.18%) Electronics Engineer
6 27 (11.34%) Design Engineer
7 25 (10.50%) Systems Engineer
8 24 (10.08%) Network Engineer
9 23 (9.66%) Firmware Engineer
9 23 (9.66%) Lead
10 22 (9.24%) Radar Engineer
11 21 (8.82%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 19 (7.98%) Radio Engineer
12 19 (7.98%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 16 (6.72%) FPGA Engineer
14 15 (6.30%) Analyst
14 15 (6.30%) Hardware Engineer
15 14 (5.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 14 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
15 14 (5.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.10%) REST
2 3 (1.26%) OpenCL
2 3 (1.26%) OpenEmbedded
2 3 (1.26%) Yocto
3 2 (0.84%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) GraphQL
3 2 (0.84%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) Laravel
3 2 (0.84%) Middleware
3 2 (0.84%) React
4 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) JSON
4 1 (0.42%) React Native
4 1 (0.42%) RESTful
4 1 (0.42%) SAML
4 1 (0.42%) Vue
4 1 (0.42%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.75%) Embedded Systems
1 47 (19.75%) FPGA
2 29 (12.18%) VHDL
3 20 (8.40%) e-Learning
4 19 (7.98%) MicroBlaze
5 17 (7.14%) RISC-V
6 15 (6.30%) Data Centre
7 14 (5.88%) Analogue Electronics
7 14 (5.88%) Verilog
8 11 (4.62%) Optoelectronics
9 8 (3.36%) IoT
9 8 (3.36%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.52%) Device Driver
12 5 (2.10%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.68%) CAN bus
14 3 (1.26%) CUDA
14 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (1.26%) iPad
14 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.23%) Linux
2 36 (15.13%) Windows
3 26 (10.92%) Embedded Linux
4 15 (6.30%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.52%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (2.10%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.84%) Android
7 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.42%) CentOS
8 1 (0.42%) Rocky
8 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.42%) Unix
8 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (22.27%) Software Engineering
3 45 (18.91%) Signal Processing
4 41 (17.23%) Digital Signal Processing
4 41 (17.23%) Innovative Thinking
5 31 (13.03%) Agile
6 25 (10.50%) Schematic Capture
7 24 (10.08%) Physics
7 24 (10.08%) Prototyping
7 24 (10.08%) Systems Engineering
8 22 (9.24%) Change Management
8 22 (9.24%) Mentoring
8 22 (9.24%) Safety Engineering
9 20 (8.40%) Validation
10 18 (7.56%) FPGA Design
11 15 (6.30%) Customer Service
12 14 (5.88%) Asset Management
12 14 (5.88%) Incident Management
12 14 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
13 13 (5.46%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 72 (30.25%) C
2 51 (21.43%) C++
3 27 (11.34%) MATLAB
4 12 (5.04%) Python
5 11 (4.62%) C#
6 8 (3.36%) Embedded C
7 6 (2.52%) Ada
8 5 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.68%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.26%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.26%) Bash
10 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.26%) SQL
11 2 (0.84%) Java
11 2 (0.84%) Perl
11 2 (0.84%) PHP
11 2 (0.84%) Tcl
11 2 (0.84%) VB
12 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (23.11%) Degree
2 48 (20.17%) Security Cleared
3 42 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 22 (9.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (9.24%) CEH
5 7 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.68%) CCNA
8 3 (1.26%) CCNP
8 3 (1.26%) PhD
9 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.42%) MCITP
10 1 (0.42%) MCSA
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.66%) DO-254
2 7 (2.94%) QA
2 7 (2.94%) SLA
3 3 (1.26%) JTAG
4 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.84%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.42%) MISRA
5 1 (0.42%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 89 (37.39%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (4.20%) BitLocker
3 9 (3.78%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.26%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (5.88%) SCCM
2 4 (1.68%) WSUS
3 3 (1.26%) Ansible
3 3 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.26%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.50%) Cisco
3 17 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 13 (5.46%) CheckPoint
4 13 (5.46%) HP
4 13 (5.46%) SolarWinds
5 12 (5.04%) Apple
6 11 (4.62%) Meraki
7 10 (4.20%) MobileIron
8 9 (3.78%) Infoblox
8 9 (3.78%) Juniper
8 9 (3.78%) VMware
9 7 (2.94%) McAfee
9 7 (2.94%) Remedy
9 7 (2.94%) Xilinx
10 6 (2.52%) EMC
11 5 (2.10%) Dell
11 5 (2.10%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.68%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.26%) ServiceNow