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 27 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 466 653
Rank change year-on-year +111 +187 -72
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 576 406 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.57% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 6.82% 3.59% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 454 315 254
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,550 £32,150
25th Percentile £40,013 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.71% +6.67%

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 8,448 11,311 24,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.79% 16.00% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,378 8,233 13,695
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £28,223
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £38,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,968 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 27 July 2024.

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 27 July 2024. 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 +14 168 £50,000 +17.65% 40
Midlands +54 118 £52,500 +15.38% 16
South West +46 86 £65,000 +36.84% 18
North of England +13 86 £55,000 +33.33% 16
East of England +17 72 £55,000 -15.38% 34
East Midlands +18 68 £42,500 -15.00% 10
North West +12 56 £55,000 +4.76% 10
West Midlands +20 50 £61,500 +36.67% 6
London +84 46 £60,000 +14.29% 10
Yorkshire +33 21 £50,000 +55.28% 5
North East -2 9 £56,000 +12.00% 1
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 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.56%) Confluence
3 7 (1.22%) Kinematics
4 6 (1.04%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.35%) Apache
5 2 (0.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (2.95%) OrCAD
2 15 (2.60%) Simulink
3 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.87%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.17%) LabWindows
1 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 24 (4.17%) Azure
2 21 (3.65%) AWS
3 17 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (1.74%) GitHub
5 7 (1.22%) SaaS
6 6 (1.04%) Power Platform
7 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.87%) OneDrive
8 4 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (0.69%) Cloudflare
8 4 (0.69%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.35%) Akamai
9 2 (0.35%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.35%) IaaS
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.72%) Wireless
2 36 (6.25%) Firewall
3 30 (5.21%) WAN
4 26 (4.51%) OSPF
5 20 (3.47%) Ethernet
6 19 (3.30%) 5G
6 19 (3.30%) Internet
7 18 (3.13%) SD-WAN
8 17 (2.95%) Bluetooth
8 17 (2.95%) LAN
8 17 (2.95%) TCP/IP
9 16 (2.78%) HTTP
9 16 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (2.60%) DNS
10 15 (2.60%) MQTT
11 12 (2.08%) DVB
12 11 (1.91%) BGP
13 10 (1.74%) VLAN
13 10 (1.74%) VRRP
14 9 (1.56%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.22%) Big Data
3 6 (1.04%) Power BI
4 5 (0.87%) MySQL
5 4 (0.69%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.17%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.17%) DB2
7 1 (0.17%) GIS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 33 (5.73%) Git
2 27 (4.69%) JIRA
3 21 (3.65%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (2.95%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.26%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.39%) Rational Team Concert
7 7 (1.22%) Subversion
8 5 (0.87%) GitLab
9 4 (0.69%) TestRail
10 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.52%) Postman
10 3 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.35%) Selenium
12 1 (0.17%) Appium
12 1 (0.17%) Calabash
12 1 (0.17%) GDB
12 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 205 (35.59%) Electronics
2 125 (21.70%) Social Skills
3 96 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 61 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (6.94%) Finance
6 39 (6.77%) Automotive
7 38 (6.60%) Marketing
8 29 (5.03%) Retail
9 27 (4.69%) Telecoms
10 26 (4.51%) Aerospace
11 23 (3.99%) Public Sector
12 22 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.56%) Law
15 9 (1.56%) Legal
16 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.87%) Military
16 5 (0.87%) Multimedia
17 4 (0.69%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 186 (32.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 145 (25.17%) Senior
3 128 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 90 (15.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 78 (13.54%) Firmware Engineer
6 67 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
7 64 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 52 (9.03%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 41 (7.12%) Electronics Engineer
10 39 (6.77%) Lead
10 39 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 36 (6.25%) Developer
12 32 (5.56%) Hardware Engineer
13 31 (5.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 30 (5.21%) Design Engineer
15 28 (4.86%) Senior Firmware Engineer
16 27 (4.69%) Principal Engineer
17 24 (4.17%) Team Leader
18 19 (3.30%) Field Service Engineer
18 19 (3.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.78%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.08%) Yocto
3 9 (1.56%) HTML
3 9 (1.56%) Qt
3 9 (1.56%) WPF
4 8 (1.39%) .NET
4 8 (1.39%) Node.js
5 7 (1.22%) CSS
6 5 (0.87%) Middleware
7 4 (0.69%) XML
8 3 (0.52%) Gherkin
8 3 (0.52%) OpenGL
8 3 (0.52%) React
8 3 (0.52%) Vulkan
9 2 (0.35%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.35%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.35%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (0.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.89%) Embedded Systems
2 63 (10.94%) FPGA
3 54 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (7.12%) Driving Licence
5 36 (6.25%) Data Centre
6 35 (6.08%) IoT
7 34 (5.90%) VHDL
8 24 (4.17%) Management Information System
9 23 (3.99%) GNSS
10 22 (3.82%) Analogue Electronics
11 20 (3.47%) Algorithms
12 19 (3.30%) EPoS
13 16 (2.78%) Device Driver
14 11 (1.91%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
15 9 (1.56%) Replication
15 9 (1.56%) Tandem
16 8 (1.39%) CUDA
16 8 (1.39%) MicroBlaze
16 8 (1.39%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 134 (23.26%) Linux
2 92 (15.97%) Windows
3 50 (8.68%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (5.38%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.78%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (1.74%) Unix
9 9 (1.56%) Windows NT
10 6 (1.04%) Debian
10 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.87%) Android
11 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.17%) AIX
13 1 (0.17%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (31.94%) Software Engineering
2 99 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (13.19%) Computer Science
4 66 (11.46%) Agile
5 55 (9.55%) Mentoring
6 46 (7.99%) Software Testing
7 42 (7.29%) Customer Service
8 41 (7.12%) Customer Requirements
8 41 (7.12%) ITIL
9 40 (6.94%) Test Automation
10 37 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (6.25%) Validation
12 35 (6.08%) Project Management
13 29 (5.03%) UML
14 28 (4.86%) Artificial Intelligence
14 28 (4.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (4.51%) Release Management
15 26 (4.51%) Signal Processing
16 25 (4.34%) Business Intelligence
17 24 (4.17%) FPGA Design
Programming Languages
1 213 (36.98%) C
2 173 (30.03%) C++
3 73 (12.67%) Python
4 46 (7.99%) Embedded C
5 42 (7.29%) C#
6 31 (5.38%) SQL
7 24 (4.17%) Java
8 22 (3.82%) MATLAB
9 16 (2.78%) Embedded C++
10 10 (1.74%) Perl
11 9 (1.56%) Bash
11 9 (1.56%) Tcl
12 8 (1.39%) VB
13 7 (1.22%) JavaScript
13 7 (1.22%) Rust
13 7 (1.22%) XAML
14 3 (0.52%) Groovy
14 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.52%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 192 (33.33%) Degree
2 74 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.26%) CCNP
8 12 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.74%) CCNA
10 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.22%) CCDP
11 7 (1.22%) CCIE
11 7 (1.22%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 6 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.87%) HNC
13 5 (0.87%) HND
13 5 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.69%) MCSE
14 4 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.60%) SLA
2 29 (5.03%) QA
3 10 (1.74%) MISRA
4 9 (1.56%) MISRA C
5 6 (1.04%) GDPR
5 6 (1.04%) PMO
6 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.69%) JTAG
7 3 (0.52%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.35%) DO-254
8 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 13485
8 2 (0.35%) NIST
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.17%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.17%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 223 (38.72%) Embedded Firmware
2 25 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.91%) vSphere
6 10 (1.74%) Docker
7 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.69%) NFS
8 4 (0.69%) pfSense
8 4 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.52%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (2.78%) SCCM
2 12 (2.08%) WSUS
3 9 (1.56%) Sysprep
4 7 (1.22%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.04%) SCOM
6 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.87%) Terraform
6 5 (0.87%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.69%) Ansible
8 2 (0.35%) Grafana
8 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.17%) Podman
9 1 (0.17%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.17%) SELinux
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (7.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.69%) NetApp
3 25 (4.34%) Dell
3 25 (4.34%) IBM
3 25 (4.34%) VMware
4 23 (3.99%) HP
5 22 (3.82%) SAP
6 17 (2.95%) Cisco
7 16 (2.78%) EMC
8 12 (2.08%) Xilinx
9 10 (1.74%) Altera
9 10 (1.74%) Extreme Networks
9 10 (1.74%) Juniper
9 10 (1.74%) Veeam
10 8 (1.39%) Aruba
10 8 (1.39%) Green Hills
10 8 (1.39%) Motorola
11 7 (1.22%) Ekahau
11 7 (1.22%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.04%) Citrix