Firmware Jobs in England

Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 550 580
Rank change year-on-year +240 +30 -23
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 760 420 686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.89% 0.46% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 6.99% 2.96% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 558 297 267
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,900 £31,691
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,501 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,150 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
England

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,869 14,195 23,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.76% 15.39% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8,808 9,646 14,008
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,088
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +103 267 £51,000 +13.33% 108
Midlands +96 117 £55,000 +33.33% 46
East of England +63 111 £56,500 -13.08% 75
North of England +51 110 £52,500 +33.34% 24
South West +16 94 £55,000 -8.33% 39
West Midlands +63 69 £61,500 +36.67% 18
London +147 61 £52,500 +27.27% 36
North West +9 61 £55,000 +4.76% 16
East Midlands +21 48 £50,000 +81.82% 28
Yorkshire +98 39 £42,500 +31.99% 7
North East +6 10 £55,000 +34.15% 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 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 4 (0.53%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.26%) Apache
5 2 (0.26%) IIS
5 2 (0.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (3.03%) Simulink
2 19 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.18%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.53%) Windchill
6 3 (0.39%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 34 (4.47%) Azure
2 21 (2.76%) AWS
2 21 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (1.97%) GitHub
5 8 (1.05%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.05%) Power Platform
6 6 (0.79%) AWS IoT
7 5 (0.66%) Power Automate
7 5 (0.66%) SaaS
8 3 (0.39%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.39%) IaaS
9 2 (0.26%) Akamai
9 2 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.26%) Azure Storage
9 2 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.26%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 68 (8.95%) Wireless
2 35 (4.61%) Ethernet
3 30 (3.95%) Firewall
4 27 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (3.42%) Bluetooth
5 26 (3.42%) TCP/IP
6 24 (3.16%) LAN
7 23 (3.03%) WAN
8 21 (2.76%) 5G
9 20 (2.63%) DNS
10 19 (2.50%) MQTT
11 18 (2.37%) RS-232
12 16 (2.11%) HTTP
12 16 (2.11%) Internet
12 16 (2.11%) OSPF
12 16 (2.11%) SD-WAN
13 12 (1.58%) BGP
13 12 (1.58%) LTE
13 12 (1.58%) Software-Defined Radio
13 12 (1.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.05%) Power BI
2 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.53%) Big Data
4 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.13%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 45 (5.92%) JIRA
2 38 (5.00%) Git
3 22 (2.89%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (1.97%) Subversion
6 12 (1.58%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.18%) Rational Team Concert
8 6 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.66%) Selenium
9 5 (0.66%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.53%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.39%) GCC
11 3 (0.39%) GDB
11 3 (0.39%) GitLab
12 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.26%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.26%) Postman
12 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
General
1 324 (42.63%) Electronics
2 172 (22.63%) Manufacturing
3 126 (16.58%) Social Skills
4 91 (11.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (6.58%) Finance
7 49 (6.45%) Automotive
8 39 (5.13%) Marketing
9 30 (3.95%) Telecoms
10 28 (3.68%) Public Sector
11 27 (3.55%) Legal
12 22 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.63%) Retail
14 15 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.84%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.58%) Military
17 10 (1.32%) Law
17 10 (1.32%) Police
18 7 (0.92%) Aviation
18 7 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (24.87%) Embedded Engineer
2 153 (20.13%) Software Engineer
3 138 (18.16%) Electronics Engineer
4 126 (16.58%) Senior
5 99 (13.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 95 (12.50%) Graduate
7 83 (10.92%) Firmware Engineer
8 82 (10.79%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 81 (10.66%) Junior
10 78 (10.26%) Junior Electronics Engineer
11 73 (9.61%) Development Engineer
12 71 (9.34%) Graduate Development Engineer
13 65 (8.55%) Systems Engineer
14 54 (7.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 53 (6.97%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 52 (6.84%) Lead
17 42 (5.53%) Developer
18 41 (5.39%) Hardware Engineer
19 33 (4.34%) Senior Software Engineer
20 31 (4.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.11%) Yocto
2 14 (1.84%) 802.1X
3 13 (1.71%) .NET
3 13 (1.71%) Qt
4 12 (1.58%) Middleware
5 10 (1.32%) HTML
6 8 (1.05%) CSS
7 7 (0.92%) Flask
7 7 (0.92%) Node.js
8 5 (0.66%) Flash
8 5 (0.66%) WPF
9 4 (0.53%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.39%) POSIX
10 3 (0.39%) React
11 2 (0.26%) Azure Blueprints
11 2 (0.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.26%) React Native
11 2 (0.26%) Web Services
11 2 (0.26%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.24%) FPGA
2 74 (9.74%) Embedded Systems
3 51 (6.71%) IoT
4 44 (5.79%) Data Centre
5 37 (4.87%) Algorithms
6 31 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (3.95%) Driving Licence
8 28 (3.68%) Analogue Electronics
9 27 (3.55%) VHDL
10 23 (3.03%) Management Information System
11 20 (2.63%) GNSS
11 20 (2.63%) Replication
12 18 (2.37%) Mobile App
13 16 (2.11%) Device Driver
14 13 (1.71%) PCIe
15 10 (1.32%) Tandem
15 10 (1.32%) Verilog
16 9 (1.18%) ARM Cortex
16 9 (1.18%) EPoS
17 8 (1.05%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 134 (17.63%) Linux
2 109 (14.34%) Windows
3 34 (4.47%) Embedded Linux
3 34 (4.47%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.55%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (1.71%) Windows NT
7 11 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (1.32%) Windows 7
9 9 (1.18%) FreeRTOS
10 8 (1.05%) Android
10 8 (1.05%) Unix
11 2 (0.26%) Debian
11 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (28.95%) Software Engineering
2 106 (13.95%) Schematic Capture
3 103 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (10.92%) Project Planning
5 75 (9.87%) Agile
5 75 (9.87%) Software Testing
6 71 (9.34%) Computer Science
7 56 (7.37%) ITIL
8 51 (6.71%) Customer Service
9 49 (6.45%) Validation
10 47 (6.18%) Customer Requirements
11 41 (5.39%) Signal Processing
11 41 (5.39%) Test Automation
12 39 (5.13%) SDLC
13 38 (5.00%) DevOps
13 38 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
14 36 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 35 (4.61%) FPGA Design
16 34 (4.47%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 268 (35.26%) C
2 152 (20.00%) C++
3 86 (11.32%) Python
4 56 (7.37%) Embedded C
5 50 (6.58%) C#
6 27 (3.55%) SQL
7 25 (3.29%) MATLAB
8 24 (3.16%) Java
9 17 (2.24%) Embedded C++
10 11 (1.45%) Perl
11 10 (1.32%) RPG
11 10 (1.32%) Tcl
12 9 (1.18%) Bash
13 8 (1.05%) JavaScript
13 8 (1.05%) VB
14 6 (0.79%) Assembly Language
15 4 (0.53%) Rust
15 4 (0.53%) XAML
16 3 (0.39%) Groovy
16 3 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 271 (35.66%) Degree
2 105 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 47 (6.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 37 (4.87%) DV Cleared
5 33 (4.34%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.05%) CCNA
8 8 (1.05%) CCNP
9 7 (0.92%) CCDP
9 7 (0.92%) CCIE
9 7 (0.92%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (0.66%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.53%) HNC
12 4 (0.53%) HND
12 4 (0.53%) MCSE
12 4 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.42%) QA
2 21 (2.76%) SLA
3 18 (2.37%) MISRA
4 10 (1.32%) GDPR
4 10 (1.32%) MISRA C
5 8 (1.05%) JTAG
6 6 (0.79%) PMO
7 5 (0.66%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.53%) Automotive SPICE
8 4 (0.53%) AUTOSAR
8 4 (0.53%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.39%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.39%) ECSS
9 3 (0.39%) IEC 62304
9 3 (0.39%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.13%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 307 (40.39%) Embedded Firmware
2 39 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 30 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (1.71%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.05%) Docker
8 6 (0.79%) vSphere
9 5 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (4.21%) SCCM
2 23 (3.03%) SCOM
3 17 (2.24%) WSUS
4 13 (1.71%) Sysprep
5 7 (0.92%) Ansible
5 7 (0.92%) Functional Safety
5 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.92%) NetBackup
5 7 (0.92%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.79%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.53%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Terraform
8 3 (0.39%) Grafana
9 2 (0.26%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.26%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 115 (15.13%) EMC
2 63 (8.29%) Microsoft
3 35 (4.61%) VMware
4 27 (3.55%) SAP
5 25 (3.29%) IBM
5 25 (3.29%) Veeam
6 24 (3.16%) HP
7 22 (2.89%) Cisco
8 21 (2.76%) NetApp
9 20 (2.63%) Dell
9 20 (2.63%) Xilinx
10 13 (1.71%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.58%) Citrix
12 10 (1.32%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.18%) Intel
14 8 (1.05%) Altera
14 8 (1.05%) Green Hills
14 8 (1.05%) McAfee
14 8 (1.05%) Motorola
15 7 (0.92%) SolarWinds