Senior Firmware Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Firmware Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Firmware Engineer salary in England is £56,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 906 1170
Rank change year-on-year +71 +264 -303
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Firmware Engineer 26 6 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.007% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.008% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 4
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,025
25th Percentile £51,250 - £51,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -1.79% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,438 £59,875
90th Percentile £73,500 £70,625 £61,450
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +8.10%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 83,290 79,596 132,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.49% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,942 50,734 74,857
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Firmware Engineer in England

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Firmware Engineer in England

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Firmware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Firmware Engineer in England

Senior Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Firmware Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
North of England +48 10 £54,250 -1.36% 1
North West +7 7 £52,500 -4.55%
South East +3 7 £75,000 +50.00% 2
South West -24 4 £52,500 -25.00% 2
East Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 2
Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 3
North East - 2 £60,000 -
East of England - 2 £70,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 - 1
Senior Firmware Engineer
UK

Senior Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 May 2024, Senior Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Firmware
2 20 (76.92%) C
3 18 (69.23%) Embedded Firmware
4 15 (57.69%) Electronics
5 8 (30.77%) Wireless
5 8 (30.77%) Manufacturing
6 7 (26.92%) Python
6 7 (26.92%) C++
7 6 (23.08%) Linux
8 5 (19.23%) UML
8 5 (19.23%) OOP
8 5 (19.23%) OO
8 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
8 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
9 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
9 4 (15.38%) IoT
9 4 (15.38%) Degree
10 3 (11.54%) Agile
10 3 (11.54%) Embedded Software Development
10 3 (11.54%) Yocto
10 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
10 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
11 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
11 2 (7.69%) Finance
11 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
11 2 (7.69%) Automotive
11 2 (7.69%) Embedded Linux

Senior Firmware Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Wireless
2 1 (3.85%) 4G
2 1 (3.85%) 5G
2 1 (3.85%) Bluetooth
2 1 (3.85%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.85%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (3.85%) Modbus
2 1 (3.85%) MQTT
2 1 (3.85%) RS-232
2 1 (3.85%) RS-485
2 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) GCC
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 15 (57.69%) Electronics
2 8 (30.77%) Manufacturing
3 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.69%) Automotive
5 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing
5 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Yocto
2 2 (7.69%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) IoT
2 2 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) OO
1 5 (19.23%) OOP
1 5 (19.23%) UML
2 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 3 (11.54%) Agile
3 3 (11.54%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
4 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.69%) Programme Management
4 2 (7.69%) Web Development
5 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (3.85%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.85%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (3.85%) Decision-Making
5 1 (3.85%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (3.85%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (76.92%) C
2 7 (26.92%) C++
2 7 (26.92%) Python
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C
4 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.69%) Lua
5 1 (3.85%) Assembly Language
5 1 (3.85%) C#
5 1 (3.85%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 26 (100.00%) Firmware
2 18 (69.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (3.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Atmel
2 1 (3.85%) Freescale