Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Essex

Embedded Firmware
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.15% - 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 3.08% - 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile £95,000 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £80,000 £69,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year +15.94% +49.19% -28.85%

All System Software Skills
Essex

Embedded 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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 65 90 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 4.82% 14.33% 10.08%
Number of salaries quoted 55 60 54
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.38% -
75th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,375 £57,050
East of England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +12.50% -11.11%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Essex

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Essex region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Saffron Walden - 2 £90,000 -
Embedded Firmware
East of England

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware