Firmware Job Trends in Fareham

Firmware
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 38 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +4
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 2 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Fareham 0.83% 1.45% 2.88%
As % of the System Software category 22.22% 7.14% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £41,250 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +64.29% -41.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,875 £60,000
90th Percentile - £71,750 £73,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +74.29% -41.67%

All System Software Skills
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 9 56 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fareham 3.75% 20.29% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3 37 27
10th Percentile £34,400 £28,000 £27,150
25th Percentile £40,250 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +17.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £76,500 £78,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -4.55% +23.87% -15.02%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Fareham

Firmware
Salary Trend in Fareham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 2 (100.00%) JTAG