Firmware Job Trends in Glasgow

Firmware
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Firmware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 141 63
Rank change year-on-year +77 -78 +41
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 19 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.54% 0.43% 1.15%
As % of the System Software category 24.36% 4.57% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 8
10th Percentile £63,750 £49,125 £50,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £52,813 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile - £65,625 -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £58,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +36.17% +2.17% -4.17%

All System Software Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 78 175 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 10.44% 9.34% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 50 71 109
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -5.66% -7.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £61,250 £64,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £73,000
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -5.17%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Glasgow over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Architect
1 15 (78.95%) Firmware Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 19 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (78.95%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Embedded Firmware