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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 69 117
Rank change year-on-year +23 +48 -24
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 12 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.71% 0.40% 0.76%
As % of the System Software category 30.77% 3.53% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 9
10th Percentile - - £53,250
25th Percentile £75,000 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +21.74% -
75th Percentile £85,000 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £77,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +24.00% +19.05% -12.50%

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 39 85 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 5.57% 11.46% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 26 39 110
10th Percentile £32,375 £30,950 £25,200
25th Percentile £54,063 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £63,500 £63,750
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Firmware job vacancy trend 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

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Glasgow over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Glasgow

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Architect
1 11 (91.67%) Firmware Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Software Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (91.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware