Firmware Jobs in Glasgow

Firmware
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 214 113
Rank change year-on-year +140 -101 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 15 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.89% 0.23% 0.82%
As % of the System Software category 18.29% 2.23% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 7
10th Percentile £63,750 £50,475 £39,450
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £55,250
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.98% -7.92%

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 82 358 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 10.35% 10.24% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55 120 129
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,125 £24,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £39,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £49,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.06% -6.19% -
75th Percentile £84,625 £57,500 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,875 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £66,000 £47,500 £54,941
% change year-on-year +38.95% -13.54% -4.45%

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

Firmware
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Firmware in Glasgow

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Glasgow over the 6 months to 12 July 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
1 1 (6.67%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (6.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Firmware Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 14 (93.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (6.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C++
2 1 (6.67%) Assembly Language
2 1 (6.67%) C
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Embedded Firmware