Firmware Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Firmware
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 80 88
Rank change year-on-year +24 +8 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 1 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.46% 0.15% 1.74%
As % of the System Software category 5.36% 0.79% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile - - £23,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £54,125
90th Percentile - - £60,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -16.67%

All System Software Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 56 126 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 8.60% 19.38% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 46 69 162
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £61,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.14% +2.08%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Firmware
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) EMC