Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Hampshire

Embedded Firmware
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 154 116
Rank change year-on-year +86 -38 +48
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 58 7 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.61% 0.21% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 24.79% 2.01% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - £35,500 -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +75.00% -48.39%
75th Percentile - - £50,313
90th Percentile - £73,000 £100,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -32.54%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

Embedded 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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 234 349 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 10.54% 10.49% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 149 218 242
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,775 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,563 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +19.57% -9.19%
75th Percentile £62,125 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £41,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.55% +10.00% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth - 56 - -
Romsey - 1 - - 3
Fordingbridge - 1 £45,000 - 1
Embedded Firmware
South East

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 56 (96.55%) Software-Defined Radio
2 31 (53.45%) Wireless
General
1 31 (53.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 33 (56.90%) Embedded Engineer
2 31 (53.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 31 (53.45%) Software Engineer
3 25 (43.10%) Radio Engineer
3 25 (43.10%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (3.45%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 2 (3.45%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (1.72%) Junior
5 1 (1.72%) Junior Embedded Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (53.45%) e-Learning
1 31 (53.45%) Embedded Systems
1 31 (53.45%) MicroBlaze
1 31 (53.45%) RISC-V
2 25 (43.10%) FPGA
3 2 (3.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (53.45%) Embedded Linux
1 31 (53.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (96.55%) Digital Signal Processing
1 56 (96.55%) Innovative Thinking
1 56 (96.55%) Signal Processing
2 31 (53.45%) Agile
2 31 (53.45%) Software Engineering
3 25 (43.10%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 31 (53.45%) C
1 31 (53.45%) C++
2 25 (43.10%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 56 (96.55%) SC Cleared
1 56 (96.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 58 (100.00%) Firmware