Firmware Jobs in Hampshire

Firmware
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 145 133
Rank change year-on-year +53 -12 +82
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 34 44 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.68% 1.09% 1.33%
As % of the System Software category 14.23% 7.36% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5 43 27
10th Percentile - £32,500 -
25th Percentile £40,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £53,250 £62,500 £78,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +11.11% -16.28%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

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 239 598 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.83% 14.77% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 172 487 452
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,775
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,625 £63,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -5.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Hampshire

Firmware
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Hampshire

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Hampshire

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 Firmware within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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 +34 33 £42,000 -1.18% 16
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 29 (85.29%) Software-Defined Radio
2 12 (35.29%) Wireless
3 2 (5.88%) DHCP
3 2 (5.88%) VLAN
4 1 (2.94%) Network Security
General
1 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Radio Engineer
1 14 (41.18%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Senior
5 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (50.00%) FPGA
2 15 (44.12%) e-Learning
3 12 (35.29%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (35.29%) MicroBlaze
3 12 (35.29%) RISC-V
4 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Embedded Linux
1 12 (35.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) Digital Signal Processing
1 29 (85.29%) Innovative Thinking
1 29 (85.29%) Signal Processing
2 14 (41.18%) Physics
3 12 (35.29%) Agile
3 12 (35.29%) Software Engineering
4 5 (14.71%) Change Control
4 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.76%) Asset Management
5 4 (11.76%) Ticket Management
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Integration Testing
6 3 (8.82%) Mathematical Modelling
6 3 (8.82%) Mathematics
6 3 (8.82%) Software Testing
6 3 (8.82%) Validation
6 3 (8.82%) Verification and Validation
7 2 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 2 (5.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 1 (2.94%) Data Centre Operations
Programming Languages
1 17 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 12 (35.29%) C
2 12 (35.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 29 (85.29%) SC Cleared
1 29 (85.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.88%) CCNA
4 1 (2.94%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (76.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Cisco
1 3 (8.82%) Xilinx
2 2 (5.88%) Dell
2 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
2 2 (5.88%) Juniper
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) Meraki
3 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.94%) SonicWALL