Firmware Job Trends in Lancashire

Firmware
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 70 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 -29 +33
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.26% 0.63% 0.83%
As % of the System Software category 8.11% 6.94% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £56,809 £42,350 -
25th Percentile £57,757 £47,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,280 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.35% -8.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,361 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,644 - -
North West median annual salary £46,500 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.71% -1.90% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 37 72 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.25% 9.03% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 31 44 30
10th Percentile - £38,825 £27,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £34,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £48,842 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.29% +2.82% +41.79%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £61,299 £65,603
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.10%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Firmware
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Firmware

Firmware
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Preston +7 1 £57,560 +13.98%
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
Firmware
North West

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC