Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Leicester

Embedded Firmware
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.63% - 0.80%
As % of the System Software category 18.18% - 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £47,875
25th Percentile £53,000 - £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 - £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.13%
75th Percentile £59,000 - £53,438
90th Percentile - - £53,625
Leicestershire median annual salary £56,000 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +6.25%

All System Software Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11 28 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 3.45% 12.79% 24.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 51
10th Percentile £40,450 - £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £25,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,600 £26,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +113.85% -48.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £66,125 £58,750 £61,500
90th Percentile £69,275 £60,000 £65,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £35,000 £30,500 £49,990
% change year-on-year +14.75% -38.99% +32.21%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Leicester

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC