Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Leicestershire

Embedded Firmware
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire 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 46 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 3 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.53% - 2.28%
As % of the System Software category 7.32% - 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,000 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile £59,000 - £49,375
90th Percentile - - £53,000
East Midlands median annual salary £56,000 £80,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +88.24% +6.25%

All System Software Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 41 42 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.30% 8.73% 20.81%
Number of salaries quoted 39 27 69
10th Percentile £23,875 £25,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £25,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -38.99% +32.21%
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £42,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -29.41% -17.07% +13.89%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Leicester - 2 £56,000 - 1
Embedded Firmware
East Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) EMC