Firmware Job Trends in London

Firmware
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Firmware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 422 450
Rank change year-on-year +77 +28 +313
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 45 27 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the System Software category 3.07% 1.23% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 19 35
10th Percentile £37,300 £47,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,464 2,200 3,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.31% 11.52% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,315 2,914
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £65,885
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £47,592 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.68% -0.91% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in London

Firmware
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in London

Firmware
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
East London 0 8 £60,000 +60.00% 2
South London +24 7 £37,500 -31.19% 1
Central London - 2 £61,000 - 7
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) AWS
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (17.78%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.11%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (4.44%) GCP
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) Firewall
2 12 (26.67%) LAN
2 12 (26.67%) WAN
3 11 (24.44%) Cisco ASA
3 11 (24.44%) VPN
4 10 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (17.78%) WLAN
7 7 (15.56%) NX-OS
8 5 (11.11%) BGP
8 5 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (11.11%) IPsec
8 5 (11.11%) MPLS
8 5 (11.11%) NetScaler
8 5 (11.11%) OSPF
8 5 (11.11%) SD-WAN
8 5 (11.11%) VXLAN
9 4 (8.89%) Wireshark
10 3 (6.67%) Internet
11 2 (4.44%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Big Data
1 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
General
1 12 (26.67%) Finance
2 9 (20.00%) Legal
2 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Law
3 4 (8.89%) Military
4 2 (4.44%) Banking
4 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Retail
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (26.67%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Field Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Field Service Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Network Operations Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Operations Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) IT Support
6 5 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Infoblox Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) IT Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) Safety Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Senior
7 4 (8.89%) Support Analyst
8 3 (6.67%) Lead
8 3 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Data Centre
1 8 (17.78%) Renewable Energy
1 8 (17.78%) SCADA
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.44%) CCTV
3 2 (4.44%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.44%) IoT
4 1 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
3 8 (17.78%) Change Management
3 8 (17.78%) Kalman Filter
3 8 (17.78%) Network Architecture
4 7 (15.56%) Process Improvement
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Security
5 5 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (11.11%) Runbook
6 4 (8.89%) Data Protection
6 4 (8.89%) Network Management
6 4 (8.89%) Signal Processing
6 4 (8.89%) UML
7 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.67%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
7 3 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (6.67%) SDLC
7 3 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) C++
1 3 (6.67%) Embedded C
2 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) NVQ Level 3
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Active Directory
1 4 (8.89%) BitLocker
2 2 (4.44%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) SCCM
2 4 (8.89%) Functional Safety
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.44%) WSUS
4 1 (2.22%) AirWatch
4 1 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.22%) Terraform
4 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) CheckPoint
1 14 (31.11%) Cisco
2 13 (28.89%) Fortinet
3 9 (20.00%) Infoblox
3 9 (20.00%) Meraki
3 9 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
5 5 (11.11%) Apple
5 5 (11.11%) Dynatrace
6 4 (8.89%) HP
6 4 (8.89%) MobileIron
6 4 (8.89%) VMware
7 2 (4.44%) Dell
7 2 (4.44%) Juniper
7 2 (4.44%) Logitech
7 2 (4.44%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.44%) Yealink
7 2 (4.44%) Zscaler
8 1 (2.22%) Google
8 1 (2.22%) Intapp