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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 368 444
Rank change year-on-year -39 +76 +101
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 16 24 67
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.074% 0.20% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 1.16% 1.55% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 58
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £33,125
25th Percentile £53,125 £41,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +47.83% +15.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £97,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,719 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.69% +2.32% +14.13%

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 1,376 1,544 2,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.39% 12.67% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 879 1,101 2,041
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Firmware job vacancy trend 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 19 June 2026.

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 19 June 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
Central London +2 3 £70,000 -24.32% 4
North London - 2 - - 1
South London +19 1 £47,500 +26.67% 1
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) AWS IoT
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
3 1 (6.25%) Internet
3 1 (6.25%) LAN
3 1 (6.25%) MQTT
3 1 (6.25%) NX-OS
3 1 (6.25%) SAN
3 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.25%) VLAN
3 1 (6.25%) VXLAN
3 1 (6.25%) WAAS
3 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 5 (31.25%) Electronics
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) PCB Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Design Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Hardware Design Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Node.js
1 2 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) IoT
2 4 (25.00%) Robotics
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (12.50%) Sports Betting
4 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.25%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (6.25%) CMDB
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Signage
4 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) AI
1 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
2 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (18.75%) PLM
2 3 (18.75%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Analytics
3 2 (12.50%) Change Control
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Machine Learning
3 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 2 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) C
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (12.50%) Go
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 1 (6.25%) Bash
5 1 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (6.25%) Groovy
5 1 (6.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CCNP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE
3 1 (6.25%) CCNA
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) JNCIA
3 1 (6.25%) JNCIP
3 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) Ansible
2 2 (12.50%) Terraform
3 1 (6.25%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Cisco
1 6 (37.50%) Fortinet
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) EMC
4 2 (12.50%) ConnectWise
4 2 (12.50%) Draytek
4 2 (12.50%) Juniper
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.25%) Cognizant
5 1 (6.25%) Dell
5 1 (6.25%) Meraki