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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 350 426
Rank change year-on-year -80 +76 +44
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 14 44 37
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.058% 0.36% 0.19%
As % of the System Software category 1.01% 2.98% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 10 32 25
10th Percentile £40,750 £36,525 £43,000
25th Percentile £42,188 £44,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

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 1,383 1,478 2,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.74% 12.25% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 932 1,069 1,357
10th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.09%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,600 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 5 £70,000 +14.75% 10
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Internet
1 3 (21.43%) VLAN
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (7.14%) BGP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
3 1 (7.14%) HSRP
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) MQTT
3 1 (7.14%) NGFW
3 1 (7.14%) OSPF
3 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) VRRP
3 1 (7.14%) VXLAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) NoSQL
1 3 (21.43%) PostgreSQL
General
1 7 (50.00%) Electronics
2 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Law
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Installations Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) PCB Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Network Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Hardware Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) PCB Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Node.js
1 3 (21.43%) React
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
1 4 (28.57%) IoT
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Robotics
2 3 (21.43%) Sports Betting
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) CCTV
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (7.14%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Analytics
2 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Data Science
2 3 (21.43%) Disruptive Innovation
2 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (21.43%) PLM
2 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
2 3 (21.43%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) CAD
3 2 (14.29%) Server Management
3 2 (14.29%) Statistics
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (7.14%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (7.14%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 3 (21.43%) C++
3 3 (21.43%) Go
3 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
4 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CCNP
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) NVQ Level 3
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
1 1 (7.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) EMC
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Aruba
3 1 (7.14%) Cognizant
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy