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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 361 431
Rank change year-on-year -1 +70 +176
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 38 30 63
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.19% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 2.80% 1.72% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 29 18 55
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £33,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £66,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +26.19% +31.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 £89,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £101,500 £72,950
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,692 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.14% +6.08% +16.02%

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 1,358 1,745 2,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.94% 13.55% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,288 2,293
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,048 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.37% +10.00% -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 23 April 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 23 April 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
North London - 5 - -
Central London +3 3 £70,000 -24.32% 6
South London +19 2 £47,500 +26.67% 1
East London - 2 £90,000 - 2
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 (2.63%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (28.95%) Azure
3 9 (23.68%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.53%) AWS
4 4 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.26%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 17 (44.74%) Firewall
2 8 (21.05%) DNS
3 5 (13.16%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (13.16%) Internet
3 5 (13.16%) WAAS
3 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (10.53%) DHCP
4 4 (10.53%) VPN
4 4 (10.53%) WAN
5 3 (7.89%) Unified Communications
6 2 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (5.26%) LAN
6 2 (5.26%) NX-OS
6 2 (5.26%) SAN
6 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.26%) VLAN
7 1 (2.63%) Broadband
7 1 (2.63%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.63%) VXLAN
7 1 (2.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Electronics
3 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.63%) Advertising
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Network Engineer
2 9 (23.68%) Senior
3 7 (18.42%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) Lead
5 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Design Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) PCB Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Firmware Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) FPGA Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Hardware Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 1 (2.63%) Network Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Node.js
1 2 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) IoT
2 5 (13.16%) CMDB
2 5 (13.16%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.16%) Onboarding
2 5 (13.16%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (10.53%) Robotics
4 3 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (5.26%) Sports Betting
6 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.63%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.63%) Digital Signage
6 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.63%) FPGA
6 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.63%) Smart Home
6 1 (2.63%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.79%) Android
4 1 (2.63%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.63%) Linux
4 1 (2.63%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Task Automation
2 12 (31.58%) AI
2 12 (31.58%) Kalman Filter
3 10 (26.32%) Change Control
3 10 (26.32%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (26.32%) Problem Management
3 10 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (23.68%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (18.42%) Mentoring
5 7 (18.42%) Runbook
5 7 (18.42%) Service Delivery
6 6 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.16%) Information Security
7 5 (13.16%) ITSM
7 5 (13.16%) Migration
7 5 (13.16%) Service Management
7 5 (13.16%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) PowerShell
1 14 (36.84%) Python
2 6 (15.79%) C
3 5 (13.16%) C++
4 2 (5.26%) Go
4 2 (5.26%) Java
4 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.63%) Bash
5 1 (2.63%) C#
5 1 (2.63%) Groovy
5 1 (2.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) CCNP
1 10 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (15.79%) Degree
3 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 5 (13.16%) CCIE
4 5 (13.16%) CCNA
4 5 (13.16%) JNCIA
4 5 (13.16%) JNCIP
4 5 (13.16%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) GRC
1 5 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (13.16%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (26.32%) Ansible
3 9 (23.68%) SCCM
4 6 (15.79%) Terraform
5 2 (5.26%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Cisco
2 18 (47.37%) Fortinet
3 14 (36.84%) Juniper
4 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
5 4 (10.53%) ConnectWise
5 4 (10.53%) Draytek
5 4 (10.53%) Palo Alto
5 4 (10.53%) VMware
6 3 (7.89%) EMC
7 2 (5.26%) CheckPoint
7 2 (5.26%) Dell
8 1 (2.63%) Cognizant
8 1 (2.63%) Meraki