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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 407 434
Rank change year-on-year +76 +27 +209
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 48 23 40
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.32% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the System Software category 3.80% 1.06% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 41 12 38
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,575 £29,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,750 £65,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £89,375 £68,775
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.10% -

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 1,262 2,179 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.54% 14.08% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 889 1,390 2,516
10th Percentile £31,950 £36,975 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,438 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £106,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 28 January 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 28 January 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
East London - 8 £87,500 - 2
South London +43 5 £75,000 +49.25%
North London - 4 - - 4
Central London +29 1 £60,000 -27.27% 5
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 (2.08%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 17 (35.42%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (31.25%) Azure
3 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.58%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.17%) AWS
6 1 (2.08%) AWS IoT
6 1 (2.08%) GCP
6 1 (2.08%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 22 (45.83%) Firewall
2 10 (20.83%) DNS
3 9 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (16.67%) VPN
4 8 (16.67%) WAN
5 7 (14.58%) DHCP
5 7 (14.58%) Internet
6 6 (12.50%) LAN
7 5 (10.42%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (10.42%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (10.42%) NX-OS
7 5 (10.42%) WAAS
8 4 (8.33%) WLAN
9 3 (6.25%) SAN
9 3 (6.25%) VLAN
10 2 (4.17%) Broadband
10 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
10 2 (4.17%) Unified Communications
11 1 (2.08%) Ethernet
11 1 (2.08%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.08%) Big Data
2 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 6 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (8.33%) Banking
4 4 (8.33%) Legal
5 3 (6.25%) Military
6 2 (4.17%) Advertising
6 2 (4.17%) Law
7 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 11 (22.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (18.75%) Senior
4 8 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Lead
7 4 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Field Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Field Service Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Network Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Safety Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
9 2 (4.17%) Architect
9 2 (4.17%) IoT Architect
9 2 (4.17%) IT Support
10 1 (2.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.42%) CMDB
3 5 (10.42%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.42%) IoT
3 5 (10.42%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.42%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (6.25%) SCADA
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.17%) Smart Home
6 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.08%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.08%) EMC VNX
6 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (2.08%) FPGA
6 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.08%) Robotics
6 1 (2.08%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (41.67%) Windows
2 11 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.50%) Android
4 1 (2.08%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (2.08%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.08%) Linux
4 1 (2.08%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Task Automation
2 15 (31.25%) Kalman Filter
3 13 (27.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (25.00%) AI
5 10 (20.83%) Change Control
5 10 (20.83%) Proactive Monitoring
5 10 (20.83%) Problem Management
5 10 (20.83%) Runbook
5 10 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (14.58%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (12.50%) Change Management
9 6 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (12.50%) ITIL
9 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 6 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 11 (22.92%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) C
3 2 (4.17%) C++
4 1 (2.08%) Bash
4 1 (2.08%) C#
4 1 (2.08%) Groovy
4 1 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) CCNP
1 10 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (14.58%) Degree
4 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 5 (10.42%) CCIE
5 5 (10.42%) CCNA
5 5 (10.42%) JNCIA
5 5 (10.42%) JNCIP
5 5 (10.42%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.25%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) GRC
1 5 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (10.42%) SLA
2 3 (6.25%) IEC 61508
3 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.08%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.08%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (27.08%) SCCM
3 10 (20.83%) Ansible
4 7 (14.58%) Terraform
5 3 (6.25%) Functional Safety
6 2 (4.17%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (2.08%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 30 (62.50%) Cisco
2 20 (41.67%) Fortinet
3 17 (35.42%) Juniper
4 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
5 7 (14.58%) Palo Alto
6 5 (10.42%) CheckPoint
7 4 (8.33%) VMware
8 3 (6.25%) ConnectWise
8 3 (6.25%) Dell
8 3 (6.25%) Draytek
9 2 (4.17%) HP
9 2 (4.17%) NetApp
9 2 (4.17%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.08%) Apple
10 1 (2.08%) Brocade
10 1 (2.08%) Citrix
10 1 (2.08%) Commvault
10 1 (2.08%) EMC
10 1 (2.08%) Google
10 1 (2.08%) Hitachi