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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 422 430
Rank change year-on-year +85 +8 +296
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 42 19 36
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.36% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the System Software category 3.14% 0.87% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 14 30
10th Percentile £43,500 £47,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -6.09%

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 1,336 2,196 3,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.32% 12.53% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,352 2,600
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,750 £112,500 £106,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 11 £60,000 +60.00%
South London +26 6 £75,000 +37.61% 2
Central London - 2 £61,000 - 7
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 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) Azure
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.90%) AWS
5 4 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (7.14%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (4.76%) GCP
8 1 (2.38%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.95%) Firewall
2 11 (26.19%) LAN
2 11 (26.19%) WAN
3 9 (21.43%) VPN
4 8 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (16.67%) NX-OS
5 7 (16.67%) WLAN
6 5 (11.90%) DHCP
6 5 (11.90%) DNS
6 5 (11.90%) Internet
7 4 (9.52%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (7.14%) BGP
8 3 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (7.14%) IPsec
8 3 (7.14%) MPLS
8 3 (7.14%) NetScaler
8 3 (7.14%) OSPF
8 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
8 3 (7.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (23.81%) Finance
2 9 (21.43%) Legal
3 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 5 (11.90%) Law
4 5 (11.90%) Military
5 4 (9.52%) Banking
6 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Retail
7 1 (2.38%) Advertising
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Network Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (19.05%) Field Engineer
4 8 (19.05%) Field Service Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) IT Support
5 6 (14.29%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Safety Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Analyst
7 4 (9.52%) IT Analyst
7 4 (9.52%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (9.52%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Support Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Infoblox Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Senior
9 2 (4.76%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Renewable Energy
1 8 (19.05%) SCADA
2 7 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 4 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.76%) CCTV
5 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.76%) IoT
6 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.38%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Windows
2 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (23.81%) Preventative Maintenance
3 7 (16.67%) Change Management
3 7 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 7 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 4 (9.52%) Data Protection
4 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (9.52%) Runbook
4 4 (9.52%) Signal Processing
4 4 (9.52%) Task Automation
4 4 (9.52%) UML
5 3 (7.14%) Cloud Security
5 3 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 3 (7.14%) Design Patterns
5 3 (7.14%) FMECA
5 3 (7.14%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (7.14%) SDLC
5 3 (7.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) C++
2 3 (7.14%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (2.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) SCCM
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (11.90%) Functional Safety
4 4 (9.52%) Terraform
5 1 (2.38%) AirWatch
5 1 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.38%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (33.33%) Cisco
2 8 (19.05%) CheckPoint
2 8 (19.05%) Fortinet
2 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 5 (11.90%) Apple
3 5 (11.90%) HP
3 5 (11.90%) Juniper
3 5 (11.90%) Palo Alto
3 5 (11.90%) SolarWinds
4 4 (9.52%) MobileIron
4 4 (9.52%) VMware
5 3 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 3 (7.14%) Infoblox
5 3 (7.14%) Meraki
6 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.38%) Aruba
7 1 (2.38%) Commvault
7 1 (2.38%) Dell
7 1 (2.38%) Google
7 1 (2.38%) NetApp