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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 381 422
Rank change year-on-year +34 +41 +216
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 44 20 60
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.25% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 3.38% 1.12% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 12 52
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,575 £33,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +9.52% +23.53%
75th Percentile £89,063 £65,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,875 £73,550
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +10.53%

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 1,301 1,787 2,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.45% 13.73% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 888 1,292 2,409
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 24 March 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 24 March 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 - - 1
East London - 5 £87,500 - 3
Central London +10 3 £70,000 -24.32% 6
South London +33 2 £47,500 -5.00% 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 (2.27%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (27.27%) Azure
3 11 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.82%) AWS
6 1 (2.27%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 22 (50.00%) Firewall
2 10 (22.73%) DNS
3 8 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (15.91%) VPN
4 7 (15.91%) WAN
5 6 (13.64%) DHCP
5 6 (13.64%) Internet
6 5 (11.36%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (11.36%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (11.36%) LAN
6 5 (11.36%) NX-OS
6 5 (11.36%) WAAS
7 4 (9.09%) WLAN
8 3 (6.82%) SAN
8 3 (6.82%) Unified Communications
8 3 (6.82%) VLAN
9 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.27%) Broadband
10 1 (2.27%) Ethernet
10 1 (2.27%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Electronics
3 5 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Advertising
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.73%) Senior
3 9 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Lead
6 5 (11.36%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (6.82%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Network Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Software Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Design Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) PCB Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) IoT Architect
10 1 (2.27%) IT Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Node.js
1 2 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) IoT
2 6 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (11.36%) CMDB
3 5 (11.36%) Data Centre
3 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 5 (11.36%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (9.09%) Robotics
5 3 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (4.55%) Sports Betting
7 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.27%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (2.27%) Digital Signage
7 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (2.27%) FPGA
7 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.27%) Replication
7 1 (2.27%) Smart Home
7 1 (2.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.91%) Windows
2 10 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.64%) Android
4 1 (2.27%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (2.27%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.27%) Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Task Automation
2 15 (34.09%) Kalman Filter
3 12 (27.27%) AI
4 11 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (22.73%) Change Control
5 10 (22.73%) Proactive Monitoring
5 10 (22.73%) Problem Management
5 10 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (22.73%) Runbook
5 10 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (15.91%) Mentoring
7 7 (15.91%) Service Delivery
8 6 (13.64%) Change Management
8 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (13.64%) ITIL
8 6 (13.64%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
9 5 (11.36%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 16 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 13 (29.55%) Python
3 5 (11.36%) C
3 5 (11.36%) C++
4 2 (4.55%) Go
4 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.27%) Bash
5 1 (2.27%) C#
5 1 (2.27%) Groovy
5 1 (2.27%) Java
5 1 (2.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (22.73%) CCNP
1 10 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (13.64%) Degree
3 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 5 (11.36%) CCIE
4 5 (11.36%) CCNA
4 5 (11.36%) JNCIA
4 5 (11.36%) JNCIP
4 5 (11.36%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) GRC
1 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (11.36%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.27%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (25.00%) SCCM
3 10 (22.73%) Ansible
4 8 (18.18%) Terraform
5 2 (4.55%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 29 (65.91%) Cisco
2 21 (47.73%) Fortinet
3 16 (36.36%) Juniper
4 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (13.64%) Palo Alto
6 5 (11.36%) CheckPoint
7 4 (9.09%) ConnectWise
7 4 (9.09%) Draytek
7 4 (9.09%) EMC
7 4 (9.09%) VMware
8 3 (6.82%) Dell
9 1 (2.27%) Brocade
9 1 (2.27%) Dell Compellent
9 1 (2.27%) Hitachi
9 1 (2.27%) Meraki
9 1 (2.27%) NetApp
9 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds