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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 424 419
Rank change year-on-year +73 -5 +285
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 40 26 34
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.31% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the System Software category 3.06% 1.10% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 34 20 29
10th Percentile £43,500 £47,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -19.23%
75th Percentile £88,750 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -8.70%

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 1,309 2,371 2,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.14% 13.38% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 952 1,501 2,440
10th Percentile £31,525 £36,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,500 £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 £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.18% +1.82% -

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 November 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 23 November 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 -2 12 £60,000 +60.00%
South London +35 5 £75,000 +48.51% 3
Central London +48 1 £60,000 -14.29% 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 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (27.50%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.00%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.00%) AWS
5 2 (5.00%) GCP
6 1 (2.50%) AWS IoT
6 1 (2.50%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) Firewall
2 8 (20.00%) LAN
2 8 (20.00%) WAN
3 7 (17.50%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (15.00%) DHCP
4 6 (15.00%) DNS
4 6 (15.00%) Internet
5 5 (12.50%) VPN
6 4 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (10.00%) NX-OS
6 4 (10.00%) WLAN
7 2 (5.00%) Broadband
8 1 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (2.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.50%) iSCSI
8 1 (2.50%) NAS
8 1 (2.50%) SAN
8 1 (2.50%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (2.50%) VLAN
8 1 (2.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Big Data
1 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 9 (22.50%) Legal
3 5 (12.50%) Law
3 5 (12.50%) Military
4 4 (10.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.50%) Advertising
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Network Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) IT Support
5 5 (12.50%) Safety Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) IT Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Network Operations Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Operations Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior
8 2 (5.00%) Firmware Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) IoT Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
1 8 (20.00%) SCADA
2 6 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.50%) IoT
5 2 (5.00%) CCTV
5 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.00%) Smart Home
6 1 (2.50%) EMC VNX
6 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.50%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (15.00%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (15.00%) Task Automation
4 5 (12.50%) Change Management
5 4 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 4 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (10.00%) Network Architecture
5 4 (10.00%) Runbook
5 4 (10.00%) UML
6 3 (7.50%) Design Patterns
6 3 (7.50%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (7.50%) FMECA
6 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.50%) SDLC
6 3 (7.50%) Signal Processing
6 3 (7.50%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.00%) Business Continuity
7 2 (5.00%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.50%) C++
2 3 (7.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) BitLocker
3 2 (5.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (2.50%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (25.00%) SCCM
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (15.00%) Terraform
4 5 (12.50%) Functional Safety
5 1 (2.50%) AirWatch
5 1 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Cisco
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.00%) Juniper
3 6 (15.00%) Palo Alto
4 5 (12.50%) Apple
4 5 (12.50%) HP
5 4 (10.00%) CheckPoint
5 4 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 4 (10.00%) MobileIron
6 2 (5.00%) NetApp
6 2 (5.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.50%) Brocade
7 1 (2.50%) Citrix
7 1 (2.50%) Commvault
7 1 (2.50%) Dell
7 1 (2.50%) EMC
7 1 (2.50%) Google
7 1 (2.50%) Hitachi
7 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow