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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 331 433
Rank change year-on-year -92 +102 +14
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 19 47 23
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.073% 0.40% 0.12%
As % of the System Software category 1.38% 3.35% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13 36 17
10th Percentile - £39,625 £47,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £94,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +4.76%

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 1,377 1,403 2,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.32% 11.87% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 906 999 1,334
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +6.84%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,250 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -12 5 £36,000 -40.00% 4
Central London -1 2 £65,000 +6.56% 6
South London -4 1 - - 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 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) Entra ID
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) AWS IoT
4 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) VLAN
2 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
3 5 (26.32%) DHCP
3 5 (26.32%) DNS
4 3 (15.79%) Internet
5 2 (10.53%) Firewall
5 2 (10.53%) WAN
5 2 (10.53%) Wireless
6 1 (5.26%) BGP
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (5.26%) EIGRP
6 1 (5.26%) HSRP
6 1 (5.26%) LAN
6 1 (5.26%) MQTT
6 1 (5.26%) OSPF
6 1 (5.26%) SNMP
6 1 (5.26%) VRRP
6 1 (5.26%) VXLAN
6 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Law
4 2 (10.53%) Electronics
4 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 5 (26.32%) Analyst
1 5 (26.32%) Support Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Design Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Installations Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Network Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Safety Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Node.js
1 1 (5.26%) React
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Driving Licence
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) FPGA
3 2 (10.53%) IoT
3 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.53%) VHDL
4 1 (5.26%) CCTV
4 1 (5.26%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (5.26%) Sports Betting
4 1 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Windows 10
2 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (26.32%) Patch Management
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) CAD
5 2 (10.53%) FPGA Design
5 2 (10.53%) Server Management
5 2 (10.53%) Statistics
6 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.26%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (5.26%) Data Analytics
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (5.26%) Hazard Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Load Balancing
6 1 (5.26%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 4 (21.05%) Python
3 3 (15.79%) C
4 1 (5.26%) Go
4 1 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) CCNP
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) HNC
2 1 (5.26%) HND
2 1 (5.26%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (5.26%) PhD
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO 9001
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) Def Stans
2 1 (5.26%) HAZOP
2 1 (5.26%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (26.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (5.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Cisco
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (31.58%) VMware
4 1 (5.26%) Aruba
4 1 (5.26%) Cognizant
4 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) Remedy