Firmware Jobs in Manchester

Firmware
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 190 191
Rank change year-on-year +27 +1 +76
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 5 33 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.20% 0.58% 0.72%
As % of the System Software category 1.40% 6.95% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5 29 23
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,750 £27,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £63,125
90th Percentile £63,250 £56,750 £66,250
North West median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +31.25%

All System Software Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 358 475 704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.09% 8.39% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 215 378 516
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,125
25th Percentile £37,750 £30,875 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -17.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £76,840 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £72,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £43,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.69% -17.14% +11.40%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Manchester

Firmware
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Manchester.

Salary trend for Firmware in Manchester

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Manchester

Firmware
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Salford - 1 £55,000 - 1
Firmware
North West

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) ZigBee
General
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Embedded C
3 3 (60.00%) Embedded C++
4 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (20.00%) Python
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) EMC