Firmware Job Trends in Manchester

Firmware
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Firmware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 168 155
Rank change year-on-year +21 -13 +102
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 6 13 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.25% 0.32% 0.86%
As % of the System Software category 2.00% 4.53% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 22
10th Percentile - - £48,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £27,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £28,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.07% -50.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,250 £38,875 £64,063
90th Percentile £51,125 £63,250 £66,250
North West median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.45% - +12.82%

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 300 287 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.66% 7.06% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 168 165 440
10th Percentile £31,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £31,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,000 £80,000
North West median annual salary £53,750 £44,274 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.40% -19.50% +19.48%

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Firmware

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 18 September 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 -
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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (16.67%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (16.67%) PLM
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded C
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded C++
3 1 (16.67%) Python
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) EMC