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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 159 186
Rank change year-on-year -11 +27 +23
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 13 2 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.21% 0.088% 0.73%
As % of the System Software category 5.14% 0.59% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 37
10th Percentile - £56,125 £27,500
25th Percentile - £57,813 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.69% +16.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,313 £56,250
90th Percentile - £67,375 £60,750
North West median annual salary £54,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.50% -9.09% +4.76%

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 253 340 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.10% 14.89% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 208 202 412
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,625 £93,778 £72,500
North West median annual salary £42,750 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.27% +22.22% -14.29%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Firmware job vacancy trend 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 23 June 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
Altrincham - 1 £50,000 - 3
Bolton - 1 £54,750 - 2
Firmware
North West

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) SAN
2 1 (7.69%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (7.69%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Automotive
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Software Test Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Test Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) SAN Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (7.69%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Storage Management
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Environments
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) CRM
4 1 (7.69%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Stability
4 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) CCA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) BroadSoft
3 1 (7.69%) EMC