Embedded Firmware Job Trends in the Midlands

Embedded Firmware
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 219 248
Rank change year-on-year -30 +29 +25
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 12 10 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.091% 0.18% 0.55%
As % of the System Software category 2.18% 1.40% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 58
10th Percentile - £41,250 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +66.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £68,750 - £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.15% -2.73% -

All System Software Skills
Midlands

Embedded 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 550 715 1,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.17% 12.83% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 453 547 1,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £73,750 £67,550
England median annual salary £52,750 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% +2.04% -10.91%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
West Midlands -10 10 £52,500 +7.14% 2
East Midlands -35 2 £50,000 +5.26% 5
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) GitHub
1 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Bluetooth
2 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (16.67%) Modbus
2 2 (16.67%) RFID
2 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Git
2 3 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (16.67%) Subversion
3 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (8.33%) Eclipse
4 1 (8.33%) GitLab
4 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (8.33%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (75.00%) Electronics
2 4 (33.33%) Automotive
2 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Senior
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Author
3 2 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Technical Author
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Technical Writer
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Author
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Writer
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (33.33%) CAN bus
3 2 (16.67%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (16.67%) FPGA
3 2 (16.67%) PCIe
3 2 (16.67%) Photography
3 2 (16.67%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) CAD
5 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) Document Management
5 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (16.67%) Secure Coding
5 2 (16.67%) Software Architecture
6 1 (8.33%) Agile
6 1 (8.33%) Regression Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (8.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C
2 7 (58.33%) Python
3 5 (41.67%) Embedded C
4 3 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
5 2 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) IEC 61508
1 2 (16.67%) MISRA
1 2 (16.67%) MISRA C
2 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Adobe