Firmware Job Trends in the Midlands

Firmware
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 180 194
Rank change year-on-year -43 +14 +96
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 29 34 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.24% 0.70% 1.02%
As % of the System Software category 6.58% 6.23% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 27 31 85
10th Percentile £43,750 £26,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,250 £45,699 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +25.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% +4.76% +14.75%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 441 546 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.63% 11.23% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 344 443 1,208
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,625 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,625 £55,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £67,875
England median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Firmware
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the Midlands

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 Firmware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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 -24 19 £56,250 +5.14% 11
East Midlands -61 9 £54,000 +13.68% 24
Firmware
England

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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) Bluetooth
2 7 (24.14%) Modbus
2 7 (24.14%) Wireless
3 6 (20.69%) Ethernet
3 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (13.79%) LTE
5 2 (6.90%) Firewall
5 2 (6.90%) RFID
5 2 (6.90%) VPN
6 1 (3.45%) BGP
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (3.45%) IPsec
6 1 (3.45%) LAN
6 1 (3.45%) MPLS
6 1 (3.45%) SMS
6 1 (3.45%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.45%) VXLAN
6 1 (3.45%) WAN
6 1 (3.45%) X.509
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Git
2 4 (13.79%) Eclipse
2 4 (13.79%) Subversion
3 2 (6.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (31.03%) Electronics
2 4 (13.79%) Automotive
3 3 (10.34%) Games
3 3 (10.34%) Law
3 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (51.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 15 (51.72%) Software Engineer
3 14 (48.28%) Senior
4 9 (31.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 8 (27.59%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (27.59%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Firmware Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Lead
7 3 (10.34%) Lead Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Hardware Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Installations Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Senior Developer
9 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
1 3 (10.34%) .NET Framework
1 3 (10.34%) Avalonia
1 3 (10.34%) OpenCV
1 3 (10.34%) WebSockets
1 3 (10.34%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Raspberry Pi
2 5 (17.24%) Photography
3 3 (10.34%) CAN bus
3 3 (10.34%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.90%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (6.90%) FPGA
4 2 (6.90%) PCIe
5 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.45%) CCTV
5 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.45%) EPoS
5 1 (3.45%) IoT
5 1 (3.45%) PKI
5 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (6.90%) Android
2 2 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Software Engineering
2 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Secure Coding
3 5 (17.24%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (13.79%) Validation
5 3 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Engineering
5 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (10.34%) Computer Vision
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Image Processing
5 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Video Processing
5 3 (10.34%) Web Development
6 2 (6.90%) Code Quality
6 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.90%) Roadmaps
6 2 (6.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) C
2 10 (34.48%) Python
3 8 (27.59%) Embedded C
4 6 (20.69%) C++
5 3 (10.34%) C#
6 2 (6.90%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) CCNA
2 1 (3.45%) CCNP
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) HND
2 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) IEC 61508
1 5 (17.24%) MISRA
1 5 (17.24%) MISRA C
2 1 (3.45%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Atmel
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce