Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Newport

Embedded Firmware
South Wales > Newport

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.70% - -
As % of the System Software category 9.09% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £57,500 - -

All System Software Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11 4 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 7.75% 5.13% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 19
10th Percentile £30,325 £41,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,813 £46,500 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £54,813 £67,188 £65,499
90th Percentile £60,175 £90,025 £68,497
South Wales median annual salary £55,816 £32,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +71.74% -35.00% -4.76%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Newport

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware