Firmware Job Trends in the North of England

Firmware
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 275 266
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +61
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 68 18 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.36% 0.23% 0.66%
As % of the System Software category 8.01% 1.22% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 62 17 101
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,188 £47,683 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +47.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 849 1,479 1,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.47% 18.75% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 645 582 1,664
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,775 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,703
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +4.12% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £93,650 £69,500
England median annual salary £53,719 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% +10.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in the North of England

Firmware
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Yorkshire -7 42 £55,000 +10.00% 3
North West +24 22 £46,500 -11.43% 22
North East -36 4 £51,000 -16.39% 3
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.47%) Azure
2 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.41%) RFID
3 2 (2.94%) WAN
4 1 (1.47%) DHCP
4 1 (1.47%) DNS
4 1 (1.47%) Firewall
4 1 (1.47%) LAN
4 1 (1.47%) Network Security
4 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.47%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.47%) VLAN
4 1 (1.47%) VPN
4 1 (1.47%) Wireless
4 1 (1.47%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) MLflow
General
1 34 (50.00%) Electronics
2 11 (16.18%) Automotive
3 6 (8.82%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Finance
5 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.41%) Marketing
6 3 (4.41%) Military
6 3 (4.41%) Retail
7 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 36 (52.94%) Embedded Engineer
1 36 (52.94%) Software Engineer
2 26 (38.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 17 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 16 (23.53%) Electronics Engineer
5 12 (17.65%) Design Engineer
5 12 (17.65%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) Senior
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Design Engineer
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Field Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Field Service Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Test Engineer
10 4 (5.88%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
10 4 (5.88%) Software Design Engineer
11 3 (4.41%) Installations Engineer
11 3 (4.41%) Printer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) LangChain
1 1 (1.47%) Node.js
1 1 (1.47%) React
1 1 (1.47%) React Native
1 1 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.65%) Analogue Electronics
1 12 (17.65%) IoT
2 10 (14.71%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.41%) FPGA
5 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.47%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (1.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (54.41%) Software Engineering
2 11 (16.18%) Collaborative Culture
3 10 (14.71%) Signal Processing
4 9 (13.24%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (11.76%) Digital Signal Processing
5 8 (11.76%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.82%) Preventative Maintenance
7 6 (8.82%) Software Testing
8 4 (5.88%) Agile
8 4 (5.88%) Mentoring
8 4 (5.88%) Validation
9 3 (4.41%) Customer Service
9 3 (4.41%) Mechatronics
9 3 (4.41%) Physics
9 3 (4.41%) Product Requirements
9 3 (4.41%) Prototyping
10 2 (2.94%) Computer Science
10 2 (2.94%) Embedded Software Development
10 2 (2.94%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.88%) C
2 17 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 9 (13.24%) C++
4 6 (8.82%) Embedded C++
5 2 (2.94%) C#
5 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.47%) Python
6 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 31 (45.59%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (2.94%) EMC
2 1 (1.47%) Apple
2 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft