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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 281 278
Rank change year-on-year +27 -3 +63
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 73 16 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.37% 0.20% 0.60%
As % of the System Software category 8.11% 1.05% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 67 15 102
10th Percentile £36,400 - £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,683 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -9.18% +63.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £74,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% +2.26% +14.75%

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 900 1,524 1,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.57% 19.00% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 713 568 1,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £29,547
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £89,125 £69,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 11 June 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 11 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
Yorkshire -7 44 £55,000 +19.57% 5
North West +24 22 £52,375 +4.75% 13
North East -37 7 £51,000 -16.39% 4
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:

Applications
1 4 (5.48%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.37%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.74%) AWS
2 2 (2.74%) Azure
3 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.11%) RFID
3 2 (2.74%) SAN
4 1 (1.37%) LAN
4 1 (1.37%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.37%) VoIP
4 1 (1.37%) WAN
4 1 (1.37%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.37%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) MLflow
2 1 (1.37%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.37%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 32 (43.84%) Electronics
2 12 (16.44%) Automotive
3 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.11%) Marketing
5 3 (4.11%) Military
5 3 (4.11%) Retail
6 2 (2.74%) Wearables
7 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (52.05%) Software Engineer
2 32 (43.84%) Embedded Engineer
3 27 (36.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 17 (23.29%) Firmware Engineer
5 13 (17.81%) Electronics Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Design Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Senior
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Design Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Field Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Test Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) IT Support
8 5 (6.85%) Software Test Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) LangChain
1 2 (2.74%) Node.js
1 2 (2.74%) React
1 2 (2.74%) React Native
1 2 (2.74%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) IoT
2 9 (12.33%) Analogue Electronics
2 9 (12.33%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (8.22%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.85%) FPGA
5 3 (4.11%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.74%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.37%) Arduino
7 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (5.48%) Windows
3 1 (1.37%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (53.42%) Software Engineering
2 14 (19.18%) Collaborative Culture
3 10 (13.70%) Signal Processing
4 8 (10.96%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (10.96%) Digital Signal Processing
4 8 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.96%) Schematic Capture
5 7 (9.59%) Customer Service
6 6 (8.22%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (6.85%) Physics
7 5 (6.85%) Software Testing
7 5 (6.85%) Validation
8 4 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.48%) Incident Management
8 4 (5.48%) Problem Management
8 4 (5.48%) Product Requirements
8 4 (5.48%) Prototyping
9 3 (4.11%) AI
9 3 (4.11%) Mechatronics
9 3 (4.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.66%) C
2 13 (17.81%) Embedded C
3 3 (4.11%) C#
3 3 (4.11%) C++
4 2 (2.74%) Python
5 1 (1.37%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (36.99%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (8.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (5.48%) Freshdesk
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.74%) VMware
4 1 (1.37%) Apple
4 1 (1.37%) BroadSoft
4 1 (1.37%) EMC