Firmware Jobs in the North of England

Firmware
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 254 378
Rank change year-on-year -11 +124 -71
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 66 84 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.44% 0.83% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 5.70% 5.03% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 53 65 44
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,200 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -50.00% +27.27%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £61,800 £65,750 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.71% +6.67%

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 1,158 1,671 2,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.79% 16.53% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 744 1,203 2,253
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,938 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the North of England.

Salary trend for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 September 2024.

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 13 September 2024. 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
North West -19 37 £55,000 - 19
Yorkshire +20 16 £55,000 +70.54% 14
North East -15 13 £56,000 +12.00% 5
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.52%) Confluence
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.52%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.06%) AWS
2 3 (4.55%) SaaS
3 2 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (3.03%) Azure
4 1 (1.52%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) GitHub
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) Wireless
2 6 (9.09%) Bluetooth
3 3 (4.55%) Internet
3 3 (4.55%) VPN
3 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.03%) Firewall
4 2 (3.03%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.52%) DHCP
5 1 (1.52%) DNS
5 1 (1.52%) LAN
5 1 (1.52%) SAN
5 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 14 (21.21%) Git
2 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Tricentis qTest
3 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.52%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.52%) Subversion
3 1 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (34.85%) Electronics
2 21 (31.82%) Manufacturing
3 15 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 12 (18.18%) Automotive
5 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (12.12%) Aerospace
6 8 (12.12%) Retail
7 4 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.03%) Tech for Good
9 1 (1.52%) Finance
9 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (53.03%) Senior
3 25 (37.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 19 (28.79%) Firmware Engineer
5 18 (27.27%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 15 (22.73%) Software Engineer
7 13 (19.70%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 11 (16.67%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 8 (12.12%) Field Engineer
10 8 (12.12%) Field Service Engineer
10 8 (12.12%) Senior Field Engineer
10 8 (12.12%) Senior Field Service Engineer
11 7 (10.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 6 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 6 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
13 4 (6.06%) Electronics Engineer
14 3 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
14 3 (4.55%) ICT Engineer
15 2 (3.03%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) Yocto
2 2 (3.03%) AWS CDK
2 2 (3.03%) QML
2 2 (3.03%) Qt
3 1 (1.52%) EJS
3 1 (1.52%) Express.js
3 1 (1.52%) Middleware
3 1 (1.52%) Node.js
3 1 (1.52%) React
3 1 (1.52%) RESTful
3 1 (1.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.24%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 8 (12.12%) EPoS
5 3 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.03%) Solar Power
6 2 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.52%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.52%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.52%) CCTV
7 1 (1.52%) Clustering
7 1 (1.52%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (28.79%) Linux
2 13 (19.70%) Windows
3 7 (10.61%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (6.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.03%) Android
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) Software Engineering
2 14 (21.21%) Agile
3 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (18.18%) Software Architecture
3 12 (18.18%) Time Management
4 11 (16.67%) ITIL
5 8 (12.12%) Break/Fix
5 8 (12.12%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.12%) Innovative Thinking
6 6 (9.09%) Design for Manufacturing
7 5 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.58%) OO
7 5 (7.58%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.06%) Design for Test
8 4 (6.06%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.06%) SDLC
9 3 (4.55%) Network Design
9 3 (4.55%) Project Management
9 3 (4.55%) Statistics
9 3 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (60.61%) C
2 17 (25.76%) C++
3 5 (7.58%) Python
4 4 (6.06%) C#
4 4 (6.06%) Embedded C
5 3 (4.55%) SQL
6 2 (3.03%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.52%) Bash
7 1 (1.52%) Go
7 1 (1.52%) Java
7 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.52%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (10.61%) Degree
3 3 (4.55%) CCNA
3 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.03%) MCP
4 2 (3.03%) PhD
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.52%) HNC
5 1 (1.52%) HND
5 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) GAMP
2 2 (3.03%) GxP
2 2 (3.03%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) IEC 62304
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (57.58%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.55%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.52%) Docker
4 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) WSUS
2 2 (3.03%) Terraform
3 1 (1.52%) Ansible
3 1 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.52%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.52%) Podman
3 1 (1.52%) SCCM
3 1 (1.52%) SCOM
3 1 (1.52%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Dell
2 8 (12.12%) HP
2 8 (12.12%) IBM
2 8 (12.12%) NetApp
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.06%) Red Hat
3 4 (6.06%) VMware
4 2 (3.03%) EMC
5 1 (1.52%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.52%) Cisco
5 1 (1.52%) Citrix
5 1 (1.52%) Commvault
5 1 (1.52%) Freescale
5 1 (1.52%) Google
5 1 (1.52%) Meraki
5 1 (1.52%) ScienceLogic
5 1 (1.52%) Veeam