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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 277 341
Rank change year-on-year -34 +64 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 35 111 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.61% 0.55%
As % of the System Software category 2.27% 5.66% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 34 101 64
10th Percentile £44,405 £27,500 £25,420
25th Percentile - £38,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,500 £32,200
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% +63.04% -44.00%
75th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £55,313
90th Percentile £67,325 £75,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%

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 1,544 1,961 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.34% 10.83% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 582 1,651 1,572
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,625 £29,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £69,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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 -39 26 £47,683 -11.29% 25
Yorkshire +33 7 £46,000 +8.24% 22
North East +41 2 £61,000 +10.91% 6
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Modbus
1 3 (8.57%) RS-485
2 2 (5.71%) Bluetooth
2 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) NAS
2 2 (5.71%) SAN
2 2 (5.71%) VPN
2 2 (5.71%) Wireless
2 2 (5.71%) ZigBee
3 1 (2.86%) DHCP
3 1 (2.86%) DNS
General
1 30 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 28 (80.00%) Electronics
3 22 (62.86%) Aviation
4 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Wearables
6 1 (2.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (62.86%) Radar Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Junior
7 1 (2.86%) Junior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (8.57%) Analogue Electronics
2 3 (8.57%) CAN bus
3 2 (5.71%) FPGA
3 2 (5.71%) Smart Energy
4 1 (2.86%) Replication
4 1 (2.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Linux
2 3 (8.57%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (74.29%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (62.86%) Safety Engineering
2 22 (62.86%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 5 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (8.57%) SDLC
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (5.71%) Clean Code
5 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (5.71%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (5.71%) Server Building
5 2 (5.71%) Server Management
5 2 (5.71%) Test Automation
6 1 (2.86%) Incident Response
6 1 (2.86%) Patch Management
6 1 (2.86%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (2.86%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) C
2 5 (14.29%) C++
3 2 (5.71%) Assembly Language
4 1 (2.86%) Embedded C
4 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (65.71%) Degree
2 22 (62.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 22 (62.86%) CEH
3 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (62.86%) DO-254
2 2 (5.71%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) VMware