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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 246 215
Rank change year-on-year -2 -31 +176
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 42 56 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.44% 0.45% 0.93%
As % of the System Software category 3.67% 5.52% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37 41 63
10th Percentile £43,000 £38,750 £31,125
25th Percentile £43,500 £47,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% -20.75%
75th Percentile £58,943 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,250 £61,250 £61,150
England median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -8.70%

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 1,145 1,014 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.01% 8.17% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 573 570 1,139
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £26,950
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £66,778
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 4 November 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 4 November 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
Yorkshire +16 23 £46,000 -16.36% 6
North West -1 14 £46,500 -9.71% 30
North East -2 5 £56,500 +0.89% 8
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 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) Modbus
1 8 (19.05%) RS-485
2 3 (7.14%) DNS
2 3 (7.14%) LAN
2 3 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (2.38%) Broadband
3 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (54.76%) Electronics
2 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
4 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (35.71%) Software Engineer
3 10 (23.81%) C# Software Engineer
3 10 (23.81%) C++ Software Engineer
4 9 (21.43%) Electronics Engineer
5 8 (19.05%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 8 (19.05%) Firmware Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Help Desk Manager
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (9.52%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (9.52%) IT Manager
8 3 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Architect
8 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) IT Support
8 3 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (21.43%) Analogue Electronics
3 8 (19.05%) CAN bus
4 2 (4.76%) IoT
5 1 (2.38%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.38%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 14 (33.33%) Windows
2 12 (28.57%) Linux
3 8 (19.05%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 15 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 10 (23.81%) Multithreading
4 9 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
5 7 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (9.52%) Coaching
6 4 (9.52%) Patch Management
6 4 (9.52%) People Management
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (9.52%) Server Management
6 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.52%) Software Testing
7 3 (7.14%) User Experience
8 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.76%) Decision-Making
8 2 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (2.38%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (2.38%) Data Analytics
9 1 (2.38%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 30 (71.43%) C++
2 21 (50.00%) C
3 10 (23.81%) C#
4 9 (21.43%) Embedded C
5 8 (19.05%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (71.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) EMC
2 4 (9.52%) Cisco
2 4 (9.52%) VMware
3 3 (7.14%) Adobe
3 3 (7.14%) Apple
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.38%) Google