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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 237 211
Rank change year-on-year +33 -26 +144
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 59 39 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.56% 0.41% 0.87%
As % of the System Software category 8.60% 4.36% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 53 30 55
10th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,750 £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £60,750 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,250 £64,000 £58,900
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -

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 686 895 1,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.54% 9.42% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 514 553 1,040
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,498 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £62,833
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,144 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -

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 31 December 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 31 December 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 +18 29 £55,000 +35.72% 12
North West +34 22 £46,500 -9.71% 12
North East 0 8 £56,500 +0.89% 5
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 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.39%) Azure
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.69%) GCP
3 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) DNS
1 4 (6.78%) WAN
2 3 (5.08%) LAN
3 2 (3.39%) Modbus
3 2 (3.39%) RS-485
3 2 (3.39%) Wireless
4 1 (1.69%) Broadband
4 1 (1.69%) DHCP
4 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.69%) Firewall
4 1 (1.69%) Network Security
4 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.69%) VLAN
4 1 (1.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.69%) Big Data
1 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (50.85%) Electronics
2 18 (30.51%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.64%) Finance
4 9 (15.25%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 33 (55.93%) Embedded Engineer
2 26 (44.07%) Software Engineer
3 18 (30.51%) Electronics Engineer
4 16 (27.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (16.95%) C# Software Engineer
5 10 (16.95%) C++ Software Engineer
6 8 (13.56%) Design Engineer
6 8 (13.56%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (8.47%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (8.47%) IT Manager
7 5 (8.47%) Senior
7 5 (8.47%) Software Design Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.08%) Architect
8 3 (5.08%) IT Support
8 3 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.42%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (15.25%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (6.78%) IoT
4 2 (3.39%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (3.39%) CAN bus
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.42%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) Linux
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.39%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.69%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (45.76%) Software Engineering
2 20 (33.90%) Mentoring
3 10 (16.95%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (16.95%) Multithreading
4 7 (11.86%) Software Testing
5 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.17%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (8.47%) Agile
6 5 (8.47%) Coaching
6 5 (8.47%) Patch Management
6 5 (8.47%) People Management
6 5 (8.47%) Server Management
6 5 (8.47%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.08%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (5.08%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (5.08%) User Experience
8 2 (3.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (3.39%) Decision-Making
8 2 (3.39%) Schematic Capture
8 2 (3.39%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 34 (57.63%) C++
2 26 (44.07%) C
3 17 (28.81%) Embedded C
4 15 (25.42%) Embedded C++
5 10 (16.95%) C#
6 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) DBS Check
2 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.39%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) GDPR
2 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 35 (59.32%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (15.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) EMC
2 5 (8.47%) Cisco
2 5 (8.47%) VMware
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.08%) Adobe
4 3 (5.08%) Apple
5 1 (1.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.69%) Google