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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 291 274
Rank change year-on-year +26 -17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 86 19 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.40% 0.20% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 8.23% 1.17% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 80 19 72
10th Percentile £29,450 - £27,683
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -16.36% +33.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £49,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £73,250 £57,750 £73,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +15.79%

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 1,045 1,625 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.86% 16.99% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 833 652 1,107
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £69,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -6 35 £55,000 +19.57% 8
North West +22 33 £55,375 +16.13% 22
North East - 18 £53,000 - 13
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 (4.65%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.16%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (9.30%) Azure
3 7 (8.14%) AWS
4 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) SAN
2 5 (5.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.49%) RFID
4 2 (2.33%) WAN
5 1 (1.16%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.16%) Firewall
5 1 (1.16%) IPsec
5 1 (1.16%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.16%) LAN
5 1 (1.16%) Network Security
5 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.16%) SSL
5 1 (1.16%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.16%) VoIP
5 1 (1.16%) VPN
5 1 (1.16%) VSAN
5 1 (1.16%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) MLflow
2 1 (1.16%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.16%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 46 (53.49%) Electronics
2 13 (15.12%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.79%) Automotive
4 5 (5.81%) Finance
4 5 (5.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.49%) Marketing
6 3 (3.49%) Military
6 3 (3.49%) Retail
7 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Wearables
8 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 36 (41.86%) Software Engineer
2 25 (29.07%) Embedded Engineer
3 21 (24.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (22.09%) Firmware Engineer
5 18 (20.93%) Electronics Engineer
6 12 (13.95%) Senior
7 11 (12.79%) Design Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Senior Design Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 8 (9.30%) Lead
9 7 (8.14%) IT Support
10 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 6 (6.98%) Field Engineer
10 6 (6.98%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (6.98%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) LangChain
1 2 (2.33%) Node.js
1 2 (2.33%) React
1 2 (2.33%) React Native
1 2 (2.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.60%) IoT
2 13 (15.12%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (13.95%) Analogue Electronics
4 9 (10.47%) Driving Licence
5 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (5.81%) FPGA
6 4 (4.65%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (4.65%) Mobile App
7 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.16%) Arduino
9 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.16%) Replication
9 1 (1.16%) Social Media
9 1 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.12%) FreeRTOS
2 7 (8.14%) Windows
3 1 (1.16%) Android
3 1 (1.16%) Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (1.16%) SUSE
3 1 (1.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (48.84%) Software Engineering
2 16 (18.60%) Collaborative Culture
3 15 (17.44%) Signal Processing
4 12 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (13.95%) Project Delivery
5 11 (12.79%) Digital Signal Processing
5 11 (12.79%) Schematic Capture
6 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
6 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.47%) Customer Service
8 7 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.14%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.14%) Incident Management
8 7 (8.14%) Problem Management
8 7 (8.14%) Software Testing
8 7 (8.14%) Validation
9 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (6.98%) Preventative Maintenance
10 5 (5.81%) Code Quality
10 5 (5.81%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.91%) C
2 17 (19.77%) Embedded C
3 5 (5.81%) C++
4 3 (3.49%) C#
5 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.33%) Python
6 1 (1.16%) Bash
6 1 (1.16%) Bicep
6 1 (1.16%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (16.28%) Degree
2 6 (6.98%) SC Cleared
2 6 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) CCA
3 1 (1.16%) HP ASE
3 1 (1.16%) VCAP
3 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) SLA
2 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.16%) GDPR
2 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (41.86%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (1.16%) NFS
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.16%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Ansible
1 1 (1.16%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.16%) Proxmox
1 1 (1.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (10.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) Freshdesk
2 6 (6.98%) VMware
3 2 (2.33%) EMC
4 1 (1.16%) Apple
4 1 (1.16%) Broadcom
4 1 (1.16%) BroadSoft
4 1 (1.16%) Brocade
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco
4 1 (1.16%) Dell
4 1 (1.16%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.16%) HP
4 1 (1.16%) NetApp
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle
4 1 (1.16%) Veeam
4 1 (1.16%) Zerto