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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 245 268
Rank change year-on-year -8 +23 +69
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 64 18 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.37% 0.26% 0.67%
As % of the System Software category 7.85% 1.81% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 57 17 100
10th Percentile £42,100 £46,250 £31,088
25th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +61.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +16.67%

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 815 996 1,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.74% 14.59% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 618 588 1,704
10th Percentile £26,675 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -9.57%
75th Percentile £60,750 £70,000 £58,078
90th Percentile £78,865 £93,778 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,860 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% +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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -23 40 £55,000 -26.67% 9
North West -8 19 £56,000 +12.00% 29
North East -36 5 £56,500 -7.38% 1
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 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.56%) Azure
3 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.81%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.69%) RFID
2 3 (4.69%) WAN
3 2 (3.13%) DNS
3 2 (3.13%) LAN
3 2 (3.13%) Wireless
4 1 (1.56%) DHCP
4 1 (1.56%) Firewall
4 1 (1.56%) Network Security
4 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.56%) VLAN
4 1 (1.56%) VPN
4 1 (1.56%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (48.44%) Electronics
2 9 (14.06%) Finance
2 9 (14.06%) Manufacturing
2 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.50%) Automotive
4 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Military
5 3 (4.69%) Retail
6 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (57.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 32 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 26 (40.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 17 (26.56%) Electronics Engineer
5 12 (18.75%) Design Engineer
5 12 (18.75%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 9 (14.06%) Firmware Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) Senior
8 7 (10.94%) Senior Design Engineer
8 7 (10.94%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 7 (10.94%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 6 (9.38%) Field Engineer
9 6 (9.38%) Field Service Engineer
9 6 (9.38%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 5 (7.81%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
10 5 (7.81%) Software Design Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Break Fix Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) Installations Engineer
11 3 (4.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 3 (4.69%) Printer Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
2 9 (14.06%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (14.06%) IoT
3 4 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (6.25%) Windows
3 3 (4.69%) Linux
3 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (51.56%) Software Engineering
2 7 (10.94%) Collaborative Culture
2 7 (10.94%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
2 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (9.38%) Digital Signal Processing
3 6 (9.38%) Preventative Maintenance
3 6 (9.38%) Schematic Capture
3 6 (9.38%) Signal Processing
4 5 (7.81%) Agile
4 5 (7.81%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (7.81%) Software Testing
5 4 (6.25%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (4.69%) Coaching
6 3 (4.69%) Customer Service
6 3 (4.69%) Mechatronics
6 3 (4.69%) Patch Management
6 3 (4.69%) People Management
6 3 (4.69%) Server Management
6 3 (4.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.38%) C
2 18 (28.13%) Embedded C
3 17 (26.56%) C++
4 10 (15.63%) Embedded C++
5 3 (4.69%) C#
6 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) GDPR
1 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 31 (48.44%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (7.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) EMC
2 3 (4.69%) Cisco
2 3 (4.69%) VMware
3 2 (3.13%) Apple
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.56%) Adobe
4 1 (1.56%) Fortinet