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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 292 285
Rank change year-on-year +30 -7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 85 19 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.40% 0.20% 0.53%
As % of the System Software category 8.22% 1.17% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 79 19 74
10th Percentile £29,400 - £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £43,750
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 £61,875
90th Percentile £74,000 £57,750 £74,625
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 1,034 1,620 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.86% 17.02% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 830 648 1,155
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 £61,250
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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -4 36 £55,000 +19.57% 7
North West +9 32 £54,750 +14.82% 18
North East - 17 £51,000 - 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 4 (4.71%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.18%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.24%) AWS
2 7 (8.24%) Azure
3 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.06%) SAN
2 5 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.53%) RFID
4 2 (2.35%) WAN
5 1 (1.18%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.18%) Firewall
5 1 (1.18%) IPsec
5 1 (1.18%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.18%) LAN
5 1 (1.18%) Network Security
5 1 (1.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.18%) SSL
5 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.18%) VoIP
5 1 (1.18%) VPN
5 1 (1.18%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.18%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) MLflow
2 1 (1.18%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.18%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 45 (52.94%) Electronics
2 13 (15.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.94%) Automotive
4 5 (5.88%) Finance
4 5 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.53%) Marketing
6 3 (3.53%) Military
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Wearables
8 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 36 (42.35%) Software Engineer
2 25 (29.41%) Embedded Engineer
3 21 (24.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (22.35%) Firmware Engineer
5 18 (21.18%) Electronics Engineer
6 12 (14.12%) Senior
7 11 (12.94%) Design Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Senior Design Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 11 (12.94%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 7 (8.24%) IT Support
8 7 (8.24%) Lead
9 6 (7.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (7.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (7.06%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (7.06%) IT Analyst
9 6 (7.06%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (7.06%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) LangChain
1 2 (2.35%) Node.js
1 2 (2.35%) React
1 2 (2.35%) React Native
1 2 (2.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) IoT
2 13 (15.29%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (14.12%) Analogue Electronics
4 9 (10.59%) Driving Licence
5 5 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (5.88%) FPGA
6 4 (4.71%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (4.71%) Mobile App
7 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.35%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.18%) Arduino
9 1 (1.18%) Social Media
9 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.29%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (7.06%) Windows
3 1 (1.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (49.41%) Software Engineering
2 16 (18.82%) Collaborative Culture
3 15 (17.65%) Signal Processing
4 12 (14.12%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (14.12%) Project Delivery
5 11 (12.94%) Digital Signal Processing
5 11 (12.94%) Schematic Capture
6 10 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.59%) Customer Service
7 9 (10.59%) Mentoring
8 7 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.24%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.24%) Validation
9 6 (7.06%) Incident Management
9 6 (7.06%) Preventative Maintenance
9 6 (7.06%) Problem Management
9 6 (7.06%) Software Testing
10 5 (5.88%) Code Quality
10 5 (5.88%) Performance Management
10 5 (5.88%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.24%) C
2 17 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 5 (5.88%) C++
4 3 (3.53%) C#
5 2 (2.35%) Python
6 1 (1.18%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (16.47%) Degree
2 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared
2 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.18%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) SLA
2 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.18%) GDPR
2 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (42.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (12.94%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.18%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.18%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Freshdesk
3 5 (5.88%) VMware
4 2 (2.35%) EMC
5 1 (1.18%) Apple
5 1 (1.18%) BroadSoft
5 1 (1.18%) Brocade
5 1 (1.18%) Cisco
5 1 (1.18%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.18%) HP
5 1 (1.18%) NetApp