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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 258 214
Rank change year-on-year +47 -44 +176
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 48 52 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.50% 0.43% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 6.27% 5.12% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 43 37 63
10th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £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% -12.50%
75th Percentile £60,750 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £59,900 £61,150
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 766 1,016 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.98% 8.32% 17.88%
Number of salaries quoted 565 568 1,105
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,878 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +2.53% +0.36%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,791 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £56,525 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.97% +2.77% -

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 18 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 18 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 +24 23 £46,000 -16.36% 12
North West +39 18 £46,500 -11.43% 21
North East -3 7 £56,500 +0.89% 4
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 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.08%) AWS
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) Modbus
1 7 (14.58%) RS-485
2 3 (6.25%) DNS
2 3 (6.25%) LAN
2 3 (6.25%) WAN
3 1 (2.08%) Broadband
3 1 (2.08%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Big Data
1 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (56.25%) Electronics
2 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Finance
4 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.17%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (52.08%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 12 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
4 10 (20.83%) C# Software Engineer
4 10 (20.83%) C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (14.58%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 7 (14.58%) Firmware Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (10.42%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (10.42%) IT Manager
8 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Architect
8 3 (6.25%) Design Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) IT Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) IT Support
8 3 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.25%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
3 7 (14.58%) CAN bus
4 3 (6.25%) IoT
5 2 (4.17%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.08%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.25%) Windows
2 12 (25.00%) Linux
3 7 (14.58%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (45.83%) Mentoring
2 18 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 10 (20.83%) Multithreading
4 9 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
5 8 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (12.50%) Software Testing
7 5 (10.42%) Coaching
7 5 (10.42%) Patch Management
7 5 (10.42%) People Management
7 5 (10.42%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (10.42%) Server Management
7 5 (10.42%) Service Delivery
8 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.25%) User Experience
10 2 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (4.17%) Decision-Making
10 2 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
11 1 (2.08%) Data Analytics
11 1 (2.08%) Data Governance
11 1 (2.08%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 33 (68.75%) C++
2 24 (50.00%) C
3 11 (22.92%) Embedded C
4 10 (20.83%) C#
4 10 (20.83%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 33 (68.75%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) EMC
2 5 (10.42%) Cisco
2 5 (10.42%) VMware
3 3 (6.25%) Adobe
3 3 (6.25%) Apple
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.08%) Google