Embedded Firmware Jobs in the North West

Embedded Firmware
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 263 288
Rank change year-on-year -14 +25 +44
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 29 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.013% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the System Software category 0.12% 3.03% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1 23 18
10th Percentile - £48,250 £47,125
25th Percentile - £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile - £59,000 £61,250
90th Percentile - £75,000 £68,125
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +14.29%

All System Software Skills
North West

Embedded 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 857 956 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.04% 9.82% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 337 828 817
10th Percentile £26,050 £24,250 £25,420
25th Percentile £39,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the North West

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the North West.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the North West

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Manchester +47 1 £55,000 +4.76% 1
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware