Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Embedded Firmware
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.11% - -
As % of the System Software category 3.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.80% +19.05% -12.50%

All System Software Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 31 26 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.52% 9.06% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 27
10th Percentile £32,000 £47,750 £32,298
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £77,217 £57,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £78,790 £68,487 £110,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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
County Antrim - 1 £65,000 - 3
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware