Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Embedded Firmware
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - +53
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 9 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.23% - 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 12.50% - 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile £62,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.73% +34.21% -24.00%

All System Software Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 72 61 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.81% 7.80% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 57 46 88
10th Percentile £27,250 - £26,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,700 £39,250 £42,796
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% -8.29% +19.71%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £54,063
90th Percentile £62,763 £76,250 £66,625
South East median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% +5.20%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Abingdon - 7 £55,000 -
Oxford - 2 £55,000 - 2
Embedded Firmware
South East

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 9 (100.00%) Automotive
1 9 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Firmware