Firmware Jobs in Portsmouth

Firmware
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 53 57
Rank change year-on-year +32 +4 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 35 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 8.77% 0.19% 1.92%
As % of the System Software category 61.40% 1.75% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% +130.77%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £54,250 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All System Software Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 57 57 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.29% 10.94% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12 52 70
10th Percentile £29,225 £37,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £40,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £78,750 £59,063 £64,688
90th Percentile - £78,750 £68,750
Hampshire median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Portsmouth

Firmware
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Portsmouth.

Salary trend for Firmware in Portsmouth

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Portsmouth

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 31 (88.57%) Software-Defined Radio
2 13 (37.14%) Wireless
3 1 (2.86%) DHCP
3 1 (2.86%) Network Security
3 1 (2.86%) VLAN
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Radio Engineer
1 15 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (37.14%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (37.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 13 (37.14%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Senior
5 1 (2.86%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (51.43%) FPGA
2 16 (45.71%) e-Learning
3 13 (37.14%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (37.14%) MicroBlaze
3 13 (37.14%) RISC-V
4 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Embedded Linux
1 13 (37.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (88.57%) Digital Signal Processing
1 31 (88.57%) Innovative Thinking
1 31 (88.57%) Signal Processing
2 15 (42.86%) Physics
3 13 (37.14%) Agile
3 13 (37.14%) Software Engineering
4 4 (11.43%) Asset Management
4 4 (11.43%) Change Control
4 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
4 4 (11.43%) Ticket Management
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (8.57%) Integration Testing
5 3 (8.57%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (8.57%) Mathematics
5 3 (8.57%) Software Testing
5 3 (8.57%) Validation
5 3 (8.57%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
6 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) MATLAB
2 13 (37.14%) C
2 13 (37.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) SC Cleared
1 31 (88.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.86%) CCNA
3 1 (2.86%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Xilinx
2 2 (5.71%) Cisco
2 2 (5.71%) Dell
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.86%) Juniper
3 1 (2.86%) Meraki
3 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.86%) SonicWALL