Embedded Firmware Jobs in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 229 178
Rank change year-on-year +93 -51 +57
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 13 54 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.46% 0.80% 0.84%
As % of the System Software category 8.13% 7.35% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 12 54 39
10th Percentile - £45,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £69,000 £64,063 £65,000
90th Percentile - £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £61,750 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.62% -12.50% +14.29%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 160 735 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.70% 10.90% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 134 421 375
10th Percentile £31,594 £26,250 £25,200
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £61,250 £73,813
90th Percentile £108,000 £75,000 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -2.35%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Lanarkshire +8 9 £66,000 +65.00% 1
West Lothian +11 3 £62,500 -10.71%
Dundee - 1 - - 10
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Modbus
1 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) Ethernet
2 3 (23.08%) RS-232
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Senior
2 12 (92.31%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (92.31%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 10 (76.92%) Firmware Engineer
3 10 (76.92%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 9 (69.23%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 4 (30.77%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
6 3 (23.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (23.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (7.69%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Device Driver
1 9 (69.23%) Product Ownership
2 3 (23.08%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (92.31%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (7.69%) VxWorks
3 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) CI/CD
1 9 (69.23%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (69.23%) Continuous Deployment
1 9 (69.23%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (69.23%) Multithreading
1 9 (69.23%) Software Architecture
2 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) Signal Processing
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.69%) Image Processing
4 1 (7.69%) OO
4 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Firmware