Firmware Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Firmware Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Firmware Engineer salary in Scotland is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 203 242
Rank change year-on-year -44 +39 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 36 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.53% 0.34% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.38% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 15 8
10th Percentile - - £58,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £65,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile £65,000 - £60,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,242 5,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.10% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,305 2,995
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in Scotland

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in Scotland

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in Scotland

Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh - 15 £52,500 - 1
Aberdeen 0 13 £52,500 -30.00%
Lanarkshire - 2 £40,000 - 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Firmware
2 35 (97.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 32 (88.89%) Wireless
4 27 (75.00%) C
5 26 (72.22%) Embedded C
5 26 (72.22%) Social Skills
5 26 (72.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (55.56%) Degree
7 17 (47.22%) Mathematics
7 17 (47.22%) Physics
7 17 (47.22%) Computer Science
7 17 (47.22%) Software Engineering
8 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
9 1 (2.78%) Electronics
9 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.78%) Finance
9 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.78%) Programme Management
9 1 (2.78%) C#
9 1 (2.78%) C++
9 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
9 1 (2.78%) SAP
9 1 (2.78%) Windows
9 1 (2.78%) Bluetooth
9 1 (2.78%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.78%) Data Collection
9 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.78%) Modbus

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
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 32 (88.89%) Wireless
2 1 (2.78%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.78%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.78%) Modbus
2 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (72.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 26 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Electronics
2 1 (2.78%) Finance
2 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.78%) Marketing
2 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) FPGA
1 1 (2.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Computer Science
1 17 (47.22%) Mathematics
1 17 (47.22%) Physics
1 17 (47.22%) Software Engineering
2 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
3 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.78%) Data Collection
3 1 (2.78%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (2.78%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (75.00%) C
2 26 (72.22%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.78%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (55.56%) Degree
System Software
1 36 (100.00%) Firmware
2 35 (97.22%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) SAP