Firmware Jobs in Scotland

Firmware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 184 172
Rank change year-on-year +61 -12 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 22 96 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.78% 1.43% 1.06%
As % of the System Software category 13.84% 13.06% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 21 90 43
10th Percentile £43,750 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £35,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -0.94% -1.40%
75th Percentile £69,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% -13.64%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 159 735 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.64% 10.91% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 134 422 370
10th Percentile £31,594 £26,250 £25,000
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 £61,774 £73,750
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%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Scotland

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 Firmware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh -1 5 £47,500 -9.52% 8
Glasgow +168 3 £80,000 +39.13% 1
West Lothian +11 3 £62,500 -10.71% 2
Dundee +10 2 £82,500 +65.00% 19
Firmware
UK

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 (40.91%) Modbus
1 9 (40.91%) TCP/IP
2 4 (18.18%) Ethernet
3 3 (13.64%) RS-232
3 3 (13.64%) ZigBee
4 2 (9.09%) Wireless
5 1 (4.55%) SDH
5 1 (4.55%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Subversion
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Electronics
3 2 (9.09%) Wearables
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (59.09%) Firmware Engineer
2 13 (59.09%) Senior
3 12 (54.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 11 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 10 (45.45%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 5 (22.73%) Software Engineer
7 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (13.64%) Design Engineer
8 3 (13.64%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 3 (13.64%) Electronics Engineer
8 3 (13.64%) Junior
8 3 (13.64%) Junior Electronics Engineer
8 3 (13.64%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (9.09%) Architect
9 2 (9.09%) Firmware Architect
10 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (4.55%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Device Driver
1 9 (40.91%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.64%) Life Science
3 2 (9.09%) Smart Energy
4 1 (4.55%) CPLD
4 1 (4.55%) FPGA
4 1 (4.55%) Verilog
4 1 (4.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Linux
2 12 (54.55%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Android
3 1 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (4.55%) VxWorks
3 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (40.91%) CI/CD
2 9 (40.91%) Continuous Deployment
2 9 (40.91%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (40.91%) Multithreading
2 9 (40.91%) Software Architecture
3 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Digital Signal Processing
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (13.64%) Signal Processing
5 2 (9.09%) Clean Code
5 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.09%) SDLC
6 1 (4.55%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (4.55%) Image Processing
6 1 (4.55%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (4.55%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.55%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) C
2 15 (68.18%) C++
3 2 (9.09%) Assembly Language
3 2 (9.09%) C#
4 1 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Intel
1 1 (4.55%) Xilinx