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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 179 171
Rank change year-on-year +37 -8 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 22 98 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.75% 1.47% 1.11%
As % of the System Software category 11.17% 13.84% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 20 89 45
10th Percentile £43,750 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -0.94% -5.78%
75th Percentile £73,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 197 708 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.68% 10.59% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 122 399 372
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £32,500 £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 £61,600 £72,813
90th Percentile £106,250 £75,000 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 16 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 16 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 -4 8 £66,000 +65.00% 3
Glasgow +173 5 £80,000 +39.13% 3
Edinburgh 0 4 £47,500 -9.52% 21
Dundee +8 2 £82,500 +65.00% 14
West Lothian +5 2 £62,500 -10.71% 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) AWS IoT
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Modbus
2 8 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
3 3 (13.64%) ZigBee
4 2 (9.09%) RS-232
4 2 (9.09%) Wireless
5 1 (4.55%) Bluetooth
5 1 (4.55%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (4.55%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Wearables
4 1 (4.55%) Agriculture
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Embedded Engineer
2 11 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 11 (50.00%) Senior
3 10 (45.45%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 10 (45.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (40.91%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 5 (22.73%) Software Engineer
6 4 (18.18%) Architect
6 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (18.18%) Firmware Architect
7 3 (13.64%) Design Engineer
7 3 (13.64%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 3 (13.64%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (13.64%) Junior
7 3 (13.64%) Junior Electronics Engineer
7 3 (13.64%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (4.55%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Device Driver
1 8 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Life Science
2 2 (9.09%) Smart Energy
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Linux
2 10 (45.45%) 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 10 (45.45%) Collaborative Working
2 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 8 (36.36%) Continuous Deployment
2 8 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (36.36%) Multithreading
2 8 (36.36%) Software Architecture
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.64%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (13.64%) SDLC
7 2 (9.09%) Clean Code
7 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 2 (9.09%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (9.09%) Signal Processing
8 1 (4.55%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (4.55%) Requirements Analysis
8 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#
3 2 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) Bash
4 1 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) JTAG
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Google
1 1 (4.55%) NVIDIA
1 1 (4.55%) SAP