Embedded Firmware Job Trends in the South East

Embedded Firmware
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 282 197
Rank change year-on-year +44 -85 +177
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 35 14 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.34% 0.16% 1.12%
As % of the System Software category 5.09% 1.10% 6.58%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 24
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,625 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +34.21% -24.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,688 £58,125
90th Percentile - £72,875 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £53,750
% change year-on-year -10.20% +13.95% -12.24%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 687 1,267 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.63% 14.14% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 484 715 1,219
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% +5.20%
75th Percentile £58,938 £75,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the South East

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Hampshire +52 25 £50,000 -33.33% 6
Thames Valley +18 9 £55,000 - 11
Oxfordshire - 9 £55,000 - 2
Surrey +2 1 £30,000 - 2
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) Software-Defined Radio
2 11 (31.43%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (31.43%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Electronics
3 9 (25.71%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (82.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (51.43%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 18 (51.43%) Firmware Engineer
3 11 (31.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 11 (31.43%) Software Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Radio Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Junior
6 2 (5.71%) Junior Embedded Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Developer
7 1 (2.86%) Development Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Firmware Developer
7 1 (2.86%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.71%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 20 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (31.43%) e-Learning
2 11 (31.43%) MicroBlaze
2 11 (31.43%) RISC-V
3 9 (25.71%) IoT
4 5 (14.29%) FPGA
5 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.86%) NVMe
5 1 (2.86%) PCIe
5 1 (2.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) Embedded Linux
1 11 (31.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Digital Signal Processing
1 15 (42.86%) Innovative Thinking
1 15 (42.86%) Signal Processing
2 11 (31.43%) Agile
2 11 (31.43%) Software Engineering
3 9 (25.71%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (11.43%) Physics
5 1 (2.86%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.86%) FPGA Design
5 1 (2.86%) Information Assurance
5 1 (2.86%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (2.86%) Roadmaps
5 1 (2.86%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (2.86%) System Testing
5 1 (2.86%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (2.86%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 22 (62.86%) C
2 12 (34.29%) C++
3 9 (25.71%) Embedded C
4 4 (11.43%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.86%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 15 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 15 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Altera
1 1 (2.86%) Xilinx