Embedded Firmware Jobs in the South East

Embedded Firmware
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 379 366
Rank change year-on-year +119 -13 -2
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 134 33 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.81% 0.22% 0.59%
As % of the System Software category 5.36% 1.34% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 55 22 23
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £80,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £84,750 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
South East

Embedded Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,498 2,468 3,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.04% 16.23% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,004 1,699 2,342
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the South East.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the South East

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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 24 April 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
Thames Valley +101 86 £52,501 -16.00% 12
Buckinghamshire - 85 £51,750 - 3
Hampshire -8 29 £45,000 -25.00% 9
Surrey +15 10 £62,500 -23.31% 1
West Sussex - 4 £46,000 - 2
Kent - 3 £27,500 -
Oxfordshire +17 1 £62,500 - 7
Sussex - 1 £40,000 -
Middlesex - 1 £52,500 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Simulink
2 1 (0.75%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.75%) Azure
1 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.75%) RFID
1 1 (0.75%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Git
2 2 (1.49%) GCC
2 2 (1.49%) GDB
2 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (65.67%) Electronics
2 76 (56.72%) Manufacturing
3 73 (54.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (8.96%) Automotive
4 12 (8.96%) Legal
5 5 (3.73%) Social Skills
6 3 (2.24%) Finance
6 3 (2.24%) Marketing
6 3 (2.24%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.75%) Avionics
7 1 (0.75%) Police
7 1 (0.75%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 81 (60.45%) Electronics Engineer
2 72 (53.73%) Graduate
3 69 (51.49%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
3 69 (51.49%) Junior
4 68 (50.75%) Junior Electronics Engineer
5 61 (45.52%) Development Engineer
5 61 (45.52%) Graduate Development Engineer
6 38 (28.36%) Embedded Engineer
7 33 (24.63%) Software Engineer
8 21 (15.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 16 (11.94%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
9 16 (11.94%) Hardware Engineer
10 13 (9.70%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
10 13 (9.70%) Junior Hardware Engineer
11 10 (7.46%) Design Engineer
12 9 (6.72%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 9 (6.72%) Firmware Engineer
12 9 (6.72%) Graduate Design Engineer
13 8 (5.97%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 7 (5.22%) EMC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.49%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Mobile App
2 13 (9.70%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (7.46%) FPGA
4 8 (5.97%) Device Driver
5 5 (3.73%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.49%) Tandem
6 2 (1.49%) Verilog
6 2 (1.49%) VHDL
7 1 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.48%) Linux
2 2 (1.49%) Windows
3 1 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (54.48%) Project Planning
1 73 (54.48%) Schematic Capture
2 37 (27.61%) Software Engineering
3 21 (15.67%) SDLC
4 12 (8.96%) Configuration Management
4 12 (8.96%) Design for Manufacturing
4 12 (8.96%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (5.97%) Agile
5 8 (5.97%) FPGA Design
5 8 (5.97%) Mentoring
6 4 (2.99%) Biometrics
6 4 (2.99%) Device Driver Development
6 4 (2.99%) Validation
6 4 (2.99%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (2.24%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.24%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (2.24%) Programme Management
8 2 (1.49%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (1.49%) Information Security
8 2 (1.49%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (32.84%) C
2 16 (11.94%) C++
3 14 (10.45%) Python
4 6 (4.48%) C#
5 4 (2.99%) Embedded C
6 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.49%) Lua
7 1 (0.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 98 (73.13%) Degree
2 2 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.49%) QA
2 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 134 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 75 (55.97%) EMC
2 3 (2.24%) SAP
3 2 (1.49%) Facebook