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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 230 321
Rank change year-on-year -31 +91 +12
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 57 58 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.36% 0.68% 0.39%
As % of the System Software category 5.14% 6.14% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 37 7 57
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £69,000 £66,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.15% -2.73% -

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 1,109 945 2,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.08% 11.06% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 912 647 1,809
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +3.16% -3.06%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,925 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,750 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% +2.04% -10.91%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -56 33 £75,000 - 11
Thames Valley +21 14 £50,000 -23.08% 4
Oxfordshire -2 8 £55,000 -15.38% 1
Kent -17 8 £47,500 -24.00% 1
Berkshire +22 6 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Surrey - 2 - - 1
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 11 (19.30%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) RS-232
2 2 (3.51%) HTTP
2 2 (3.51%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (5.26%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) Polyspace
3 1 (1.75%) VectorCAST
3 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (19.30%) Electronics
2 8 (14.04%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.77%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 30 (52.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 20 (35.09%) Firmware Engineer
3 17 (29.82%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 13 (22.81%) Lead
5 11 (19.30%) FPGA Engineer
5 11 (19.30%) Software Engineer
6 10 (17.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (17.54%) Senior
7 8 (14.04%) Design Engineer
7 8 (14.04%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 7 (12.28%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 7 (12.28%) Technical Leader
9 6 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (7.02%) Development Engineer
10 4 (7.02%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 4 (7.02%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 4 (7.02%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (5.26%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
11 3 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 3 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) .NET
2 2 (3.51%) Yocto
3 1 (1.75%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.84%) Algorithms
1 21 (36.84%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (21.05%) FPGA
3 11 (19.30%) NVMe
3 11 (19.30%) PCIe
3 11 (19.30%) VHDL
4 3 (5.26%) IoT
5 2 (3.51%) Acoustics
5 2 (3.51%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.75%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Linux
2 4 (7.02%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.81%) Software Engineering
2 11 (19.30%) Configuration Management
2 11 (19.30%) FPGA Design
2 11 (19.30%) Information Assurance
2 11 (19.30%) Requirements Analysis
2 11 (19.30%) Roadmaps
2 11 (19.30%) System Testing
2 11 (19.30%) Technology Roadmap
2 11 (19.30%) UVM
3 9 (15.79%) Signal Processing
3 9 (15.79%) Validation
4 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (12.28%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis
5 6 (10.53%) Digital Signal Processing
5 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 4 (7.02%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.26%) Software Architecture
7 3 (5.26%) Software Testing
7 3 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (57.89%) C
2 29 (50.88%) C++
3 14 (24.56%) Assembly Language
4 11 (19.30%) Python
5 7 (12.28%) C#
6 5 (8.77%) Embedded C
7 3 (5.26%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) JTAG
2 1 (1.75%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.75%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 57 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Altera
1 11 (19.30%) Xilinx
2 2 (3.51%) EMC
2 2 (3.51%) Google
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.75%) Xamarin