Embedded Firmware Jobs in the South East

Embedded Firmware
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 339 417
Rank change year-on-year +35 +78 -8
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 50 22 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.19% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 2.62% 1.09% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 42 19 36
10th Percentile £32,050 £32,200 -
25th Percentile £40,313 £36,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.63% +32.63%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £65,125
90th Percentile £69,750 £84,750 £72,125
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +4.76%

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 1,911 2,020 3,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.66% 17.43% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 1,475 2,423
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,734 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

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

Embedded Firmware
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

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Hampshire -22 21 £45,000 +12.50% 2
Surrey -13 15 £62,500 +13.64% 1
Thames Valley - 9 £34,000 - 3
Oxfordshire - 6 £34,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £52,501 - 3
Kent - 2 £27,500 - 1
West Sussex - 2 £46,000 - 1
East Sussex - 1 - -
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
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 7 (14.00%) Simulink
2 3 (6.00%) OrCAD
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) GSM
2 2 (4.00%) 4G
2 2 (4.00%) 5G
2 2 (4.00%) Bluetooth
2 2 (4.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.00%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (4.00%) Modbus
2 2 (4.00%) MQTT
2 2 (4.00%) RS-232
2 2 (4.00%) RS-485
2 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.00%) JIRA
3 1 (2.00%) GDB
3 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (42.00%) Electronics
2 10 (20.00%) Marketing
3 7 (14.00%) Automotive
4 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
5 5 (10.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 29 (58.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 26 (52.00%) Software Engineer
3 22 (44.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 11 (22.00%) Electronics Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) Firmware Engineer
6 7 (14.00%) Design Engineer
6 7 (14.00%) Graduate
6 7 (14.00%) Senior
7 6 (12.00%) Graduate Design Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Junior
8 5 (10.00%) Junior Electronics Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 2 (4.00%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (18.00%) Mobile App
3 8 (16.00%) Device Driver
3 8 (16.00%) FPGA
4 6 (12.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (8.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (8.00%) Robotics
6 3 (6.00%) IoT
6 3 (6.00%) Verilog
6 3 (6.00%) VHDL
7 2 (4.00%) NB-IoT
7 2 (4.00%) Smart Energy
8 1 (2.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Linux
2 4 (8.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (52.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (26.00%) Agile
3 11 (22.00%) SDLC
4 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (12.00%) Programme Management
5 6 (12.00%) Schematic Capture
6 5 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (10.00%) Device Driver Development
6 5 (10.00%) FPGA Design
6 5 (10.00%) Project Management
7 4 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (8.00%) Bug Management
7 4 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.00%) Continuous Delivery
7 4 (8.00%) Issue Tracking
7 4 (8.00%) Mechatronics
7 4 (8.00%) Product Management
8 3 (6.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 27 (54.00%) C
2 22 (44.00%) C++
3 9 (18.00%) Python
4 4 (8.00%) C#
5 2 (4.00%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (44.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) QA
System Software
1 50 (100.00%) Firmware
2 2 (4.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) SAP
2 5 (10.00%) EMC
3 2 (4.00%) Atmel
3 2 (4.00%) Freescale
4 1 (2.00%) Facebook
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft