Firmware Jobs in the South East

Firmware
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 166 268
Rank change year-on-year -79 +102 +23
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 64 267 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.68% 1.55% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 7.19% 11.19% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 28 169 103
10th Percentile £40,950 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £37,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £66,250 £76,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 890 2,385 2,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.47% 13.83% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 586 1,903 1,607
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the South East over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the South East

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 Firmware within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hampshire +61 40 £42,500 -5.56% 40
Surrey +27 9 £70,000 +29.63% 38
Thames Valley -77 5 £65,000 +23.81% 96
Kent +35 4 £62,500 +127.27% 18
East Sussex +25 4 £52,500 -8.70% 8
West Sussex +34 2 £55,000 +19.57% 10
Oxfordshire +19 2 £65,000 +9.24% 28
Berkshire -4 2 £57,000 +32.81% 43
Buckinghamshire -49 1 £75,000 +47.06% 28
Firmware
England

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 4 (6.25%) Simulink
2 2 (3.13%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 35 (54.69%) Software-Defined Radio
2 16 (25.00%) Wireless
3 3 (4.69%) DHCP
4 2 (3.13%) MQTT
4 2 (3.13%) Network Security
4 2 (3.13%) VLAN
5 1 (1.56%) BGP
5 1 (1.56%) DNS
5 1 (1.56%) Firewall
5 1 (1.56%) LAN
5 1 (1.56%) OSPF
5 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.56%) WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) Eclipse
General
1 18 (28.13%) Finance
2 10 (15.63%) Electronics
3 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 4 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (29.69%) Systems Engineer
2 17 (26.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (26.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 17 (26.56%) Radio Engineer
2 17 (26.56%) Software Engineer
3 15 (23.44%) Senior
4 9 (14.06%) Firmware Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Lead
8 4 (6.25%) Network Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) Design Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Development Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Senior Development Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Senior Hardware Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 25 (39.06%) FPGA
2 21 (32.81%) Embedded Systems
3 18 (28.13%) e-Learning
4 15 (23.44%) MicroBlaze
4 15 (23.44%) RISC-V
5 11 (17.19%) VHDL
6 4 (6.25%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
7 3 (4.69%) Algorithms
7 3 (4.69%) Device Driver
7 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (3.13%) Driving Licence
8 2 (3.13%) IoT
8 2 (3.13%) Life Science
9 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (28.13%) Linux
2 15 (23.44%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (56.25%) Digital Signal Processing
1 36 (56.25%) Signal Processing
2 35 (54.69%) Innovative Thinking
3 21 (32.81%) Physics
4 17 (26.56%) Software Engineering
5 15 (23.44%) Agile
6 10 (15.63%) Schematic Capture
7 7 (10.94%) Mathematics
7 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.38%) Design for Test
8 6 (9.38%) Issue Tracking
8 6 (9.38%) Product Requirements
9 5 (7.81%) Change Control
9 5 (7.81%) Customer Service
10 4 (6.25%) Asset Management
10 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
10 4 (6.25%) Ticket Management
10 4 (6.25%) Validation
10 4 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
11 3 (4.69%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 27 (42.19%) C
2 23 (35.94%) C++
3 21 (32.81%) MATLAB
4 4 (6.25%) Embedded C++
5 3 (4.69%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.56%) C#
6 1 (1.56%) Java
6 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (60.94%) Security Cleared
2 36 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.94%) Degree
4 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.69%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.69%) PhD
5 2 (3.13%) CCNA
6 1 (1.56%) CCNP
6 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (1.56%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (1.56%) MISRA
3 1 (1.56%) MISRA C
System Software
1 38 (59.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (4.69%) Cisco
1 3 (4.69%) Xilinx
2 2 (3.13%) Cadence
2 2 (3.13%) Dell
2 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
2 2 (3.13%) Juniper
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (1.56%) EMC
3 1 (1.56%) Meraki
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.56%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.56%) SonicWALL