Firmware Job Trends in South London

Firmware
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 84 58
Rank change year-on-year +42 -26 -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 4 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 0.83% 0.34% 0.74%
As % of the System Software category 13.79% 1.32% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £54,875 £47,575 £34,500
25th Percentile £67,813 £47,688 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% +0.50% -
75th Percentile - £52,688 £52,500
90th Percentile - £52,725 -
London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -18.37%

All System Software Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 29 152 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 5.99% 25.50% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10 46 78
10th Percentile £35,950 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £74,375 £73,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -3.57%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in South London

Firmware
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in South London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in South London

Firmware
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the South London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 3 £75,000 -
Bromley +21 1 £47,500 -5.47%
Firmware
London

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Safety Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) FMECA
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (25.00%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft