Embedded Firmware
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 173 | 154 | 219 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | +65 | +88 |
| Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware | 4 | 52 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South West | 0.094% | 0.86% | 0.13% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.86% | 6.45% | 0.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 21 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,500 | £40,000 | £36,450 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £55,000 | £40,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £65,000 | £51,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.08% | +26.21% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £82,500 | £59,625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90,000 | £61,950 |
| England median annual salary | £50,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +9.09% | -12.70% |
All System Software Skills
South West
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 West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 463 | 806 | 927 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 10.87% | 13.40% | 20.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 315 | 458 | 720 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,500 | £35,125 | £34,211 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £52,500 | £47,529 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +10.46% | -4.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £72,188 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £89,125 | £78,875 |
| England median annual salary | £47,500 | £56,252 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.56% | +2.28% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Salary Trend in the South West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Firmware.
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Salary Histogram in the South West
Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the South West over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.
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Job Locations in the South West
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 West region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | -11 | 3 | £50,000 | +25.00% | |
| Wiltshire | +19 | 1 | £35,000 | -22.22% | 3 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:
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