Embedded Firmware Job Trends in the South West

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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 162 176
Rank change year-on-year -73 +14 +50
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 6 6 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.062% 0.17% 0.79%
As % of the System Software category 1.01% 1.51% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 29
10th Percentile £38,750 - £40,000
25th Percentile £38,813 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% -23.08% +26.21%
75th Percentile £72,188 - £75,000
90th Percentile £73,750 - £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +9.09%

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 596 397 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.13% 11.48% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 366 271 590
10th Percentile £30,875 £28,750 £28,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £41,355 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.95% -22.34% +6.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Embedded Firmware
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.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the South West

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the South West over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the South West

Embedded Firmware
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 6 September 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
Bristol - 3 £40,000 - 10
Gloucestershire - 2 £72,500 - 3
Devon -23 1 £41,000 - 1
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
3 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
3 1 (16.67%) GoogleTest
3 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (16.67%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) EMC
1 1 (16.67%) Google