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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 184 229
Rank change year-on-year +23 +45 +92
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 5 58 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.14% 0.77% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 1.21% 6.42% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 27 3
10th Percentile - £40,000 £36,450
25th Percentile - £44,375 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +26.21% -
75th Percentile - £75,000 £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% -3.08%

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 412 904 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.75% 12.00% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 273 555 717
10th Percentile £28,350 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -2.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% - -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware 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
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 18 September 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 -15 3 £50,000 +25.00% 1
Devon -13 2 - - 2
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Design Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Hardware Design Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Optoelectronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (40.00%) Stress Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware