Firmware Jobs in the South West

Firmware
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 223 286
Rank change year-on-year +46 +63 -9
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 86 35 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.98% 0.56% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 8.23% 3.18% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 18
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,750 -
25th Percentile £44,250 £37,750 £31,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

All System Software Skills
South West

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 1,045 1,101 1,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.88% 17.69% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 783 691 951
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,875 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the South West

Firmware
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the South West

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the South West

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 Firmware within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Somerset +26 26 £65,000 -13.33% 1
Devon +15 16 - - 5
Bristol +11 14 £65,000 +136.36% 3
Gloucestershire +7 13 £75,000 +37.61% 5
Dorset -13 10 £47,500 - 1
Cornwall - 4 £40,000 -
Wiltshire -12 3 £44,000 +3.53% 3
Firmware
England

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) OrCAD
1 4 (4.65%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (3.49%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.65%) AWS
2 1 (1.16%) Azure
2 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.16%) IaaS
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) 5G
1 8 (9.30%) DNS
1 8 (9.30%) HTTP
1 8 (9.30%) Internet
1 8 (9.30%) SD-WAN
1 8 (9.30%) SMTP
1 8 (9.30%) TCP/IP
1 8 (9.30%) WAN
2 4 (4.65%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.65%) RS-232
3 3 (3.49%) Wireless
4 2 (2.33%) Firewall
5 1 (1.16%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Jenkins
2 6 (6.98%) Git
3 5 (5.81%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (4.65%) LabVIEW
5 2 (2.33%) Eclipse
5 2 (2.33%) JIRA
5 2 (2.33%) Postman
5 2 (2.33%) Rational Team Concert
5 2 (2.33%) Subversion
6 1 (1.16%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 38 (44.19%) Electronics
2 22 (25.58%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (19.77%) Social Skills
4 12 (13.95%) Manufacturing
5 9 (10.47%) Aerospace
5 9 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.65%) Aviation
7 4 (4.65%) Military
8 3 (3.49%) Finance
8 3 (3.49%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (26.74%) Hardware Engineer
2 20 (23.26%) Developer
2 20 (23.26%) Embedded Engineer
3 16 (18.60%) Firmware Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Principal Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Senior
5 8 (9.30%) Embedded Developer
5 8 (9.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (9.30%) Firmware Developer
5 8 (9.30%) FPGA Developer
5 8 (9.30%) Software Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Principal Software Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 3 (3.49%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) XML
2 1 (1.16%) .NET
2 1 (1.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.74%) FPGA
2 16 (18.60%) GNSS
3 12 (13.95%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (12.79%) VHDL
5 8 (9.30%) CUDA
5 8 (9.30%) MicroBlaze
5 8 (9.30%) Tandem
6 5 (5.81%) Algorithms
7 4 (4.65%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (4.65%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (3.49%) Device Driver
8 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.16%) CAN bus
10 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.16%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (1.16%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.56%) Linux
2 19 (22.09%) Windows
3 8 (9.30%) Unix
4 2 (2.33%) Android
4 2 (2.33%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Computer Science
1 22 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (23.26%) Software Engineering
3 18 (20.93%) Test Automation
4 16 (18.60%) B2B
5 15 (17.44%) FPGA Design
6 10 (11.63%) Signal Processing
7 8 (9.30%) Containerisation
7 8 (9.30%) Creative Thinking
7 8 (9.30%) Defect Tracking
7 8 (9.30%) Open Source
7 8 (9.30%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (9.30%) Software Architecture
7 8 (9.30%) Test Assurance
7 8 (9.30%) Validation
8 7 (8.14%) Mentoring
8 7 (8.14%) Physics
9 6 (6.98%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 35 (40.70%) C
2 27 (31.40%) C++
3 13 (15.12%) Python
4 9 (10.47%) Embedded C
5 8 (9.30%) MATLAB
5 8 (9.30%) Perl
5 8 (9.30%) Tcl
5 8 (9.30%) VB
6 4 (4.65%) SQL
7 2 (2.33%) Embedded C++
7 2 (2.33%) Java
7 2 (2.33%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.16%) Ada
8 1 (1.16%) C#
8 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.16%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (37.21%) Degree
2 12 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.33%) ISEB
5 2 (2.33%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.16%) HNC
6 1 (1.16%) HND
6 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) QA
2 1 (1.16%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 38 (44.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (10.47%) Xilinx
2 8 (9.30%) Altera
2 8 (9.30%) Green Hills
2 8 (9.30%) Motorola
3 3 (3.49%) SAP
4 1 (1.16%) Citrix
4 1 (1.16%) VMware