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 20 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 190 220
Rank change year-on-year +47 +30 +19
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 77 50 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.49% 0.89% 0.87%
As % of the System Software category 11.76% 4.77% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 26 33 33
10th Percentile £45,000 £26,350 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,875 £35,000 £49,723
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,813 £60,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £66,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -

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 655 1,048 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.68% 18.59% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 330 802 784
10th Percentile £27,735 £27,775 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,563 £34,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £49,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £77,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -3.51%

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 20 January 2025.

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 20 January 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
Devon - 54 £75,000 - 4
Bristol +24 10 £65,000 +23.81% 17
Somerset -8 7 £52,250 -5.00% 7
Dorset -14 3 £50,000 -
Gloucestershire +9 1 £52,500 +50.00% 9
Wiltshire 0 1 £45,000 -28.00% 8
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.79%) AWS
2 5 (6.49%) AWS CodeCommit
3 2 (2.60%) Azure
3 2 (2.60%) Azure Functions
3 2 (2.60%) SaaS
3 2 (2.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) DNS
1 5 (6.49%) HTTP
1 5 (6.49%) Internet
1 5 (6.49%) SMTP
1 5 (6.49%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.19%) 5G
2 4 (5.19%) SD-WAN
2 4 (5.19%) WAN
3 2 (2.60%) Network Security
4 1 (1.30%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Subversion
3 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.30%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 43 (55.84%) Electronics
2 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.09%) Legal
4 7 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.30%) Aviation
7 1 (1.30%) Finance
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (55.84%) Senior
2 22 (28.57%) Design Engineer
2 22 (28.57%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 22 (28.57%) Electronics Engineer
2 22 (28.57%) Senior Design Engineer
2 22 (28.57%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
2 22 (28.57%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 21 (27.27%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (25.97%) Firmware Engineer
5 18 (23.38%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 16 (20.78%) Software Engineer
7 10 (12.99%) FPGA Engineer
7 10 (12.99%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 9 (11.69%) Senior VHDL Engineer
8 9 (11.69%) VHDL Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (6.49%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 4 (5.19%) C++ Software Engineer
12 3 (3.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) NestJS
1 5 (6.49%) Node.js
2 2 (2.60%) .NET
2 2 (2.60%) REST
2 2 (2.60%) SOAP
2 2 (2.60%) Yocto
3 1 (1.30%) Bazel
3 1 (1.30%) Middleware
3 1 (1.30%) Sphinx
3 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.87%) Optoelectronics
2 14 (18.18%) FPGA
2 14 (18.18%) GNSS
2 14 (18.18%) MicroBlaze
3 10 (12.99%) VHDL
4 9 (11.69%) Satnav
5 8 (10.39%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (7.79%) Algorithms
7 6 (7.79%) Device Driver
8 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (5.19%) Tandem
9 1 (1.30%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (1.30%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.30%) IoT
9 1 (1.30%) NHS
9 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
9 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (27.27%) Linux
2 19 (24.68%) Windows
3 8 (10.39%) Android
4 4 (5.19%) Unix
5 1 (1.30%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (41.56%) Requirements Analysis
2 23 (29.87%) Prototyping
2 23 (29.87%) Schematic Capture
2 23 (29.87%) Stress Analysis
3 19 (24.68%) Software Engineering
4 15 (19.48%) Signal Processing
5 13 (16.88%) B2B
5 13 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.58%) Computer Science
7 10 (12.99%) FPGA Design
7 10 (12.99%) Open Source
8 9 (11.69%) Creative Thinking
8 9 (11.69%) Defect Tracking
8 9 (11.69%) Innovative Thinking
8 9 (11.69%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.39%) Software Testing
10 6 (7.79%) Digital Signal Processing
10 6 (7.79%) SDLC
11 5 (6.49%) Cross-Platform Development
11 5 (6.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 43 (55.84%) C
2 31 (40.26%) C++
3 24 (31.17%) Python
4 12 (15.58%) Embedded C
5 10 (12.99%) MATLAB
6 9 (11.69%) C#
6 9 (11.69%) Perl
6 9 (11.69%) Tcl
6 9 (11.69%) VB
7 8 (10.39%) Java
8 2 (2.60%) Bash
9 1 (1.30%) Embedded C++
9 1 (1.30%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (51.95%) Degree
2 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) QA
System Software
1 65 (84.42%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (6.49%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (12.99%) Xilinx
2 9 (11.69%) Altera
2 9 (11.69%) Green Hills