Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Staffordshire

Embedded Firmware
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.18% - -
As % of the System Software category 3.77% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46,000 - -
25th Percentile £49,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £64,375 - -
90th Percentile £67,000 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -20.33% -

All System Software Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 53 74 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 4.70% 14.10% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 44 68 99
10th Percentile £22,500 £27,750 £25,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,433 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -12.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £63,750 £50,875 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £53,707 £53,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,625 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.33% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in Staffordshire

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 5 April 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
Stafford - 1 £47,500 - 1
Embedded Firmware
West Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
1 1 (50.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety