Embedded Firmware Jobs in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 259 218
Rank change year-on-year +96 -41 +12
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 86 2 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.28% 0.033% 0.92%
As % of the System Software category 8.22% 0.20% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 14
10th Percentile - £55,500 -
25th Percentile £46,500 £56,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,501 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £56,251 £68,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,751 £69,500 £57,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +16.67%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,046 1,018 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.55% 16.55% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 834 661 725
10th Percentile £27,825 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £30,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,150 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.25% -7.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Buckinghamshire - 85 £51,750 - 3
Oxfordshire +12 1 £62,500 - 7
Embedded Firmware
South East

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.16%) RFID
1 1 (1.16%) ZigBee
General
1 74 (86.05%) Electronics
2 73 (84.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 73 (84.88%) Manufacturing
3 12 (13.95%) Legal
4 4 (4.65%) Automotive
5 1 (1.16%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 71 (82.56%) Electronics Engineer
2 61 (70.93%) Development Engineer
2 61 (70.93%) Graduate
2 61 (70.93%) Graduate Development Engineer
2 61 (70.93%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
2 61 (70.93%) Junior
2 61 (70.93%) Junior Electronics Engineer
3 16 (18.60%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
3 16 (18.60%) Hardware Engineer
4 13 (15.12%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
4 13 (15.12%) Junior Hardware Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) Embedded Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) EMC Design Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) EMC Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Firmware Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) RF Design Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) RF Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.81%) Analogue Electronics
1 5 (5.81%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.65%) Linux
2 1 (1.16%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (84.88%) Project Planning
1 73 (84.88%) Schematic Capture
2 12 (13.95%) Configuration Management
2 12 (13.95%) Design for Manufacturing
2 12 (13.95%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (9.30%) Software Engineering
4 4 (4.65%) Biometrics
4 4 (4.65%) SDLC
5 1 (1.16%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (1.16%) Prototyping
5 1 (1.16%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.95%) C
2 4 (4.65%) C#
2 4 (4.65%) Embedded C
2 4 (4.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 74 (86.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 86 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 73 (84.88%) EMC