Embedded Firmware Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 188 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 12 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.32% 0.25% -
As % of the System Software category 3.58% 1.91% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £32,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £34,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,563 -
90th Percentile £63,375 £50,000 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -32.54%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 335 576 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.01% 13.21% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 217 348 484
10th Percentile £30,950 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £56,252 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +7.15% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,158 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £87,625
South East median annual salary £41,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.55% +10.00% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded Firmware

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 1 November 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
Oxfordshire +25 11 £55,000 +61.76% 3
Berkshire - 1 £67,500 - 2
Embedded Firmware
South East

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.33%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (91.67%) Electronics
2 10 (83.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 11 (91.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 11 (91.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.33%) CAN bus
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (8.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (8.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (8.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (8.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) C
1 9 (75.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) HNC
2 1 (8.33%) HND
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (8.33%) Freescale
2 1 (8.33%) SAP