Firmware Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 123 156
Rank change year-on-year -44 +33 +48
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 18 74 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% 1.72% 0.89%
As % of the System Software category 5.59% 13.01% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 28
10th Percentile - £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,013 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,213 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% -12.34% +62.96%
75th Percentile £81,250 £55,750 -
90th Percentile - £60,000 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 322 569 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.04% 13.23% 17.53%
Number of salaries quoted 221 344 498
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,700 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,941 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £56,525 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.58% +7.67% +6.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £41,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.55% +10.00% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the Thames Valley

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 Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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 +27 11 £55,000 +15.79% 7
Berkshire -16 6 £77,500 +66.49% 26
Buckinghamshire -30 1 £47,500 -13.64% 2
Firmware
South East

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 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.56%) RFID
2 1 (5.56%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
1 1 (5.56%) Postman
General
1 11 (61.11%) Electronics
2 10 (55.56%) Automotive
3 6 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Embedded Engineer
1 11 (61.11%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 11 (61.11%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) QA Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Senior
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (50.00%) Flash
2 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) CAN bus
3 1 (5.56%) FMCG
3 1 (5.56%) IoT
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 6 (33.33%) Validation
3 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
3 5 (27.78%) Key Management
3 5 (27.78%) Mathematics
3 5 (27.78%) Physics
3 5 (27.78%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (27.78%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.56%) Design for Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (5.56%) Logistics
5 1 (5.56%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.56%) Prototyping
5 1 (5.56%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C
1 9 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) HNC
3 1 (5.56%) HND
3 1 (5.56%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) EMC
2 1 (5.56%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.56%) Freescale
2 1 (5.56%) SAP