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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 141 85
Rank change year-on-year -21 -56 +116
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 9 40 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.22% 1.18% 3.01%
As % of the System Software category 3.66% 7.94% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 43
10th Percentile - £33,500 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,013 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 -
90th Percentile - £62,500 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 246 504 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.10% 14.89% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 161 317 543
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £29,550
25th Percentile £31,875 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +10.09% +21.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% +5.23%

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
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 14 January 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
Oxfordshire +22 9 £55,000 -8.33% 16
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:

General
1 9 (100.00%) Automotive
1 9 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware