Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Embedded Firmware
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.15% 0.48% -
As % of the System Software category 1.85% 7.04% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,250 £53,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £56,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% - -
75th Percentile £60,750 £59,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £56,500 £56,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.89% +24.44% -5.26%

All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 54 71 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 8.27% 6.78% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 31 44 56
10th Percentile £25,300 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,198 £40,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.01% -21.95% -4.65%
75th Percentile £42,375 £53,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,750 £60,575 £72,500
North East median annual salary £31,500 £43,500 £47,672
% change year-on-year -27.59% -8.75% -9.20%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in Tyne and Wear

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware