Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 686 741 828
Rank change year-on-year +55 +87 -170
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 85 21 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.034% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.038% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 67 21 3
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £49,400
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +21.50% +12.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £58,875
90th Percentile £65,000 - £59,550
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Scotland -49 28 £52,500 -25.00%
Midlands +43 27 £52,500 -4.55% 2
East Midlands - 16 £52,500 - 2
South East +33 11 £75,000 +50.00% 1
West Midlands +30 11 £60,000 +9.09%
East of England - 6 £41,250 - 5
North of England +49 5 £60,000 +50.00%
South West - 4 £40,000 - 4
Wales - 4 £50,000 -
North East - 2 £60,000 -
North West - 2 £56,000 -
Yorkshire +85 1 £65,000 +62.50%
Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Embedded Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 85 (100.00%) Firmware
2 80 (94.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 53 (62.35%) C
4 41 (48.24%) Electronics
5 33 (38.82%) Degree
6 27 (31.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (30.59%) Wireless
7 26 (30.59%) C++
8 25 (29.41%) Embedded C
9 24 (28.24%) Software Engineering
10 20 (23.53%) Linux
10 20 (23.53%) Manufacturing
10 20 (23.53%) Social Skills
11 18 (21.18%) Computer Science
12 17 (20.00%) Mathematics
12 17 (20.00%) Physics
13 12 (14.12%) Yocto
13 12 (14.12%) Python
14 11 (12.94%) Embedded Linux
15 9 (10.59%) Embedded C++
15 9 (10.59%) Linux Kernel Development
15 9 (10.59%) IoT
16 8 (9.41%) Schematic Capture
16 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
16 8 (9.41%) EMC
16 8 (9.41%) SAP
16 8 (9.41%) Telecoms
16 8 (9.41%) Finance
16 8 (9.41%) Programme Management
16 8 (9.41%) Business Intelligence

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.18%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.88%) AWS
1 5 (5.88%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 26 (30.59%) Wireless
2 6 (7.06%) Ethernet
2 6 (7.06%) LoRaWAN
2 6 (7.06%) MQTT
3 5 (5.88%) Bluetooth
3 5 (5.88%) LTE
4 4 (4.71%) Profibus
4 4 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.35%) Modbus
5 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.18%) 4G
6 1 (1.18%) 5G
6 1 (1.18%) RS-232
6 1 (1.18%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Git
2 2 (2.35%) GCC
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.18%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) Subversion
3 1 (1.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (48.24%) Electronics
2 27 (31.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (23.53%) Manufacturing
3 20 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 8 (9.41%) Finance
4 8 (9.41%) Marketing
4 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.41%) Telecoms
5 6 (7.06%) Automotive
6 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.12%) Yocto
2 5 (5.88%) Flask
3 2 (2.35%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) IoT
2 5 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.71%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.35%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.18%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.18%) FPGA
5 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.18%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.53%) Linux
2 11 (12.94%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (4.71%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.24%) Software Engineering
2 18 (21.18%) Computer Science
3 17 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 17 (20.00%) Physics
4 9 (10.59%) Linux Kernel Development
5 8 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (9.41%) Digital Marketing
5 8 (9.41%) Programme Management
5 8 (9.41%) Project Planning
5 8 (9.41%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (8.24%) Embedded Software Development
7 6 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (5.88%) SDLC
9 4 (4.71%) Code Quality
9 4 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (4.71%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (4.71%) Software Testing
10 3 (3.53%) Agile
11 2 (2.35%) Web Development
12 1 (1.18%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (62.35%) C
2 26 (30.59%) C++
3 25 (29.41%) Embedded C
4 12 (14.12%) Python
5 9 (10.59%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.35%) C#
6 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.35%) Lua
7 1 (1.18%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 33 (38.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (4.71%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 85 (100.00%) Firmware
2 80 (94.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.18%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (9.41%) EMC
1 8 (9.41%) SAP
2 1 (1.18%) Atmel
2 1 (1.18%) Freescale
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