Embedded Firmware Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 557 737
Rank change year-on-year +94 +180 -53
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 255 122 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.25% 0.19%
As % of the System Software category 3.67% 1.53% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 211 108 52
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -1.79% +24.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £68,000 £65,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +8.91%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,954 7,997 12,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.65% 16.61% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 5,183 8,566
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,769 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Midlands +44 71 £60,000 +66.67% 5
South East +35 50 £50,000 - 10
North of England +31 43 £55,000 +4.76%
East Midlands - 39 £60,000 - 5
South West +26 38 £60,000 +16.50% 8
Scotland -48 34 £52,500 -8.70% 4
West Midlands +22 32 £61,500 +70.83%
North West +6 28 £55,000 +2.33%
East of England -12 14 £52,500 -19.23% 12
North East -3 9 £56,000 +24.44%
Yorkshire +58 6 £60,000 +41.18%
Wales +31 5 £65,000 +145.28%
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
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 12 (4.71%) OrCAD
2 9 (3.53%) Simulink
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.39%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.14%) GitHub
2 3 (1.18%) AWS
3 2 (0.78%) AWS IoT
3 2 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.39%) Azure
4 1 (0.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 43 (16.86%) Wireless
2 13 (5.10%) 5G
2 13 (5.10%) Bluetooth
3 12 (4.71%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.53%) HTTP
5 8 (3.14%) DNS
5 8 (3.14%) Internet
5 8 (3.14%) SD-WAN
5 8 (3.14%) SMTP
5 8 (3.14%) WAN
6 7 (2.75%) Ethernet
7 5 (1.96%) LTE
7 5 (1.96%) Modbus
7 5 (1.96%) MQTT
8 4 (1.57%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.18%) 5G NR
9 3 (1.18%) 802.11
9 3 (1.18%) GSM
9 3 (1.18%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 22 (8.63%) Git
2 11 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.18%) JIRA
4 2 (0.78%) GitLab
4 2 (0.78%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.78%) Subversion
4 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.39%) GDB
5 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 89 (34.90%) Electronics
2 47 (18.43%) Manufacturing
3 39 (15.29%) Social Skills
4 29 (11.37%) Automotive
5 17 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.67%) Marketing
6 16 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.10%) Finance
7 13 (5.10%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.10%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.53%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Advertising
10 2 (0.78%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 159 (62.35%) Embedded Engineer
2 79 (30.98%) Firmware Engineer
3 77 (30.20%) Senior
4 72 (28.24%) Software Engineer
5 66 (25.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 65 (25.49%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 59 (23.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 26 (10.20%) Developer
9 25 (9.80%) Senior Software Engineer
10 23 (9.02%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 23 (9.02%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 21 (8.24%) Lead
12 18 (7.06%) Team Leader
13 17 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 17 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (5.88%) Electronics Engineer
15 14 (5.49%) Software Team Leader
16 13 (5.10%) Embedded Developer
17 11 (4.31%) Design Engineer
18 9 (3.53%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.71%) Yocto
2 3 (1.18%) .NET
2 3 (1.18%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.78%) Flask
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
3 2 (0.78%) OpenGL
3 2 (0.78%) Vulkan
4 1 (0.39%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.08%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (10.20%) FPGA
3 16 (6.27%) GNSS
4 15 (5.88%) Device Driver
4 15 (5.88%) IoT
5 11 (4.31%) VHDL
6 9 (3.53%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.53%) Tandem
7 8 (3.14%) CUDA
7 8 (3.14%) MicroBlaze
7 8 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.35%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.96%) Robotics
10 4 (1.57%) Analogue Electronics
11 3 (1.18%) Arduino
11 3 (1.18%) ARM Cortex
11 3 (1.18%) PCIe
11 3 (1.18%) Verilog
12 2 (0.78%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.78%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 58 (22.75%) Linux
2 27 (10.59%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (7.45%) Windows
4 8 (3.14%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (42.35%) Software Engineering
2 45 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 38 (14.90%) Computer Science
4 33 (12.94%) Agile
5 26 (10.20%) Test Automation
6 23 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (8.24%) Software Architecture
8 16 (6.27%) B2B
9 14 (5.49%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (5.10%) Digital Marketing
10 13 (5.10%) FPGA Design
10 13 (5.10%) Programme Management
11 12 (4.71%) SDLC
11 12 (4.71%) Signal Processing
12 11 (4.31%) Open Source
13 10 (3.92%) OO
13 10 (3.92%) Roadmaps
14 8 (3.14%) Containerisation
14 8 (3.14%) Defect Tracking
14 8 (3.14%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 144 (56.47%) C
2 97 (38.04%) C++
3 37 (14.51%) Python
4 33 (12.94%) Embedded C
5 12 (4.71%) C#
6 10 (3.92%) Embedded C++
7 9 (3.53%) MATLAB
8 8 (3.14%) Perl
8 8 (3.14%) Tcl
8 8 (3.14%) VB
9 4 (1.57%) Bash
10 3 (1.18%) Groovy
10 3 (1.18%) Java
10 3 (1.18%) Rust
11 2 (0.78%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (34.12%) Degree
2 7 (2.75%) Master's Degree
2 7 (2.75%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.39%) HNC
6 1 (0.39%) HND
6 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.14%) MISRA
1 8 (3.14%) MISRA C
2 3 (1.18%) QA
3 1 (0.39%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.39%) JTAG
3 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 255 (100.00%) Firmware
2 3 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Ansible
1 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.39%) Podman
Vendors
1 13 (5.10%) SAP
2 8 (3.14%) Altera
2 8 (3.14%) Green Hills
2 8 (3.14%) Motorola
2 8 (3.14%) Xilinx
3 7 (2.75%) EMC
4 3 (1.18%) Freescale
4 3 (1.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.78%) Atmel
5 2 (0.78%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.78%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.39%) Facebook
6 1 (0.39%) Google