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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 443 606
Rank change year-on-year -37 +163 +37
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 102 353 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.49% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 2.49% 4.01% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 45 223 114
10th Percentile £43,300 £39,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £49,250 £46,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £52,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.19% -9.87% +5.91%
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,200 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £52,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year +16.19% -9.87% +10.95%

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 4,089 8,802 9,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.51% 12.27% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,311 7,016 5,738
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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
South East -13 34 £62,500 +25.00% 62
South West +90 22 £67,500 +28.57% 43
East of England +36 16 £70,000 +7.69% 44
Scotland +87 11 £66,000 +25.71% 37
North of England +24 8 £58,000 +5.45% 23
Midlands -6 7 £47,500 -9.52% 33
East Midlands +3 5 £47,500 -9.52% 20
North East +45 4 £61,000 +1.67% 7
Wales +44 4 £52,500 -19.23% 14
Yorkshire +67 3 £46,000 -23.33% 9
West Midlands +31 2 £49,000 -19.34% 12
North West -29 1 £55,000 - 7
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 3 (2.94%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.98%) AWS
1 1 (0.98%) AWS IoT
1 1 (0.98%) Azure
1 1 (0.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (27.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 20 (19.61%) Wireless
3 17 (16.67%) Modbus
4 12 (11.76%) Bluetooth
5 8 (7.84%) RS-232
5 8 (7.84%) RS-485
5 8 (7.84%) TCP/IP
6 6 (5.88%) Profibus
6 6 (5.88%) ZigBee
7 3 (2.94%) Ethernet
7 3 (2.94%) GPRS
7 3 (2.94%) GSM
8 2 (1.96%) MQTT
8 2 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.98%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.98%) LTE
Development Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) Appium
2 1 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Subversion
2 1 (0.98%) TestRail
General
1 44 (43.14%) Electronics
2 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
3 24 (23.53%) Finance
4 13 (12.75%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Marketing
8 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.96%) Aviation
10 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.98%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.98%) Automotive
10 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (50.00%) Senior
2 43 (42.16%) Embedded Engineer
3 30 (29.41%) Software Engineer
4 29 (28.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 24 (23.53%) Design Engineer
6 23 (22.55%) Electronics Engineer
6 23 (22.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 20 (19.61%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 17 (16.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 16 (15.69%) Firmware Engineer
9 16 (15.69%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (14.71%) Radio Engineer
10 15 (14.71%) Senior Design Engineer
10 15 (14.71%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
11 14 (13.73%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (12.75%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 13 (12.75%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 12 (11.76%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 9 (8.82%) FPGA Engineer
15 7 (6.86%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (0.98%) HTML
2 1 (0.98%) JSON
2 1 (0.98%) Laravel
2 1 (0.98%) RESTful
2 1 (0.98%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (26.47%) FPGA
3 19 (18.63%) MicroBlaze
4 16 (15.69%) Optoelectronics
5 13 (12.75%) e-Learning
5 13 (12.75%) RISC-V
6 10 (9.80%) Analogue Electronics
7 9 (8.82%) VHDL
8 8 (7.84%) Device Driver
8 8 (7.84%) Product Ownership
9 5 (4.90%) GNSS
9 5 (4.90%) Satnav
10 3 (2.94%) Algorithms
10 3 (2.94%) IoT
10 3 (2.94%) Verilog
11 2 (1.96%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.96%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.96%) CPLD
11 2 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.98%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 35 (34.31%) Linux
2 24 (23.53%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (6.86%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (6.86%) Windows
4 3 (2.94%) Android
5 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.98%) Unix
6 1 (0.98%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.25%) Software Engineering
2 36 (35.29%) Signal Processing
3 33 (32.35%) Innovative Thinking
4 31 (30.39%) Digital Signal Processing
5 22 (21.57%) Requirements Analysis
6 21 (20.59%) Agile
6 21 (20.59%) Prototyping
6 21 (20.59%) Schematic Capture
7 16 (15.69%) Mentoring
7 16 (15.69%) Stress Analysis
8 15 (14.71%) Physics
9 12 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (8.82%) Computer Science
10 9 (8.82%) FPGA Design
10 9 (8.82%) Validation
11 8 (7.84%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (7.84%) Multithreading
11 8 (7.84%) Project Management
11 8 (7.84%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 58 (56.86%) C
2 48 (47.06%) C++
3 23 (22.55%) MATLAB
4 6 (5.88%) Ada
4 6 (5.88%) VB
5 5 (4.90%) Perl
5 5 (4.90%) Python
5 5 (4.90%) Tcl
6 4 (3.92%) C#
7 3 (2.94%) SQL
8 1 (0.98%) Bash
8 1 (0.98%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.98%) Java
8 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.98%) PHP
8 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (29.41%) Degree
2 29 (28.43%) Security Cleared
3 28 (27.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (0.98%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.98%) JTAG
2 1 (0.98%) MISRA
2 1 (0.98%) MISRA C
System Software
1 102 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (5.88%) Xilinx
2 5 (4.90%) Altera
2 5 (4.90%) EMC
2 5 (4.90%) Green Hills
3 3 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (0.98%) Google
4 1 (0.98%) NVIDIA