Firmware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Firmware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 626 711 800
Rank change year-on-year +85 +89 -190
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 123 41 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.068% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.077% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 94 35 32
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,500 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +21.50% +12.63%
75th Percentile £59,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,250 £76,500 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% +2.44%

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 67,295 53,381 68,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,638 30,425 42,515
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 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Firmware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 -37 37 £52,500 -30.00% 2
Midlands +21 28 £52,500 -4.55% 6
South East +17 20 £75,000 +46.34% 9
North of England +50 17 £52,500 -4.55% 2
East Midlands - 17 £52,500 - 6
West Midlands +21 11 £60,000 +9.09%
South West -22 10 £45,000 -5.26% 8
Yorkshire +89 8 £26,500 -33.75% 1
East of England +26 7 £47,500 -26.92% 8
North West +7 7 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Wales +6 4 £50,000 -33.33% 1
North East - 2 £60,000 -
Firmware Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 123 (100.00%) Firmware
2 97 (78.86%) Embedded Firmware
3 86 (69.92%) C
4 61 (49.59%) Electronics
5 47 (38.21%) Degree
6 42 (34.15%) Embedded C
7 40 (32.52%) Wireless
8 37 (30.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (29.27%) Manufacturing
10 33 (26.83%) Social Skills
10 33 (26.83%) C++
11 26 (21.14%) Software Engineering
12 25 (20.33%) Computer Science
13 22 (17.89%) Linux
14 17 (13.82%) Mathematics
14 17 (13.82%) Physics
15 16 (13.01%) Python
16 14 (11.38%) SAP
16 14 (11.38%) Marketing
17 13 (10.57%) Public Sector
17 13 (10.57%) Programme Management
17 13 (10.57%) Telecoms
17 13 (10.57%) Finance
17 13 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
17 13 (10.57%) Digital Marketing
18 12 (9.76%) Yocto
18 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (9.76%) Embedded Linux
19 11 (8.94%) Embedded C++
19 11 (8.94%) Schematic Capture

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 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.81%) OrCAD
1 1 (0.81%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.07%) AWS
1 5 (4.07%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 40 (32.52%) Wireless
2 9 (7.32%) Ethernet
3 7 (5.69%) Bluetooth
4 6 (4.88%) LoRaWAN
4 6 (4.88%) MQTT
5 5 (4.07%) LTE
6 4 (3.25%) Profibus
6 4 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.63%) Modbus
7 2 (1.63%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.81%) 4G
8 1 (0.81%) 5G
8 1 (0.81%) RS-232
8 1 (0.81%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Git
2 2 (1.63%) GCC
3 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Subversion
3 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (49.59%) Electronics
2 37 (30.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (29.27%) Manufacturing
4 33 (26.83%) Social Skills
5 14 (11.38%) Marketing
6 13 (10.57%) Finance
6 13 (10.57%) Public Sector
6 13 (10.57%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.88%) Automotive
8 2 (1.63%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.81%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.76%) Yocto
2 5 (4.07%) Flask
3 2 (1.63%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.94%) IoT
2 9 (7.32%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.25%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.63%) FPGA
6 1 (0.81%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.81%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.81%) ASIC
6 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.81%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.81%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.89%) Linux
2 12 (9.76%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (3.25%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (21.14%) Software Engineering
2 25 (20.33%) Computer Science
3 17 (13.82%) Mathematics
3 17 (13.82%) Physics
4 13 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (10.57%) Digital Marketing
4 13 (10.57%) Programme Management
5 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (8.94%) Schematic Capture
7 10 (8.13%) Mentoring
7 10 (8.13%) Software Testing
8 9 (7.32%) Linux Kernel Development
9 8 (6.50%) Embedded Software Development
9 8 (6.50%) Project Planning
10 6 (4.88%) SDLC
11 5 (4.07%) OO
11 5 (4.07%) OOP
11 5 (4.07%) UML
12 4 (3.25%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (3.25%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 86 (69.92%) C
2 42 (34.15%) Embedded C
3 33 (26.83%) C++
4 16 (13.01%) Python
5 11 (8.94%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.63%) C#
6 2 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.63%) Lua
7 1 (0.81%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 47 (38.21%) Degree
2 2 (1.63%) HND
3 1 (0.81%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (3.25%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 123 (100.00%) Firmware
2 97 (78.86%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.81%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (11.38%) SAP
2 9 (7.32%) EMC
3 1 (0.81%) Atmel
3 1 (0.81%) Freescale
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.81%) Xilinx