Firmware Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firmware
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 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 257 327 439
Rank change year-on-year +70 +112 -59
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 639 440 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.98% 0.91% 0.68%
As % of the System Software category 9.19% 5.50% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 500 336 232
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,125 £31,348
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -12.28% +14.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,531
90th Percentile £72,625 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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% - -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Firmware in the UK excluding London

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 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
South East +24 168 £50,000 +17.65% 41
Midlands +47 118 £52,500 +16.67% 16
South West +46 86 £65,000 +36.84% 18
North of England +5 86 £55,000 +37.50% 16
Scotland -24 73 £52,500 -8.70% 9
East of England +23 72 £55,000 -15.38% 33
East Midlands +22 68 £42,500 -15.00% 10
North West -3 56 £55,000 +4.76% 10
West Midlands +20 50 £61,500 +36.67% 6
Yorkshire +40 21 £50,000 +55.28% 5
Wales +30 19 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Northern Ireland +30 17 £28,000 -13.85%
North East -4 9 £56,000 +12.00% 1
Firmware
UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.10%) Kinematics
2 7 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (2.82%) OrCAD
2 15 (2.35%) Simulink
3 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.16%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 20 (3.13%) AWS
2 19 (2.97%) Azure
3 12 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (1.41%) GitHub
5 7 (1.10%) SaaS
6 5 (0.78%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.78%) OneDrive
6 5 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.63%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.47%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.31%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.16%) Akamai
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.16%) IaaS
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 93 (14.55%) Wireless
2 32 (5.01%) Firewall
3 31 (4.85%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.23%) Ethernet
4 27 (4.23%) WAN
5 26 (4.07%) OSPF
6 23 (3.60%) Bluetooth
7 18 (2.82%) Internet
7 18 (2.82%) SD-WAN
7 18 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (2.66%) HTTP
9 16 (2.50%) MQTT
10 14 (2.19%) LAN
11 13 (2.03%) 5G
11 13 (2.03%) Wireshark
12 12 (1.88%) DNS
12 12 (1.88%) DVB
13 11 (1.72%) BGP
13 11 (1.72%) Modbus
13 11 (1.72%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.10%) Big Data
3 6 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.78%) MySQL
4 5 (0.78%) Power BI
5 4 (0.63%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 39 (6.10%) Git
2 22 (3.44%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.29%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (2.03%) JIRA
5 12 (1.88%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.25%) Rational Team Concert
6 8 (1.25%) Subversion
7 5 (0.78%) GitLab
8 3 (0.47%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.47%) TestRail
9 2 (0.31%) Postman
9 2 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.16%) GDB
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 231 (36.15%) Electronics
2 166 (25.98%) Social Skills
3 101 (15.81%) Manufacturing
4 62 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (6.42%) Automotive
5 41 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (5.95%) Marketing
7 37 (5.79%) Finance
8 32 (5.01%) Retail
9 30 (4.69%) Telecoms
10 29 (4.54%) Aerospace
11 27 (4.23%) Public Sector
12 26 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.78%) Military
15 4 (0.63%) Advertising
15 4 (0.63%) Aviation
16 3 (0.47%) French Language
17 2 (0.31%) Avionics
17 2 (0.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 242 (37.87%) Embedded Engineer
2 173 (27.07%) Senior
3 148 (23.16%) Software Engineer
4 105 (16.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 104 (16.28%) Firmware Engineer
6 77 (12.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 69 (10.80%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 58 (9.08%) Systems Engineer
9 49 (7.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 44 (6.89%) Electronics Engineer
11 40 (6.26%) Lead
12 39 (6.10%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 38 (5.95%) Developer
14 36 (5.63%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 35 (5.48%) Design Engineer
16 33 (5.16%) Hardware Engineer
17 29 (4.54%) Graduate
18 26 (4.07%) Junior
19 25 (3.91%) Principal Engineer
20 24 (3.76%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.50%) 802.1X
2 14 (2.19%) Node.js
3 12 (1.88%) Yocto
4 10 (1.56%) HTML
5 9 (1.41%) Qt
5 9 (1.41%) WPF
6 8 (1.25%) CSS
7 6 (0.94%) Web Services
8 5 (0.78%) .NET
8 5 (0.78%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.78%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.78%) Middleware
8 5 (0.78%) OpenCV
8 5 (0.78%) REST
9 4 (0.63%) XML
10 3 (0.47%) Flask
10 3 (0.47%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.47%) OpenGL
10 3 (0.47%) Vulkan
11 2 (0.31%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 77 (12.05%) Embedded Systems
2 63 (9.86%) FPGA
3 62 (9.70%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (7.20%) Driving Licence
5 38 (5.95%) Data Centre
6 36 (5.63%) IoT
7 34 (5.32%) VHDL
8 24 (3.76%) EPoS
9 23 (3.60%) GNSS
10 22 (3.44%) Analogue Electronics
10 22 (3.44%) Management Information System
11 21 (3.29%) Algorithms
12 18 (2.82%) Device Driver
13 13 (2.03%) Video\Live Streaming
14 11 (1.72%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.41%) Tandem
16 8 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (1.25%) CUDA
16 8 (1.25%) MicroBlaze
17 7 (1.10%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 147 (23.00%) Linux
2 88 (13.77%) Windows
3 62 (9.70%) Embedded Linux
4 27 (4.23%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.03%) Unix
6 12 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (1.72%) Windows 10
7 11 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.41%) Windows NT
10 6 (0.94%) Debian
10 6 (0.94%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.78%) AIX
11 5 (0.78%) Android
11 5 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.78%) Solaris
12 2 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.16%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (35.99%) Software Engineering
2 111 (17.37%) Computer Science
3 110 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (11.58%) Mentoring
5 67 (10.49%) Agile
6 46 (7.20%) Customer Service
7 41 (6.42%) Customer Requirements
7 41 (6.42%) ITIL
7 41 (6.42%) Software Testing
8 37 (5.79%) Physics
9 36 (5.63%) Test Automation
9 36 (5.63%) Validation
10 34 (5.32%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (5.32%) Project Management
11 31 (4.85%) Collaborative Working
11 31 (4.85%) Mathematics
11 31 (4.85%) SDLC
12 29 (4.54%) Business Intelligence
12 29 (4.54%) UML
13 28 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 266 (41.63%) C
2 184 (28.79%) C++
3 85 (13.30%) Python
4 84 (13.15%) Embedded C
5 39 (6.10%) C#
6 25 (3.91%) Embedded C++
6 25 (3.91%) SQL
7 22 (3.44%) MATLAB
8 20 (3.13%) Bash
9 19 (2.97%) Java
10 17 (2.66%) Perl
11 9 (1.41%) Tcl
12 8 (1.25%) VB
13 7 (1.10%) Rust
13 7 (1.10%) XAML
14 6 (0.94%) JavaScript
15 4 (0.63%) Assembly Language
16 3 (0.47%) Groovy
16 3 (0.47%) SystemVerilog
17 2 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 225 (35.21%) Degree
2 74 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 41 (6.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (3.76%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.44%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (2.82%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.03%) CCNP
7 13 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.56%) CCNA
9 9 (1.41%) PhD
10 7 (1.10%) CCDP
10 7 (1.10%) CCIE
10 7 (1.10%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.78%) HNC
11 5 (0.78%) HND
11 5 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.57%) SLA
2 35 (5.48%) QA
3 12 (1.88%) MISRA
4 10 (1.56%) JTAG
5 9 (1.41%) MISRA C
6 8 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.63%) ISO 13485
8 3 (0.47%) GDPR
9 2 (0.31%) DO-254
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 61131
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 255 (39.91%) Embedded Firmware
2 22 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.35%) Docker
4 11 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.41%) vSphere
6 8 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.10%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.63%) NFS
9 4 (0.63%) pfSense
9 4 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.47%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 16 (2.50%) SCCM
2 12 (1.88%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.88%) WSUS
3 11 (1.72%) Ansible
4 9 (1.41%) Sysprep
5 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.78%) Terraform
6 3 (0.47%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.31%) Grafana
7 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.31%) SCOM
8 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.16%) Podman
8 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.16%) SELinux
Vendors
1 37 (5.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.38%) HP
2 28 (4.38%) NetApp
3 27 (4.23%) Dell
4 26 (4.07%) IBM
4 26 (4.07%) SAP
5 25 (3.91%) VMware
6 19 (2.97%) EMC
7 15 (2.35%) Cisco
8 12 (1.88%) Xilinx
9 11 (1.72%) Altera
10 10 (1.56%) Extreme Networks
10 10 (1.56%) Juniper
10 10 (1.56%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.25%) Green Hills
11 8 (1.25%) Motorola
12 7 (1.10%) Aruba
12 7 (1.10%) Ekahau
12 7 (1.10%) Veeam
13 6 (0.94%) Fortinet