Firmware Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Firmware
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 288 229
Rank change year-on-year -22 -59 +164
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 235 253 743
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.90% 1.27%
As % of the System Software category 8.11% 7.06% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 189 146 559
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £41,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £71,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -

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 2,896 3,582 8,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.46% 12.80% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,100 2,470 6,989
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Firmware job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 2026. 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 -4 65 £55,000 -8.33% 71
North of England -6 64 £55,000 -4.35% 26
Yorkshire -11 37 £55,000 -26.67% 18
South West -51 30 £57,500 -23.33% 34
Scotland -7 23 £75,000 +20.00% 16
Midlands -35 23 £54,000 +0.58% 33
East of England -5 20 £48,080 -12.58% 37
North West -1 19 £56,000 +6.67% 3
West Midlands -3 15 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Wales -20 10 £61,250 -12.50% 4
North East -19 8 £56,500 -7.38% 5
East Midlands -40 7 £54,000 +13.68% 17
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.70%) Simulink
2 2 (0.85%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.13%) Azure
3 4 (1.70%) AWS
3 4 (1.70%) SaaS
4 3 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (1.28%) Amazon S3
4 3 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (1.28%) Serverless
5 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.43%) GitHub
6 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.09%) Wireless
2 17 (7.23%) Bluetooth
3 14 (5.96%) Firewall
4 13 (5.53%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (4.68%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (4.26%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (4.26%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (4.26%) Junos
6 10 (4.26%) NX-OS
7 9 (3.83%) Modbus
7 9 (3.83%) RS-232
7 9 (3.83%) WAN
8 7 (2.98%) LAN
8 7 (2.98%) VLAN
9 5 (2.13%) DNS
9 5 (2.13%) Ethernet
9 5 (2.13%) LTE
9 5 (2.13%) Network Security
10 4 (1.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.43%) MySQL
2 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (6.38%) Git
2 9 (3.83%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (3.40%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.13%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.70%) Subversion
6 2 (0.85%) JIRA
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.43%) GitLab
7 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.43%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 79 (33.62%) Electronics
2 35 (14.89%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.79%) Manufacturing
4 18 (7.66%) Automotive
5 15 (6.38%) Aerospace
6 14 (5.96%) Finance
7 11 (4.68%) Aviation
8 7 (2.98%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.98%) Military
9 5 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.28%) Avionics
12 2 (0.85%) Advertising
12 2 (0.85%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Wearables
13 1 (0.43%) Billing
13 1 (0.43%) Marketing
13 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 103 (43.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 71 (30.21%) Software Engineer
3 55 (23.40%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 53 (22.55%) Firmware Engineer
5 34 (14.47%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 24 (10.21%) Senior
7 18 (7.66%) Electronics Engineer
8 14 (5.96%) Design Engineer
9 11 (4.68%) FPGA Engineer
9 11 (4.68%) Network Engineer
10 10 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (4.26%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (4.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 10 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) C++ Software Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Junior
12 7 (2.98%) Linux Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.55%) Flash
2 5 (2.13%) .NET
3 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 2 (0.85%) Next.js
3 2 (0.85%) Node.js
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.85%) Yocto
4 1 (0.43%) Django
4 1 (0.43%) React Native
4 1 (0.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.02%) Embedded Systems
2 37 (15.74%) IoT
3 27 (11.49%) FPGA
4 21 (8.94%) Algorithms
5 13 (5.53%) Analogue Electronics
5 13 (5.53%) PCIe
6 11 (4.68%) PKI
7 9 (3.83%) VHDL
8 8 (3.40%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.98%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.98%) NVMe
9 7 (2.98%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (2.13%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.13%) Legacy Code
10 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.70%) ARM Cortex
12 3 (1.28%) Device Driver
12 3 (1.28%) Smart Home
13 2 (0.85%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.77%) Linux
2 16 (6.81%) Windows
3 8 (3.40%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (2.98%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.70%) Android
7 1 (0.43%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (37.02%) Software Engineering
2 26 (11.06%) Mentoring
3 25 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (9.79%) Agile
5 21 (8.94%) System Testing
6 20 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (7.66%) Software Testing
7 18 (7.66%) Test Automation
7 18 (7.66%) Validation
8 15 (6.38%) Change Management
8 15 (6.38%) Embedded Software Development
9 14 (5.96%) Collaborative Culture
9 14 (5.96%) Roadmaps
10 12 (5.11%) CI/CD
10 12 (5.11%) Schematic Capture
11 11 (4.68%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (4.26%) Configuration Management
12 10 (4.26%) Decision-Making
12 10 (4.26%) ITSM
12 10 (4.26%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 87 (37.02%) C
2 72 (30.64%) C++
3 33 (14.04%) Embedded C
4 20 (8.51%) Python
5 17 (7.23%) Embedded C++
6 15 (6.38%) C#
7 7 (2.98%) Assembly Language
8 5 (2.13%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.28%) Bash
9 3 (1.28%) Java
9 3 (1.28%) PHP
10 2 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.85%) SQL
10 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (14.04%) Degree
2 29 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.66%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.81%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.13%) PhD
6 4 (1.70%) HND
7 3 (1.28%) HNC
7 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) CCNP
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.43%) ISEB
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.68%) QA
2 9 (3.83%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.13%) MISRA
4 4 (1.70%) IEC 61508
4 4 (1.70%) ISO 26262
4 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.28%) GDPR
6 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.85%) JTAG
6 2 (0.85%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (40.85%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.26%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.13%) Docker
5 3 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.26%) vCenter Server
2 4 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.28%) Puppet
4 1 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (10.64%) Cisco
2 14 (5.96%) SolarWinds
3 11 (4.68%) Altera
3 11 (4.68%) EMC
4 10 (4.26%) Broadcom
4 10 (4.26%) Juniper
4 10 (4.26%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.40%) VMware
6 7 (2.98%) Xilinx
7 4 (1.70%) Apple
7 4 (1.70%) Atmel
7 4 (1.70%) Dell
7 4 (1.70%) SAP
8 3 (1.28%) Adobe
8 3 (1.28%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.85%) Google
9 2 (0.85%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.85%) SonicWALL
9 2 (0.85%) Veeam
9 2 (0.85%) WatchGuard