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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 254 217
Rank change year-on-year -46 -37 +176
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 223 370 491
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.53% 1.02% 1.42%
As % of the System Software category 8.09% 8.49% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 181 171 331
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £61,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

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 2,755 4,357 5,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.56% 12.06% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 2,486 4,581
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,551 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £62,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.62%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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
North of England +41 57 £55,000 -1.79% 78
South East -23 52 £55,000 - 155
Scotland +18 34 £70,000 +16.67% 20
Yorkshire +6 29 £55,000 +35.72% 42
Midlands -15 26 £40,000 -37.01% 73
West Midlands +30 21 £52,500 -18.29% 24
North West +33 20 £46,500 -9.71% 22
South West -50 20 £52,500 -19.23% 79
East of England -6 18 £71,250 +39.71% 95
Wales -1 16 £57,500 -17.86% 23
North East -2 8 £56,500 +0.89% 14
East Midlands -39 5 £25,750 -57.08% 47
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 6 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.52%) Azure
2 17 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.14%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.90%) AWS
7 1 (0.45%) GCP
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub
7 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.11%) Wireless
2 17 (7.62%) RS-232
3 16 (7.17%) Firewall
4 15 (6.73%) Software-Defined Radio
5 13 (5.83%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.38%) Bluetooth
7 11 (4.93%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (4.48%) Network Security
8 10 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (4.04%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (4.04%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (4.04%) Junos
9 9 (4.04%) NX-OS
9 9 (4.04%) WAN
10 8 (3.59%) Modbus
10 8 (3.59%) VLAN
11 7 (3.14%) DNS
12 5 (2.24%) LAN
12 5 (2.24%) MQTT
12 5 (2.24%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) Big Data
3 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (8.07%) Git
2 13 (5.83%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.24%) GitLab
4 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.45%) JIRA
5 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.45%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 77 (34.53%) Electronics
2 37 (16.59%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.90%) Finance
4 23 (10.31%) Manufacturing
5 21 (9.42%) Automotive
6 12 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.38%) Aviation
7 11 (4.93%) Law
8 9 (4.04%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Advertising
11 2 (0.90%) Avionics
11 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) Games
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
12 1 (0.45%) Military
12 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.45%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 89 (39.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 61 (27.35%) Software Engineer
3 49 (21.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 48 (21.52%) Firmware Engineer
5 26 (11.66%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 22 (9.87%) Electronics Engineer
7 17 (7.62%) Design Engineer
8 14 (6.28%) Senior
9 13 (5.83%) Architect
9 13 (5.83%) Network Engineer
10 12 (5.38%) C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (4.93%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Firmware Architect
12 10 (4.48%) IT Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) IT Support
12 10 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Support Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.04%) Flash
2 3 (1.35%) .NET
3 2 (0.90%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.90%) Next.js
3 2 (0.90%) Node.js
3 2 (0.90%) React
3 2 (0.90%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.45%) Django
4 1 (0.45%) Middleware
4 1 (0.45%) React Native
4 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.87%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (11.21%) IoT
3 17 (7.62%) FPGA
4 13 (5.83%) RISC-V
5 11 (4.93%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (4.93%) e-Learning
5 11 (4.93%) MicroBlaze
6 10 (4.48%) Algorithms
7 9 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.04%) PKI
8 6 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.79%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.90%) Life Science
11 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.90%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.70%) Linux
2 28 (12.56%) Windows
3 15 (6.73%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (2.24%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.24%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.79%) Unix
6 1 (0.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (38.12%) Software Engineering
2 38 (17.04%) Mentoring
3 37 (16.59%) Agile
4 33 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (8.97%) Digital Signal Processing
6 20 (8.97%) Signal Processing
7 19 (8.52%) Innovative Thinking
8 18 (8.07%) Test Automation
8 18 (8.07%) Validation
9 17 (7.62%) CI/CD
10 13 (5.83%) Collaborative Culture
10 13 (5.83%) Embedded Software Development
11 12 (5.38%) Change Management
11 12 (5.38%) ITSM
11 12 (5.38%) Physics
11 12 (5.38%) System Testing
12 11 (4.93%) Project Management
12 11 (4.93%) Service Management
12 11 (4.93%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 96 (43.05%) C
2 84 (37.67%) C++
3 34 (15.25%) Embedded C
4 16 (7.17%) Embedded C++
5 15 (6.73%) Python
6 13 (5.83%) C#
7 7 (3.14%) SQL
8 6 (2.69%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.79%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.35%) Bash
11 2 (0.90%) Java
11 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 26 (11.66%) Degree
4 11 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.35%) CCNP
8 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.90%) HNC
10 1 (0.45%) HND
10 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.59%) QA
2 6 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.24%) MISRA
4 4 (1.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.79%) IEC 61508
4 4 (1.79%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.90%) JTAG
5 2 (0.90%) NIST
6 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.45%) GxP
System Software
1 101 (45.29%) Embedded Firmware
2 17 (7.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.04%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.35%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.90%) Docker
6 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.04%) vCenter Server
2 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.35%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.35%) SCCM
3 3 (1.35%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (12.11%) Cisco
2 17 (7.62%) EMC
3 15 (6.73%) Microsoft
4 14 (6.28%) SolarWinds
5 11 (4.93%) VMware
6 9 (4.04%) Broadcom
6 9 (4.04%) Juniper
7 6 (2.69%) Apple
8 3 (1.35%) Adobe
8 3 (1.35%) Dell
8 3 (1.35%) HP
8 3 (1.35%) McAfee
8 3 (1.35%) Meraki
8 3 (1.35%) MobileIron
8 3 (1.35%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.35%) Remedy
8 3 (1.35%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle
9 2 (0.90%) WatchGuard