Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring BREW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 735 | 733 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -2 | +386 |
| Permanent jobs citing BREW | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | - | 0.016% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.080% | 0.007% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £25,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -61.54% | +85.71% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £25,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -61.54% | +85.71% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK
BREW falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 7,617 | 13,679 | 14,507 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 14.90% | 20.22% | 27.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5,115 | 8,237 | 11,886 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £38,750 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £48,750 | £50,686 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £65,000 | £66,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -1.52% | +1.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £86,250 | £84,964 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £108,750 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.88% | -0.87% | - |
BREW
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BREW relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
BREW
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BREW.
