Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in the UK is £66,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 799 967
Rank change year-on-year +139 +168 +228
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 24 86 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.087% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.092% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 17 68 20
10th Percentile £49,750 £40,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -19.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £69,000 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £65,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.71% -19.23% +21.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
UK excluding London +139 18 £66,000 +25.71% 8
Work from Home +159 15 £66,000 +25.71% 3
Scotland +111 11 £66,000 +25.71% 4
England +143 8 £67,500 +28.57% 2
North of England +81 2 £64,250 +7.08%
Yorkshire +71 2 £64,250 -1.15%
London - 2 £70,000 - 1
South West +113 1 - -
South East +103 1 £52,500 -30.00%
East of England +52 1 - -
West Midlands +41 1 £67,500 +12.50% 1
Wales +37 1 £50,000 - 3
Midlands +34 1 £67,500 +28.57% 1

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Embedded 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 featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) C
1 24 (100.00%) Firmware
2 20 (83.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 17 (70.83%) C++
4 16 (66.67%) Linux
5 14 (58.33%) TCP/IP
6 13 (54.17%) Software Architecture
6 13 (54.17%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (45.83%) Embedded Linux
8 10 (41.67%) Finance
8 10 (41.67%) Modbus
8 10 (41.67%) Device Driver
9 9 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (37.50%) Multithreading
9 9 (37.50%) Continuous Deployment
9 9 (37.50%) CI/CD
9 9 (37.50%) Product Ownership
10 6 (25.00%) Degree
10 6 (25.00%) FPGA
11 5 (20.83%) Open Source
11 5 (20.83%) Digital Signal Processing
11 5 (20.83%) Signal Processing
11 5 (20.83%) Mathematics
11 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
11 5 (20.83%) ZigBee
11 5 (20.83%) HTTP
11 5 (20.83%) Wireless
11 5 (20.83%) Wearables
11 5 (20.83%) Clean Code
11 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.17%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) TCP/IP
2 10 (41.67%) Modbus
3 5 (20.83%) HTTP
3 5 (20.83%) Wireless
3 5 (20.83%) ZigBee
4 4 (16.67%) 5G
4 4 (16.67%) DNS
4 4 (16.67%) Internet
4 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
4 4 (16.67%) SMTP
4 4 (16.67%) WAN
5 2 (8.33%) MQTT
6 1 (4.17%) Bluetooth
6 1 (4.17%) Ethernet
6 1 (4.17%) RS-232
6 1 (4.17%) RS-485
6 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Git
1 4 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
2 5 (20.83%) Wearables
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Device Driver
2 9 (37.50%) Product Ownership
3 6 (25.00%) FPGA
4 4 (16.67%) Algorithms
4 4 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (16.67%) GNSS
4 4 (16.67%) MicroBlaze
4 4 (16.67%) Self-Driving Car
4 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (16.67%) Smart Energy
4 4 (16.67%) Tandem
5 3 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (4.17%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (4.17%) CAN bus
6 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (4.17%) IoT
6 1 (4.17%) Verilog
6 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Linux
2 11 (45.83%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (16.67%) Unix
3 4 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (4.17%) Android
4 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.17%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Collaborative Working
1 13 (54.17%) Software Architecture
2 9 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 9 (37.50%) Continuous Deployment
2 9 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (37.50%) Multithreading
3 5 (20.83%) Clean Code
3 5 (20.83%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (20.83%) Mathematics
3 5 (20.83%) Open Source
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Signal Processing
4 4 (16.67%) B2B
4 4 (16.67%) SDLC
4 4 (16.67%) Test Assurance
4 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (8.33%) Unit Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
6 1 (4.17%) Non-Blocking Code
6 1 (4.17%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) C
2 17 (70.83%) C++
3 4 (16.67%) Assembly Language
3 4 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (4.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) ISO 13485
1 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (100.00%) Firmware
2 20 (83.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) EMC
1 1 (4.17%) SAP