Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
9 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 815 951 1206
Rank change year-on-year +136 +255 -324
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 87 21 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.021% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.023% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 69 21 7
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £49,700
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +21.50% +12.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Top 15 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 9 May 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
UK excluding London +70 87 £52,500 -19.23% 5
England +147 55 £52,500 +5.00% 5
Work from Home +89 36 £52,500 -19.23% 3
Midlands +17 28 £52,500 -4.55%
Scotland -51 28 £52,500 -25.00%
East Midlands - 17 £52,500 -
West Midlands +22 11 £60,000 +9.09%
South East +7 11 £75,000 +50.00% 1
East of England - 6 £41,250 - 2
North of England +58 5 £60,000 +50.00%
South West - 5 £40,000 - 3
Wales - 4 £50,000 -
North East - 2 £60,000 -
North West - 2 £56,000 -
Yorkshire +90 1 £65,000 +62.50%

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 87 (100.00%) Firmware
2 82 (94.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 53 (60.92%) C
4 41 (47.13%) Electronics
5 34 (39.08%) Degree
6 27 (31.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (29.89%) Wireless
7 26 (29.89%) C++
8 25 (28.74%) Embedded C
9 24 (27.59%) Software Engineering
10 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
11 20 (22.99%) Linux
11 20 (22.99%) Social Skills
12 18 (20.69%) Computer Science
13 17 (19.54%) Mathematics
13 17 (19.54%) Physics
14 12 (13.79%) Yocto
14 12 (13.79%) Python
15 11 (12.64%) Embedded Linux
16 9 (10.34%) Embedded C++
16 9 (10.34%) Linux Kernel Development
16 9 (10.34%) IoT
17 8 (9.20%) Schematic Capture
17 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
17 8 (9.20%) EMC
17 8 (9.20%) SAP
17 8 (9.20%) Telecoms
17 8 (9.20%) Finance
17 8 (9.20%) Programme Management
17 8 (9.20%) Business Intelligence

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 (1.15%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.75%) AWS
1 5 (5.75%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.89%) Wireless
2 6 (6.90%) Ethernet
2 6 (6.90%) LoRaWAN
2 6 (6.90%) MQTT
3 5 (5.75%) Bluetooth
3 5 (5.75%) LTE
4 4 (4.60%) Profibus
4 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.30%) Modbus
5 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.15%) 4G
6 1 (1.15%) 5G
6 1 (1.15%) RS-232
6 1 (1.15%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Git
2 2 (2.30%) GCC
3 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.15%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Subversion
3 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (47.13%) Electronics
2 27 (31.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
4 20 (22.99%) Social Skills
5 8 (9.20%) Finance
5 8 (9.20%) Marketing
5 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.20%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.90%) Automotive
7 5 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.79%) Yocto
2 5 (5.75%) Flask
3 2 (2.30%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) IoT
2 5 (5.75%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.60%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.15%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.15%) FPGA
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (22.99%) Linux
2 11 (12.64%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (4.60%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Software Engineering
2 18 (20.69%) Computer Science
3 17 (19.54%) Mathematics
3 17 (19.54%) Physics
4 9 (10.34%) Linux Kernel Development
5 8 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (9.20%) Digital Marketing
5 8 (9.20%) Programme Management
5 8 (9.20%) Project Planning
5 8 (9.20%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (8.05%) Embedded Software Development
7 6 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (5.75%) SDLC
9 4 (4.60%) Code Quality
9 4 (4.60%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (4.60%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (4.60%) Software Testing
10 3 (3.45%) Agile
11 2 (2.30%) Web Development
12 1 (1.15%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (60.92%) C
2 26 (29.89%) C++
3 25 (28.74%) Embedded C
4 12 (13.79%) Python
5 9 (10.34%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.30%) C#
6 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.30%) Lua
7 1 (1.15%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 34 (39.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (4.60%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 87 (100.00%) Firmware
2 82 (94.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (9.20%) EMC
1 8 (9.20%) SAP
2 1 (1.15%) Atmel
2 1 (1.15%) Freescale