Embedded Firmware Job Trends

Embedded Firmware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 540 599
Rank change year-on-year -77 +59 +139
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 145 141 299
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the System Software category 2.57% 2.31% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 116 60 251
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £71,325 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -

All System Software Skills
UK

Embedded 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5,648 6,107 10,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.71% 12.43% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,152 3,852 8,398
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,957 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +4.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £86,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% +2.22% -5.26%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
UK excluding London -56 143 £60,000 +7.14% 71
England -52 138 £60,000 +12.15% 69
South East -32 53 £70,000 +12.00% 23
North of England -7 34 £57,500 +25.00% 14
Work from Home -49 31 £67,500 +38.46% 33
East of England 0 27 £80,000 +15.94% 17
Yorkshire -25 19 £60,000 +30.43% 8
Midlands -27 13 £50,000 +5.26% 6
North West 0 10 £57,500 +23.66% 4
West Midlands -11 10 £52,500 +7.14%
South West -52 10 £62,500 +25.00% 6
North East - 5 £77,500 - 3
Wales -51 4 £77,500 +55.00% 3
East Midlands -18 3 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Scotland -5 1 £47,500 -28.03% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 - 2

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.07%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (1.38%) Simulink
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.69%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (0.69%) GitHub
1 1 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (0.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.10%) Bluetooth
2 15 (10.34%) Wireless
3 12 (8.28%) RS-232
4 11 (7.59%) Modbus
4 11 (7.59%) RS-485
5 9 (6.21%) Profibus
5 9 (6.21%) ZigBee
6 3 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.38%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.38%) RFID
8 1 (0.69%) HTTP
8 1 (0.69%) LTE
8 1 (0.69%) MQTT
8 1 (0.69%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 14 (9.66%) Git
2 10 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (4.83%) JIRA
4 3 (2.07%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.38%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.38%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.38%) Subversion
5 2 (1.38%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.69%) GitLab
6 1 (0.69%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.69%) Polyspace
6 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.69%) VectorCAST
6 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 77 (53.10%) Electronics
2 34 (23.45%) Manufacturing
3 27 (18.62%) Social Skills
4 16 (11.03%) Automotive
5 9 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.52%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.07%) Finance
8 1 (0.69%) Advertising
8 1 (0.69%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (0.69%) Marketing
8 1 (0.69%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 74 (51.03%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (36.55%) Software Engineer
3 45 (31.03%) Senior
4 44 (30.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 37 (25.52%) Firmware Engineer
6 26 (17.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 22 (15.17%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 22 (15.17%) Lead
7 22 (15.17%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (14.48%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 18 (12.41%) Design Engineer
10 17 (11.72%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 14 (9.66%) Electronics Engineer
12 12 (8.28%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (7.59%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 11 (7.59%) FPGA Engineer
14 10 (6.90%) Senior Design Engineer
14 10 (6.90%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
14 10 (6.90%) Senior Electronics Engineer
15 8 (5.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.14%) .NET
2 2 (1.38%) WPF
3 1 (0.69%) Micronaut
3 1 (0.69%) pytest
3 1 (0.69%) Spring
3 1 (0.69%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.69%) WinUI
3 1 (0.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 56 (38.62%) Embedded Systems
2 29 (20.00%) FPGA
3 21 (14.48%) Algorithms
4 19 (13.10%) IoT
5 13 (8.97%) Analogue Electronics
6 12 (8.28%) PCIe
7 11 (7.59%) VHDL
8 10 (6.90%) NVMe
9 6 (4.14%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (2.76%) CAN bus
11 3 (2.07%) Smart Home
12 2 (1.38%) Acoustics
12 2 (1.38%) Device Driver
12 2 (1.38%) Mobile App
12 2 (1.38%) Photography
12 2 (1.38%) Raspberry Pi
13 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
13 1 (0.69%) Legacy Code
13 1 (0.69%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.00%) FreeRTOS
2 10 (6.90%) Linux
3 8 (5.52%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.38%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.69%) Android
5 1 (0.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.14%) Software Engineering
2 25 (17.24%) Validation
3 21 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (13.10%) Signal Processing
5 17 (11.72%) Collaborative Culture
5 17 (11.72%) Mentoring
6 16 (11.03%) Digital Signal Processing
6 16 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.34%) Software Testing
8 14 (9.66%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (9.66%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (8.97%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (8.28%) Computer Science
10 12 (8.28%) Schematic Capture
10 12 (8.28%) Unit Testing
11 11 (7.59%) AI
11 11 (7.59%) Configuration Management
11 11 (7.59%) Information Assurance
11 11 (7.59%) Machine Learning
11 11 (7.59%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (54.48%) C
2 54 (37.24%) C++
3 24 (16.55%) Embedded C
4 20 (13.79%) Python
5 13 (8.97%) Assembly Language
5 13 (8.97%) C#
6 4 (2.76%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.07%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.07%) Java
8 1 (0.69%) Bash
8 1 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 27 (18.62%) Degree
2 10 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 10 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.69%) CEH
4 1 (0.69%) CISMP
4 1 (0.69%) CISSP
4 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.07%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.38%) MISRA
2 2 (1.38%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.69%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.69%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.69%) JTAG
3 1 (0.69%) NIST
3 1 (0.69%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 145 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.38%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (7.59%) Xilinx
2 10 (6.90%) Altera
3 4 (2.76%) EMC
4 2 (1.38%) Adobe
4 2 (1.38%) Google
4 2 (1.38%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.69%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.69%) Xamarin