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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 512 549
Rank change year-on-year -115 +37 +76
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 192 154 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the System Software category 3.08% 2.72% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 149 77 146
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% -12.50% +9.09%

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 6,233 5,670 7,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.27% 11.44% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,376 3,351 4,518
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,625 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +0.45%

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 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 6 October 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 -93 191 £62,000 +18.10% 264
England -70 184 £61,500 +23.00% 281
South East -49 71 £65,000 +18.18% 64
Work from Home -66 40 £75,000 +47.06% 102
North of England -52 38 £57,500 +25.00% 37
Midlands -33 34 £51,250 -2.38% 31
East of England -3 32 £67,500 -0.74% 86
West Midlands -21 18 £67,500 +28.57% 15
East Midlands -21 16 £50,000 +5.26% 16
North West -23 14 £57,500 +23.66% 12
Yorkshire -37 12 £57,000 +23.91% 12
North East -55 12 £77,500 +37.17% 13
South West -70 9 £67,500 +35.00% 19
Wales -67 5 £77,500 +31.91% 10
Scotland -11 2 £47,500 -29.63% 17

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 4 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Simulink
2 4 (2.08%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.56%) GitHub
1 3 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (0.52%) Azure
2 1 (0.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.25%) Bluetooth
2 11 (5.73%) RS-232
2 11 (5.73%) Wireless
3 10 (5.21%) RS-485
4 9 (4.69%) Modbus
4 9 (4.69%) Wireshark
5 8 (4.17%) Profibus
5 8 (4.17%) ZigBee
6 4 (2.08%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.52%) NGN
8 1 (0.52%) SNMP
8 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.52%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 13 (6.77%) Git
2 10 (5.21%) Eclipse
2 10 (5.21%) JIRA
2 10 (5.21%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.56%) GitLab
4 3 (1.56%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.04%) Subversion
6 1 (0.52%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.52%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.52%) Polyspace
6 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.52%) VectorCAST
6 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (49.48%) Electronics
2 49 (25.52%) Social Skills
3 37 (19.27%) Manufacturing
4 16 (8.33%) Legal
5 14 (7.29%) Automotive
6 12 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (5.21%) Finance
8 9 (4.69%) Aerospace
9 8 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.13%) Advertising
11 5 (2.60%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Games
12 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (32.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (28.13%) Senior
3 50 (26.04%) Lead
4 44 (22.92%) Software Engineer
5 43 (22.40%) Electronics Engineer
6 41 (21.35%) Design Engineer
7 38 (19.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 31 (16.15%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 29 (15.10%) Firmware Engineer
10 25 (13.02%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 19 (9.90%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (9.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 17 (8.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 17 (8.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
14 15 (7.81%) Senior Design Engineer
14 15 (7.81%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
14 15 (7.81%) Senior Firmware Engineer
14 15 (7.81%) Software Team Leader
14 15 (7.81%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (7.81%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.13%) .NET
2 2 (1.04%) WPF
3 1 (0.52%) Micronaut
3 1 (0.52%) pytest
3 1 (0.52%) QML
3 1 (0.52%) Qt
3 1 (0.52%) Qt Quick
3 1 (0.52%) Spring
3 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.52%) WinUI
3 1 (0.52%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 60 (31.25%) Embedded Systems
2 36 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
3 26 (13.54%) FPGA
4 22 (11.46%) Algorithms
5 11 (5.73%) IoT
5 11 (5.73%) VHDL
6 10 (5.21%) NVMe
6 10 (5.21%) PCIe
7 9 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.08%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.56%) Acoustics
9 3 (1.56%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.04%) Device Driver
10 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.04%) Optoelectronics
11 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.52%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.52%) Robotics
11 1 (0.52%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
2 7 (3.65%) Linux
3 6 (3.13%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.52%) Android
4 1 (0.52%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (31.25%) Software Engineering
2 47 (24.48%) Validation
3 37 (19.27%) Schematic Capture
4 31 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (14.06%) Mentoring
7 24 (12.50%) Signal Processing
8 21 (10.94%) Digital Signal Processing
9 20 (10.42%) Software Testing
10 19 (9.90%) Agile
11 18 (9.38%) Project Delivery
12 16 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (7.81%) Collaborative Culture
13 15 (7.81%) Decision-Making
14 14 (7.29%) Software Architecture
15 13 (6.77%) Machine Learning
15 13 (6.77%) Product Requirements
15 13 (6.77%) System Testing
15 13 (6.77%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (6.77%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 107 (55.73%) C
2 69 (35.94%) C++
3 33 (17.19%) Embedded C
4 21 (10.94%) Python
5 13 (6.77%) Assembly Language
5 13 (6.77%) Java
6 11 (5.73%) MATLAB
7 10 (5.21%) C#
8 3 (1.56%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.52%) Bash
9 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (20.31%) Degree
2 11 (5.73%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.04%) HNC
6 2 (1.04%) HND
7 1 (0.52%) CEH
7 1 (0.52%) CISMP
7 1 (0.52%) CISSP
7 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.08%) QA
2 2 (1.04%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.04%) MISRA
3 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) GDPR
3 1 (0.52%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.52%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.52%) JTAG
3 1 (0.52%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 192 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.04%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (5.73%) EMC
1 11 (5.73%) Xilinx
2 10 (5.21%) Altera
3 2 (1.04%) Adobe
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.52%) Google
4 1 (0.52%) Xamarin