Embedded Firmware Jobs

Embedded Firmware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 586 777
Rank change year-on-year -16 +191 +272
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 131 340 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 2.00% 2.91% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55 263 114
10th Percentile £43,000 £40,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,625 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,501 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.54% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,700 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,501 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.28% -4.54% -0.90%

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 6,564 11,681 14,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.00% 10.97% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,855 8,931 9,584
10th Percentile £27,770 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Top 14 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 July 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 -14 117 £60,000 +14.28% 79
England -21 101 £55,500 +5.71% 81
Work from Home +65 58 £50,000 -4.76% 30
South East +33 55 £62,500 +25.00% 20
East of England +32 16 £69,000 +31.43% 20
Scotland +60 13 £66,000 +25.71% 5
North of England +11 11 £46,000 -16.36% 8
Midlands +16 10 £47,500 -20.83% 7
South West +79 9 £50,000 -14.89% 10
Yorkshire +56 8 £46,000 -23.33% 5
East Midlands +20 8 £47,500 -20.83% 3
Wales +34 3 £50,000 -23.08% 8
North West -19 3 £46,500 -15.45% 3
West Midlands +36 2 £49,000 -20.33% 4

Embedded Firmware
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 (0.76%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.53%) AWS
1 2 (1.53%) AWS IoT
1 2 (1.53%) Azure
1 2 (1.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 54 (41.22%) Software-Defined Radio
2 30 (22.90%) Wireless
3 19 (14.50%) Modbus
4 12 (9.16%) RS-485
5 10 (7.63%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.58%) Bluetooth
6 6 (4.58%) WAN
7 4 (3.05%) 5G
7 4 (3.05%) DNS
7 4 (3.05%) Ethernet
7 4 (3.05%) HTTP
7 4 (3.05%) Internet
7 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.05%) SMTP
8 3 (2.29%) MQTT
8 3 (2.29%) Profibus
8 3 (2.29%) RS-232
8 3 (2.29%) ZigBee
9 2 (1.53%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 9 (6.87%) Git
2 5 (3.82%) Subversion
3 2 (1.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) Appium
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) TestRail
General
1 37 (28.24%) Finance
2 32 (24.43%) Electronics
3 22 (16.79%) Social Skills
4 12 (9.16%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.58%) Marketing
6 5 (3.82%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Automotive
8 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.53%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Aviation
10 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (49.62%) Embedded Engineer
2 39 (29.77%) Senior
3 37 (28.24%) Firmware Engineer
4 34 (25.95%) Software Engineer
5 33 (25.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 29 (22.14%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 28 (21.37%) Radio Engineer
7 28 (21.37%) Systems Engineer
8 24 (18.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 23 (17.56%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 21 (16.03%) Design Engineer
11 18 (13.74%) Electronics Engineer
12 14 (10.69%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 9 (6.87%) Senior Electronics Engineer
14 8 (6.11%) Senior Design Engineer
14 8 (6.11%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
15 6 (4.58%) Development Engineer
15 6 (4.58%) FPGA Design Engineer
15 6 (4.58%) FPGA Engineer
15 6 (4.58%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) REST
2 1 (0.76%) HTML
2 1 (0.76%) JSON
2 1 (0.76%) Laravel
2 1 (0.76%) RESTful
2 1 (0.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (38.93%) Embedded Systems
2 40 (30.53%) FPGA
3 30 (22.90%) MicroBlaze
4 26 (19.85%) e-Learning
4 26 (19.85%) RISC-V
5 14 (10.69%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (6.87%) CAN bus
7 8 (6.11%) Optoelectronics
8 6 (4.58%) Algorithms
8 6 (4.58%) Device Driver
8 6 (4.58%) Product Ownership
8 6 (4.58%) Verilog
8 6 (4.58%) VHDL
9 5 (3.82%) IoT
10 4 (3.05%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (3.05%) GNSS
10 4 (3.05%) Self-Driving Car
10 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (3.05%) Tandem
11 1 (0.76%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 45 (34.35%) Linux
2 40 (30.53%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (3.82%) Unix
3 5 (3.82%) Windows
4 4 (3.05%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (2.29%) Android
6 2 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.76%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (45.04%) Digital Signal Processing
1 59 (45.04%) Signal Processing
2 55 (41.98%) Innovative Thinking
3 42 (32.06%) Software Engineering
4 37 (28.24%) Agile
5 28 (21.37%) Physics
6 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.21%) Mentoring
8 12 (9.16%) Prototyping
8 12 (9.16%) Schematic Capture
8 12 (9.16%) Validation
9 11 (8.40%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (7.63%) Requirements Analysis
10 10 (7.63%) Software Architecture
11 9 (6.87%) Verification and Validation
12 8 (6.11%) Collaborative Culture
12 8 (6.11%) Project Management
12 8 (6.11%) Stress Analysis
13 7 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (5.34%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 72 (54.96%) C
2 66 (50.38%) C++
3 29 (22.14%) MATLAB
4 8 (6.11%) Python
5 6 (4.58%) Ada
6 2 (1.53%) Bash
6 2 (1.53%) C#
6 2 (1.53%) Embedded C
6 2 (1.53%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.53%) SQL
7 1 (0.76%) Java
7 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.76%) PHP
7 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 58 (44.27%) SC Cleared
1 58 (44.27%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.03%) Degree
3 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.76%) HNC
4 1 (0.76%) HND
4 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.29%) QA
2 2 (1.53%) JTAG
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 131 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (6.87%) EMC
2 5 (3.82%) SAP
3 2 (1.53%) Google
3 2 (1.53%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.76%) Freescale