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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 652 1026
Rank change year-on-year +67 +374 -13
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 202 116 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.20% 0.091%
As % of the System Software category 2.62% 1.17% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 128 90 41
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,950 £52,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,125 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

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 7,704 9,877 22,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.13% 16.82% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,318 7,463 13,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,875 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.30% -2.25% +5.26%

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

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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 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

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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 26 October 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 +39 197 £60,000 +9.09% 54
England +31 181 £60,000 +9.09% 51
Work from Home +36 77 £70,000 +27.27% 22
Midlands +4 52 £66,250 +55.88% 4
South West +57 50 £65,000 +26.21% 9
East Midlands +9 37 £65,000 +52.94% 2
North of England +7 34 £56,000 +1.82% 5
South East -16 33 £47,500 +11.76% 17
North East -15 16 £56,000 +24.44%
West Midlands -24 15 £67,500 +14.41% 2
North West -31 11 £52,750 -4.09%
East of England -61 11 £40,000 -38.46% 11
Wales +40 9 £70,000 +164.15% 2
Scotland -24 8 £65,000 +13.04% 10
Yorkshire +29 7 £55,000 - 5
London +16 1 £70,000 +21.74% 9

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 17 (8.42%) OrCAD
2 4 (1.98%) Simulink
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.97%) AWS
1 6 (2.97%) GitHub
2 5 (2.48%) AWS CodeCommit
3 4 (1.98%) Azure
4 3 (1.49%) SaaS
5 2 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.90%) Bluetooth
2 17 (8.42%) Wireless
3 16 (7.92%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.94%) 5G
5 10 (4.95%) DNS
5 10 (4.95%) HTTP
5 10 (4.95%) Internet
5 10 (4.95%) SMTP
6 9 (4.46%) SD-WAN
6 9 (4.46%) WAN
7 8 (3.96%) Ethernet
8 6 (2.97%) RS-232
9 5 (2.48%) MQTT
9 5 (2.48%) RS-485
10 4 (1.98%) Modbus
11 3 (1.49%) 4G
11 3 (1.49%) GSM
11 3 (1.49%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.50%) 3G
Development Applications
1 24 (11.88%) Git
2 9 (4.46%) Subversion
3 8 (3.96%) JIRA
4 4 (1.98%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.99%) GitLab
6 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 86 (42.57%) Electronics
2 34 (16.83%) Manufacturing
3 24 (11.88%) Automotive
4 13 (6.44%) Aerospace
4 13 (6.44%) Social Skills
5 11 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.95%) Marketing
7 9 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.96%) Finance
8 8 (3.96%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.47%) Legal
10 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.98%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.49%) Law
13 1 (0.50%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 137 (67.82%) Embedded Engineer
2 83 (41.09%) Firmware Engineer
3 79 (39.11%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 75 (37.13%) Senior
5 58 (28.71%) Software Engineer
6 49 (24.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 46 (22.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 25 (12.38%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 24 (11.88%) Electronics Engineer
10 22 (10.89%) Design Engineer
11 21 (10.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (9.41%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 19 (9.41%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 16 (7.92%) Senior Design Engineer
13 16 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
13 16 (7.92%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 14 (6.93%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (5.45%) C++ Software Engineer
15 11 (5.45%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 11 (5.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.94%) Yocto
2 5 (2.48%) NestJS
2 5 (2.48%) Node.js
3 3 (1.49%) Flash
4 2 (0.99%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.99%) Vulkan
5 1 (0.50%) .NET
5 1 (0.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.81%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (10.89%) FPGA
3 16 (7.92%) Device Driver
3 16 (7.92%) IoT
3 16 (7.92%) Optoelectronics
4 13 (6.44%) Algorithms
5 12 (5.94%) GNSS
5 12 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.95%) MicroBlaze
7 9 (4.46%) Tandem
8 8 (3.96%) Analogue Electronics
9 7 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (3.47%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.47%) VHDL
10 5 (2.48%) Verilog
11 4 (1.98%) CAN bus
11 4 (1.98%) NB-IoT
11 4 (1.98%) Robotics
11 4 (1.98%) Solar Power
12 2 (0.99%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 60 (29.70%) Linux
2 33 (16.34%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (8.42%) Windows
4 9 (4.46%) Android
4 9 (4.46%) Unix
5 7 (3.47%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (1.49%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (36.63%) Software Engineering
2 23 (11.39%) Schematic Capture
3 22 (10.89%) Mentoring
4 20 (9.90%) Agile
4 20 (9.90%) Computer Science
5 19 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (9.41%) Test Automation
6 18 (8.91%) Requirements Analysis
7 17 (8.42%) Signal Processing
8 16 (7.92%) Prototyping
8 16 (7.92%) Software Architecture
8 16 (7.92%) Stress Analysis
9 14 (6.93%) Digital Signal Processing
10 13 (6.44%) Mathematics
11 12 (5.94%) Open Source
11 12 (5.94%) Project Management
12 11 (5.45%) B2B
13 10 (4.95%) Software Testing
14 9 (4.46%) Test Assurance
15 8 (3.96%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 101 (50.00%) C
2 76 (37.62%) C++
3 52 (25.74%) Python
4 27 (13.37%) Embedded C
5 18 (8.91%) C#
6 10 (4.95%) Java
7 6 (2.97%) MATLAB
8 5 (2.48%) Bash
8 5 (2.48%) Embedded C++
8 5 (2.48%) VB
9 3 (1.49%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.99%) Perl
10 2 (0.99%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 82 (40.59%) Degree
2 13 (6.44%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.46%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.47%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.98%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.50%) HNC
6 1 (0.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.48%) MISRA
1 5 (2.48%) MISRA C
2 3 (1.49%) JTAG
2 3 (1.49%) QA
3 1 (0.50%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 202 (100.00%) Firmware
2 8 (3.96%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (2.97%) SAP
2 4 (1.98%) EMC
2 4 (1.98%) Freescale
3 3 (1.49%) Atmel
4 2 (0.99%) Altera
4 2 (0.99%) Green Hills
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.99%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.50%) Google
5 1 (0.50%) Motorola
5 1 (0.50%) Sitecore