Embedded Firmware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 622 960 1023
Rank change year-on-year +338 +63 -305
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 111 130 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.10% 0.059%
As % of the System Software category 1.23% 0.68% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 84 48 47
10th Percentile £33,000 £49,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,938 £53,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,125 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.51% +17.50% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
UK

Embedded Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 9,044 19,198 22,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.72% 15.26% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7,183 12,804 15,878
10th Percentile £28,850 £29,059 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,094 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.89% +5.26% +5.56%

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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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

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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 29 November 2023. 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 +225 111 £53,750 -8.51% 120
England +293 86 £55,000 -12.70% 115
Work from Home +257 60 £55,000 -3.08% 120
East of England +137 29 £62,500 -7.41% 38
Scotland +62 24 £52,500 -7.49% 17
North of England +140 21 £55,000 -2.22% 20
Midlands +142 16 £42,500 -24.11% 13
South East +106 14 £48,750 -22.62% 22
North West +114 12 £55,000 -4.35% 8
West Midlands +124 9 £59,000 +5.36% 5
Yorkshire +100 8 £55,000 +46.67% 12
East Midlands +56 7 £42,500 +6.25% 8
South West +66 6 £51,500 - 10
North East +39 1 £45,000 -
Wales +14 1 £26,500 -47.00% 3

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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 5 (4.50%) Simulink
2 2 (1.80%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.90%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.50%) GitHub
2 3 (2.70%) AWS
3 2 (1.80%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.90%) Azure
4 1 (0.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (19.82%) Wireless
2 12 (10.81%) Ethernet
3 8 (7.21%) MQTT
4 7 (6.31%) Bluetooth
5 5 (4.50%) RS-485
6 4 (3.60%) Modbus
7 3 (2.70%) GSM
7 3 (2.70%) Internet
7 3 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.80%) LoRaWAN
8 2 (1.80%) LTE
9 1 (0.90%) HTTP
9 1 (0.90%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 9 (8.11%) Git
2 7 (6.31%) Subversion
3 4 (3.60%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.90%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 37 (33.33%) Electronics
2 27 (24.32%) Manufacturing
3 23 (20.72%) Marketing
4 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
5 14 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (11.71%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (9.91%) Finance
7 11 (9.91%) Public Sector
7 11 (9.91%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.60%) Norwegian Language
9 2 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.90%) Avionics
10 1 (0.90%) Games
10 1 (0.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (58.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 38 (34.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 38 (34.23%) Software Engineer
3 37 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
4 36 (32.43%) Senior
5 35 (31.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 18 (16.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 15 (13.51%) Electronics Engineer
8 14 (12.61%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (12.61%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (11.71%) Architect
9 13 (11.71%) Principal Architect
9 13 (11.71%) Senior Architect
9 13 (11.71%) Senior Software Architect
9 13 (11.71%) Software Architect
10 7 (6.31%) Design Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Lead
11 6 (5.41%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) REST
2 2 (1.80%) .NET
2 2 (1.80%) Flask
3 1 (0.90%) HTML
3 1 (0.90%) WPF
3 1 (0.90%) XML
3 1 (0.90%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 29 (26.13%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (15.32%) Mali
3 15 (13.51%) IoT
4 10 (9.01%) FPGA
5 8 (7.21%) Device Driver
6 5 (4.50%) ARM Cortex
6 5 (4.50%) VHDL
7 4 (3.60%) Smartphone
8 3 (2.70%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.70%) Verilog
9 2 (1.80%) 3D Printing
9 2 (1.80%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.90%) Robotics
10 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.32%) Linux
2 14 (12.61%) Android
3 10 (9.01%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (8.11%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (49.55%) Software Engineering
2 16 (14.41%) Software Architecture
3 14 (12.61%) Roadmaps
4 13 (11.71%) Agile
4 13 (11.71%) Performance Analysis
4 13 (11.71%) Requirements Analysis
4 13 (11.71%) Technical Leadership
4 13 (11.71%) Use Case
5 12 (10.81%) Mentoring
6 11 (9.91%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (9.91%) Computer Science
6 11 (9.91%) Digital Marketing
6 11 (9.91%) Product Marketing
6 11 (9.91%) Programme Management
6 11 (9.91%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (9.01%) Mathematics
7 10 (9.01%) Physics
7 10 (9.01%) Project Management
8 8 (7.21%) FPGA Design
8 8 (7.21%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (64.86%) C
2 55 (49.55%) C++
3 19 (17.12%) Embedded C
4 17 (15.32%) Python
5 8 (7.21%) Embedded C++
6 7 (6.31%) Bash
7 6 (5.41%) MATLAB
8 5 (4.50%) C#
9 2 (1.80%) Java
10 1 (0.90%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.90%) Rust
10 1 (0.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (27.93%) Degree
2 5 (4.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (4.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.70%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.70%) PMP
4 2 (1.80%) HND
5 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.90%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) DO-178B
1 6 (5.41%) MISRA
2 3 (2.70%) IEC 61508
2 3 (2.70%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.70%) QA
2 3 (2.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 111 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (9.91%) SAP
2 4 (3.60%) EMC
2 4 (3.60%) Renesas
3 1 (0.90%) Altera
3 1 (0.90%) Google
3 1 (0.90%) Intel
3 1 (0.90%) Xilinx