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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 544 539
Rank change year-on-year -63 -5 +225
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 156 131 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 2.83% 2.19% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 121 55 266
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £71,700 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -4.55%

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 5,516 5,992 11,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.70% 12.58% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,027 3,794 8,968
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,119 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £49,375
Median % change year-on-year - +6.33% -10.23%
75th Percentile £73,250 £75,246 £67,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
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 4 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 4 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 -32 154 £62,500 +4.17% 77
England +1 146 £61,500 +10.81% 80
South East -25 60 £65,000 +4.00% 29
North of England -9 32 £57,500 +25.00% 12
Work from Home -34 29 £67,500 +35.00% 19
East of England -7 27 £80,000 +15.94% 16
Yorkshire -15 20 £60,000 +30.43% 3
South West -62 14 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Midlands -24 12 £50,000 +5.26% 5
West Midlands -17 10 £52,500 +7.14% 4
North West -6 9 £57,500 +23.66% 4
Scotland +5 4 £65,000 -1.52% 6
Wales -44 4 £77,500 +55.00% 3
North East - 3 £77,500 - 5
East Midlands -25 2 £50,000 +5.26% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.56%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (1.28%) Simulink
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (7.69%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (0.64%) GitHub
1 1 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (0.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.18%) Bluetooth
2 15 (9.62%) Wireless
3 12 (7.69%) RS-232
4 11 (7.05%) Modbus
5 10 (6.41%) RS-485
6 9 (5.77%) Profibus
6 9 (5.77%) ZigBee
7 3 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.28%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.28%) HTTP
8 2 (1.28%) MQTT
8 2 (1.28%) RFID
9 1 (0.64%) LTE
9 1 (0.64%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 13 (8.33%) Git
2 12 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (3.85%) JIRA
4 3 (1.92%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.28%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.28%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.28%) Subversion
5 2 (1.28%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.64%) GitLab
6 1 (0.64%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.64%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.64%) Polyspace
6 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.64%) VectorCAST
6 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 76 (48.72%) Electronics
2 34 (21.79%) Manufacturing
3 26 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 17 (10.90%) Automotive
5 9 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.13%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.28%) Finance
9 1 (0.64%) Advertising
9 1 (0.64%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (0.64%) Marketing
9 1 (0.64%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 87 (55.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (35.26%) Software Engineer
3 47 (30.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 45 (28.85%) Firmware Engineer
5 42 (26.92%) Senior
6 31 (19.87%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 25 (16.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 22 (14.10%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (13.46%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 20 (12.82%) Lead
11 17 (10.90%) Design Engineer
12 15 (9.62%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 13 (8.33%) Electronics Engineer
13 13 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
14 12 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
15 10 (6.41%) Electronics Design Engineer
16 9 (5.77%) Senior Design Engineer
16 9 (5.77%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
16 9 (5.77%) Senior Electronics Engineer
17 7 (4.49%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) .NET
2 2 (1.28%) WPF
2 2 (1.28%) Yocto
3 1 (0.64%) Micronaut
3 1 (0.64%) pytest
3 1 (0.64%) Spring
3 1 (0.64%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.64%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (35.26%) Embedded Systems
2 31 (19.87%) FPGA
3 29 (18.59%) IoT
4 22 (14.10%) Algorithms
5 14 (8.97%) PCIe
6 13 (8.33%) VHDL
7 12 (7.69%) Analogue Electronics
7 12 (7.69%) NVMe
8 5 (3.21%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (2.56%) CAN bus
10 3 (1.92%) Smart Home
11 2 (1.28%) Acoustics
11 2 (1.28%) Device Driver
11 2 (1.28%) Photography
11 2 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
12 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.64%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.64%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.64%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.31%) FreeRTOS
2 11 (7.05%) Linux
3 8 (5.13%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.28%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.64%) Android
5 1 (0.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 23 (14.74%) Validation
3 21 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (11.54%) Signal Processing
5 17 (10.90%) Collaborative Culture
6 16 (10.26%) Mentoring
6 16 (10.26%) Software Testing
7 15 (9.62%) Digital Signal Processing
8 14 (8.97%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 13 (8.33%) Configuration Management
9 13 (8.33%) Information Assurance
9 13 (8.33%) System Testing
10 12 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (7.69%) FPGA Design
10 12 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
10 12 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
10 12 (7.69%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 78 (50.00%) C
2 55 (35.26%) C++
3 23 (14.74%) Embedded C
4 20 (12.82%) Python
5 15 (9.62%) Assembly Language
6 13 (8.33%) C#
7 4 (2.56%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.92%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.92%) Java
9 1 (0.64%) Bash
9 1 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 27 (17.31%) Degree
2 10 (6.41%) SC Cleared
2 10 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.64%) CEH
4 1 (0.64%) CISMP
4 1 (0.64%) CISSP
4 1 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.92%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.28%) JTAG
2 2 (1.28%) MISRA
2 2 (1.28%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.64%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.64%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.64%) NIST
3 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 156 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.28%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (8.33%) Xilinx
2 12 (7.69%) Altera
3 4 (2.56%) EMC
4 3 (1.92%) Google
4 3 (1.92%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.28%) Adobe
5 2 (1.28%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.64%) Xamarin