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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 596 550 845
Rank change year-on-year -46 +295 +151
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 115 372 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.38% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 1.84% 3.11% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 51 241 113
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.19% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £69,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £75,000 £81,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.19% -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 6,260 11,974 15,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.28% 12.07% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,783 9,482 10,092
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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 -37 99 £61,000 +16.19% 123
England -63 85 £61,000 +16.19% 100
Work from Home +61 59 £61,000 +16.19% 47
South East -10 26 £62,500 +25.00% 33
South West +101 25 £75,000 +42.86% 20
East of England +38 17 £70,000 +7.69% 28
Scotland +71 12 £64,250 +22.38% 21
North of England +23 8 £58,000 +5.45% 8
Midlands +2 7 £47,500 -9.52% 8
East Midlands +7 5 £47,500 -9.52% 5
North East +46 4 £61,000 +1.67% 3
Wales +38 4 £52,500 -19.23% 12
Yorkshire +68 3 £46,000 -23.33% 3
London +95 2 £70,000 +40.00% 8
West Midlands +20 2 £49,000 -19.34% 3
North West -23 1 £55,000 - 2

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 3 (2.61%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.87%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.87%) AWS
1 1 (0.87%) AWS IoT
1 1 (0.87%) Azure
1 1 (0.87%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.35%) Software-Defined Radio
2 22 (19.13%) Wireless
3 18 (15.65%) Modbus
4 13 (11.30%) Bluetooth
4 13 (11.30%) TCP/IP
5 11 (9.57%) RS-232
6 9 (7.83%) RS-485
7 8 (6.96%) ZigBee
8 7 (6.09%) Profibus
9 6 (5.22%) WAN
10 5 (4.35%) Ethernet
10 5 (4.35%) HTTP
11 4 (3.48%) 5G
11 4 (3.48%) DNS
11 4 (3.48%) Internet
11 4 (3.48%) SD-WAN
11 4 (3.48%) SMTP
12 3 (2.61%) GPRS
12 3 (2.61%) GSM
12 3 (2.61%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Git
2 5 (4.35%) Subversion
3 1 (0.87%) Appium
3 1 (0.87%) JIRA
3 1 (0.87%) TestRail
General
1 47 (40.87%) Electronics
2 27 (23.48%) Social Skills
3 24 (20.87%) Finance
4 14 (12.17%) Manufacturing
5 12 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.48%) Marketing
8 4 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.74%) Aviation
11 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.87%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.87%) Automotive
11 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.87%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 59 (51.30%) Senior
2 53 (46.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 33 (28.70%) Software Engineer
4 32 (27.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 30 (26.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 26 (22.61%) Design Engineer
7 25 (21.74%) Electronics Engineer
7 25 (21.74%) Firmware Engineer
8 22 (19.13%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 20 (17.39%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 19 (16.52%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 17 (14.78%) Senior Design Engineer
11 17 (14.78%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
11 17 (14.78%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 16 (13.91%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (13.91%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (13.04%) Radio Engineer
13 15 (13.04%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 9 (7.83%) FPGA Engineer
15 7 (6.09%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.74%) REST
2 1 (0.87%) HTML
2 1 (0.87%) JSON
2 1 (0.87%) Laravel
2 1 (0.87%) RESTful
2 1 (0.87%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 39 (33.91%) Embedded Systems
2 33 (28.70%) FPGA
3 23 (20.00%) MicroBlaze
4 18 (15.65%) Optoelectronics
5 13 (11.30%) e-Learning
5 13 (11.30%) RISC-V
6 11 (9.57%) Analogue Electronics
7 10 (8.70%) VHDL
8 9 (7.83%) Device Driver
8 9 (7.83%) GNSS
9 8 (6.96%) Product Ownership
10 7 (6.09%) Algorithms
11 6 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (4.35%) ARM Cortex
12 5 (4.35%) Satnav
13 4 (3.48%) Self-Driving Car
13 4 (3.48%) Tandem
13 4 (3.48%) Verilog
14 3 (2.61%) IoT
15 2 (1.74%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 42 (36.52%) Linux
2 26 (22.61%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (9.57%) Windows
4 9 (7.83%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (4.35%) Unix
6 3 (2.61%) Android
7 2 (1.74%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.87%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (36.52%) Signal Processing
2 41 (35.65%) Software Engineering
3 37 (32.17%) Digital Signal Processing
4 33 (28.70%) Innovative Thinking
5 24 (20.87%) Requirements Analysis
6 23 (20.00%) Prototyping
6 23 (20.00%) Schematic Capture
7 21 (18.26%) Agile
8 18 (15.65%) Stress Analysis
9 16 (13.91%) Mentoring
9 16 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (13.04%) Physics
11 12 (10.43%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (10.43%) Software Architecture
12 10 (8.70%) Test Automation
12 10 (8.70%) Unit Testing
13 9 (7.83%) B2B
13 9 (7.83%) Computer Science
13 9 (7.83%) FPGA Design
13 9 (7.83%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 69 (60.00%) C
2 57 (49.57%) C++
3 23 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 9 (7.83%) Python
5 6 (5.22%) Ada
5 6 (5.22%) VB
6 5 (4.35%) Perl
6 5 (4.35%) Tcl
7 4 (3.48%) C#
8 3 (2.61%) SQL
9 1 (0.87%) Bash
9 1 (0.87%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.87%) Java
9 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.87%) PHP
9 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (31.30%) Degree
2 33 (28.70%) Security Cleared
3 32 (27.83%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.87%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.22%) QA
2 1 (0.87%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.87%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.87%) JTAG
2 1 (0.87%) MISRA
2 1 (0.87%) MISRA C
System Software
1 115 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (5.22%) Xilinx
2 5 (4.35%) Altera
2 5 (4.35%) EMC
2 5 (4.35%) Green Hills
3 3 (2.61%) SAP
4 1 (0.87%) Google
4 1 (0.87%) NVIDIA