Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
13 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 793 951 1218
Rank change year-on-year +158 +267 -335
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 85 21 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.021% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.023% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 67 21 4
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £49,475
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +21.50% +12.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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 +55 85 £52,500 -19.23% 6
England +153 55 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Work from Home +99 34 £52,500 -19.23% 3
Midlands +26 28 £52,500 -4.55%
Scotland -42 26 £52,500 -25.00%
East Midlands - 17 £52,500 -
West Midlands +27 11 £60,000 +9.09%
South East +19 11 £75,000 +50.00% 1
East of England - 6 £41,250 - 3
North of England +54 5 £60,000 +50.00%
South West - 5 £40,000 - 3
Wales - 4 £50,000 -
North East - 2 £60,000 -
North West - 2 £56,000 -
Yorkshire +83 1 £65,000 +62.50%

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Embedded Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 85 (100.00%) Firmware
2 80 (94.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 51 (60.00%) C
4 41 (48.24%) Electronics
5 32 (37.65%) Degree
6 26 (30.59%) C++
7 25 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (28.24%) Wireless
9 23 (27.06%) Embedded C
10 22 (25.88%) Software Engineering
11 21 (24.71%) Manufacturing
12 20 (23.53%) Linux
13 18 (21.18%) Social Skills
14 16 (18.82%) Computer Science
15 15 (17.65%) Mathematics
15 15 (17.65%) Physics
16 12 (14.12%) Yocto
16 12 (14.12%) Python
17 11 (12.94%) Embedded Linux
18 9 (10.59%) Embedded C++
18 9 (10.59%) Linux Kernel Development
18 9 (10.59%) IoT
19 8 (9.41%) Schematic Capture
19 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
19 8 (9.41%) EMC
19 8 (9.41%) SAP
19 8 (9.41%) Programme Management
19 8 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
19 8 (9.41%) Telecoms
19 8 (9.41%) Finance

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
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 (1.18%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.88%) AWS
1 5 (5.88%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 24 (28.24%) Wireless
2 6 (7.06%) Ethernet
2 6 (7.06%) LoRaWAN
2 6 (7.06%) MQTT
3 5 (5.88%) Bluetooth
3 5 (5.88%) LTE
4 4 (4.71%) Profibus
4 4 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.35%) Modbus
5 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.18%) 4G
6 1 (1.18%) 5G
6 1 (1.18%) RS-232
6 1 (1.18%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Git
2 2 (2.35%) GCC
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.18%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) Subversion
3 1 (1.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (48.24%) Electronics
2 25 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (24.71%) Manufacturing
4 18 (21.18%) Social Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Finance
5 8 (9.41%) Marketing
5 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.41%) Telecoms
6 6 (7.06%) Automotive
7 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.12%) Yocto
2 5 (5.88%) Flask
3 2 (2.35%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) IoT
2 5 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.71%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.35%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.18%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.18%) FPGA
5 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.18%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.53%) Linux
2 11 (12.94%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (4.71%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Software Engineering
2 16 (18.82%) Computer Science
3 15 (17.65%) Mathematics
3 15 (17.65%) Physics
4 9 (10.59%) Linux Kernel Development
5 8 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (9.41%) Digital Marketing
5 8 (9.41%) Programme Management
5 8 (9.41%) Project Planning
5 8 (9.41%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (8.24%) Embedded Software Development
7 6 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (5.88%) SDLC
9 4 (4.71%) Code Quality
9 4 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (4.71%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (4.71%) Software Testing
10 3 (3.53%) Agile
11 2 (2.35%) Web Development
12 1 (1.18%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (60.00%) C
2 26 (30.59%) C++
3 23 (27.06%) Embedded C
4 12 (14.12%) Python
5 9 (10.59%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.35%) C#
6 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.35%) Lua
7 1 (1.18%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 32 (37.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (4.71%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 85 (100.00%) Firmware
2 80 (94.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.18%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (9.41%) EMC
1 8 (9.41%) SAP
2 1 (1.18%) Atmel
2 1 (1.18%) Freescale