Firmware Developer Jobs

Firmware Developer
UK

The median Firmware Developer salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 684 885 981
Rank change year-on-year +201 +96 +229
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Developer 7 17 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.017% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.018% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 2
10th Percentile £72,500 - -
25th Percentile £74,375 £45,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -5.66% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £55,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £80,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +55.00% -5.66% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 46,967 93,227 95,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,330 66,890 59,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firmware Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Developer in the UK

Firmware Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Firmware Developer in the UK

Firmware Developer
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +198 6 £77,500 +55.00% 15
Wales - 6 £77,500 -

Firmware Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Firmware Developer 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 Firmware Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Unix
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (100.00%) Firmware
1 7 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Architecture
1 7 (100.00%) Modbus
1 7 (100.00%) IoT
1 7 (100.00%) MQTT
1 7 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (100.00%) API Development
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 7 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 6 (85.71%) C#

Firmware Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Modbus
1 7 (100.00%) MQTT
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 7 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Unix
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) API Development
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Architecture
1 7 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) C#
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Firmware