Firmware Engineer
UK
The median Firmware Engineer salary in the UK is £66,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 644 | 762 | 948 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +186 | +203 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer | 40 | 123 | 39 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.077% | 0.13% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.085% | 0.13% | 0.041% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28 | 96 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,875 | £38,750 | £45,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £46,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,000 | £52,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.71% | -19.23% | +23.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,813 | £59,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,675 | £65,000 | £77,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,000 | £52,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.71% | -19.23% | +22.64% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware Engineer.
Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Firmware Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +117 | 30 | £66,000 | +25.71% | 78 |
| Work from Home | +149 | 23 | £66,000 | +25.71% | 32 |
| England | +125 | 20 | £70,000 | +33.33% | 64 |
| Scotland | +106 | 13 | £66,000 | +25.71% | 13 |
| South East | +101 | 8 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 19 |
| North of England | +70 | 3 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 8 |
| South West | +109 | 2 | - | - | 14 |
| London | +103 | 2 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | +64 | 2 | £64,250 | +142.45% | 5 |
| East of England | +52 | 2 | £130,000 | +173.68% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +41 | 1 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 6 |
| Wales | +37 | 1 | £50,000 | - | 7 |
| Midlands | +34 | 1 | £67,500 | +28.57% | 8 |
| North West | +27 | 1 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 2 |
Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 Firmware Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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