Firmware Engineer Job Trends

Firmware Engineer
UK

The median Firmware Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 679 630 762
Rank change year-on-year -49 +132 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 61 43 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.097% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 52 31 106
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,875 £70,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 87,334 39,784 101,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.45% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59,870 22,508 73,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Firmware Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Firmware Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Firmware Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Firmware Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in the UK

Firmware Engineer
Top 13 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 14 June 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 -57 60 £52,500 -19.23% 38
England -36 47 £56,750 -12.69% 36
North of England -32 17 £48,000 +4.35% 6
North West +4 16 £48,000 -4.00% 6
South East -20 15 £52,500 -19.23% 20
Scotland +23 14 £45,000 -31.82% 2
South West -40 11 £65,000 - 4
Work from Home -17 3 £52,500 -20.45% 9
West Midlands -18 2 £52,500 -22.22% 1
Midlands -19 2 £52,500 -22.22% 1
East of England -22 1 £55,000 -57.69% 6
Yorkshire -50 1 - -
London - 1 £115,000 -

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 June 2026, Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Firmware
2 38 (62.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 19 (31.15%) C
4 12 (19.67%) Embedded C
5 10 (16.39%) C++
5 10 (16.39%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (16.39%) Software Engineering
6 8 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (13.11%) Digital Signal Processing
6 8 (13.11%) Schematic Capture
6 8 (13.11%) Signal Processing
7 7 (11.48%) Software Testing
8 6 (9.84%) Bluetooth
8 6 (9.84%) Wireless
9 5 (8.20%) C#
9 5 (8.20%) Validation
10 4 (6.56%) .NET
10 4 (6.56%) Agile
10 4 (6.56%) Degree
10 4 (6.56%) Git
10 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
10 4 (6.56%) Security Cleared
11 3 (4.92%) Embedded C++
11 3 (4.92%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (4.92%) Linux
11 3 (4.92%) RS-232
11 3 (4.92%) SDLC
11 3 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
11 3 (4.92%) Test Automation
11 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (1.64%) Kinematics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.84%) Bluetooth
1 6 (9.84%) Wireless
2 3 (4.92%) RS-232
2 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.28%) RFID
4 1 (1.64%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.64%) LTE
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Git
2 2 (3.28%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.64%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.64%) JIRA
3 1 (1.64%) Zephyr
General
1 29 (47.54%) Electronics
2 5 (8.20%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.64%) Advertising
3 1 (1.64%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (44.26%) IoT
2 15 (24.59%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (13.11%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (4.92%) FPGA
4 3 (4.92%) Smart Home
5 2 (3.28%) PCIe
5 2 (3.28%) Photography
5 2 (3.28%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.64%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.64%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.64%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.64%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.39%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (4.92%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (4.92%) Linux
3 1 (1.64%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (1.64%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.39%) Software Engineering
2 8 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
2 8 (13.11%) Digital Signal Processing
2 8 (13.11%) Schematic Capture
2 8 (13.11%) Signal Processing
3 7 (11.48%) Software Testing
4 5 (8.20%) Validation
5 4 (6.56%) Agile
6 3 (4.92%) SDLC
6 3 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (4.92%) Test Automation
7 2 (3.28%) Computer Science
7 2 (3.28%) DevOps
7 2 (3.28%) Integration Testing
8 1 (1.64%) AI
8 1 (1.64%) Computer Vision
8 1 (1.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.64%) Device Driver Development
8 1 (1.64%) Logistics
8 1 (1.64%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 19 (31.15%) C
2 12 (19.67%) Embedded C
3 10 (16.39%) C++
4 5 (8.20%) C#
5 3 (4.92%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (6.56%) Degree
1 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) QA
System Software
1 61 (100.00%) Firmware
2 38 (62.30%) Embedded Firmware