Firmware Engineer Jobs

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 to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 948 1124
Rank change year-on-year +175 +176 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 121 41 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.039% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.043% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 95 33 47
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £59,500 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,000 -
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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in the UK

Firmware Engineer
Top 16 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 25 April 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 +83 118 £52,500 -19.23% 44
England +170 82 £52,500 -4.55% 43
Work from Home +129 55 £52,500 -19.23% 17
Scotland -40 35 £52,500 -30.00% 5
Midlands +34 27 £52,500 -4.55% 11
South East +29 19 £75,000 +46.34% 10
North of England +52 17 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands - 16 £52,500 - 6
West Midlands +29 11 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Yorkshire +94 8 £26,500 -33.75%
East of England +35 8 £47,500 -26.92% 13
South West -15 8 £52,500 +10.53% 7
North West +14 7 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Wales +5 4 £50,000 -33.33% 1
London - 3 £50,000 - 4
North East - 2 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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.

1 121 (100.00%) Firmware
2 94 (77.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 89 (73.55%) C
4 61 (50.41%) Electronics
5 46 (38.02%) Degree
6 42 (34.71%) Embedded C
7 39 (32.23%) Wireless
8 37 (30.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (29.75%) Manufacturing
10 33 (27.27%) Social Skills
10 33 (27.27%) C++
11 25 (20.66%) Computer Science
11 25 (20.66%) Software Engineering
12 22 (18.18%) Linux
13 17 (14.05%) Mathematics
13 17 (14.05%) Physics
14 16 (13.22%) Python
15 14 (11.57%) SAP
15 14 (11.57%) Marketing
16 13 (10.74%) Digital Marketing
16 13 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (10.74%) Public Sector
16 13 (10.74%) Programme Management
16 13 (10.74%) Telecoms
16 13 (10.74%) Finance
16 13 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
17 11 (9.09%) Embedded C++
17 11 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
17 11 (9.09%) Yocto
17 11 (9.09%) Schematic Capture

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 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.83%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.96%) AWS
1 6 (4.96%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 39 (32.23%) Wireless
2 8 (6.61%) Ethernet
3 6 (4.96%) LoRaWAN
3 6 (4.96%) LTE
3 6 (4.96%) MQTT
4 4 (3.31%) Bluetooth
4 4 (3.31%) Profibus
4 4 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.83%) Modbus
5 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (6.61%) Git
2 2 (1.65%) GCC
2 2 (1.65%) Subversion
3 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (50.41%) Electronics
2 37 (30.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (29.75%) Manufacturing
4 33 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 14 (11.57%) Marketing
6 13 (10.74%) Finance
6 13 (10.74%) Public Sector
6 13 (10.74%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.96%) Automotive
8 2 (1.65%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.83%) Legal
9 1 (0.83%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.09%) Yocto
2 6 (4.96%) Flask
3 2 (1.65%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.44%) Algorithms
1 9 (7.44%) IoT
2 5 (4.13%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.31%) Device Driver
4 3 (2.48%) FPGA
5 2 (1.65%) VHDL
6 1 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.83%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.83%) ASIC
6 1 (0.83%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.18%) Linux
2 11 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (3.31%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (20.66%) Computer Science
1 25 (20.66%) Software Engineering
2 17 (14.05%) Mathematics
2 17 (14.05%) Physics
3 13 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (10.74%) Digital Marketing
3 13 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (10.74%) Programme Management
4 11 (9.09%) Schematic Capture
5 10 (8.26%) Mentoring
5 10 (8.26%) Software Testing
6 9 (7.44%) Linux Kernel Development
7 8 (6.61%) Embedded Software Development
7 8 (6.61%) Project Planning
8 6 (4.96%) SDLC
9 5 (4.13%) OO
9 5 (4.13%) OOP
9 5 (4.13%) UML
10 4 (3.31%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (3.31%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 89 (73.55%) C
2 42 (34.71%) Embedded C
3 33 (27.27%) C++
4 16 (13.22%) Python
5 11 (9.09%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.65%) Lua
6 2 (1.65%) SQL
6 2 (1.65%) VBA
7 1 (0.83%) C#
Qualifications
1 46 (38.02%) Degree
2 2 (1.65%) HND
3 1 (0.83%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (3.31%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 121 (100.00%) Firmware
2 94 (77.69%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (11.57%) SAP
2 9 (7.44%) EMC
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.83%) Xilinx
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