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 20 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 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 672 | 780 | 916 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +108 | +136 | +247 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer | 40 | 127 | 43 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.071% | 0.13% | 0.043% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.078% | 0.13% | 0.047% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28 | 98 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,750 | £38,750 | £44,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £46,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,000 | £52,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.71% | -19.23% | +22.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,813 | £59,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,675 | £65,000 | £76,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,000 | £52,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.71% | -19.23% | +17.12% |
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 | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
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 20 May 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 20 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +72 | 30 | £66,000 | +25.71% | 125 |
| Work from Home | +96 | 23 | £66,000 | +25.71% | 58 |
| England | +86 | 22 | £67,500 | +28.57% | 101 |
| Scotland | +102 | 11 | £66,000 | +25.71% | 25 |
| South East | +78 | 9 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 30 |
| North of England | +36 | 4 | £48,000 | -8.57% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +66 | 3 | £46,000 | +73.58% | 4 |
| London | +117 | 2 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 10 |
| South West | +94 | 2 | - | - | 21 |
| East of England | +31 | 2 | £130,000 | +197.14% | 26 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 1 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 6 |
| Wales | +38 | 1 | £50,000 | - | 9 |
| Midlands | +31 | 1 | £67,500 | +28.57% | 9 |
| North West | -14 | 1 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 3 |
Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 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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