Senior Firmware Engineer Jobs

Senior Firmware Engineer
UK

The median Senior Firmware Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 988 1193
Rank change year-on-year +113 +205 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Firmware Engineer 36 11 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.011% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.012% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 30 9 5
10th Percentile - £54,000 -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £77,500 £60,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +23.37%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Firmware Engineer in the UK

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Firmware Engineer in the UK

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Firmware Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Firmware Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +16 36 £52,500 -4.55% 11
England +108 25 £56,000 +1.82% 12
Work from Home +97 19 £52,500 +5.00% 3
North of England +40 10 £54,250 -1.36%
South East +22 7 £75,000 +50.00% 2
North West +13 7 £52,500 -4.55%
Scotland - 7 £52,500 -
Wales +13 4 £50,000 -33.33%
South West -17 4 £52,500 -25.00% 4
East Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 3
Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 3
North East - 2 £60,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -
East of England - 1 £70,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Firmware
2 31 (86.11%) C
3 25 (69.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 19 (52.78%) Electronics
5 15 (41.67%) Wireless
6 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 12 (33.33%) Embedded C
7 11 (30.56%) C++
8 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
8 10 (27.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (22.22%) Manufacturing
10 7 (19.44%) Python
10 7 (19.44%) Embedded Software Development
11 6 (16.67%) Linux
11 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (13.89%) SDLC
12 5 (13.89%) UML
12 5 (13.89%) OOP
12 5 (13.89%) OO
12 5 (13.89%) Ethernet
12 5 (13.89%) Embedded C++
12 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (13.89%) Git
13 4 (11.11%) Degree
13 4 (11.11%) IoT
13 4 (11.11%) Profibus
13 4 (11.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 4 (11.11%) ISO 13485
13 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset

Senior 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 (2.78%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) Wireless
2 5 (13.89%) Ethernet
3 4 (11.11%) Profibus
4 1 (2.78%) 4G
4 1 (2.78%) 5G
4 1 (2.78%) Bluetooth
4 1 (2.78%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (2.78%) Modbus
4 1 (2.78%) MQTT
4 1 (2.78%) RS-232
4 1 (2.78%) RS-485
4 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Git
2 2 (5.56%) GCC
3 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 19 (52.78%) Electronics
2 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (27.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (22.22%) Manufacturing
5 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.56%) Automotive
6 2 (5.56%) Finance
6 2 (5.56%) Marketing
6 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Yocto
2 2 (5.56%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (11.11%) IoT
2 2 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
2 7 (19.44%) Embedded Software Development
3 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.89%) OO
4 5 (13.89%) OOP
4 5 (13.89%) SDLC
4 5 (13.89%) UML
5 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.33%) Agile
6 3 (8.33%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (5.56%) Programme Management
7 2 (5.56%) Web Development
8 1 (2.78%) Build Automation
8 1 (2.78%) Computer Science
8 1 (2.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.78%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (2.78%) Test Automation
8 1 (2.78%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (86.11%) C
2 12 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 11 (30.56%) C++
4 7 (19.44%) Python
5 5 (13.89%) Embedded C++
6 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.56%) Lua
7 1 (2.78%) Assembly Language
7 1 (2.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (11.11%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 36 (100.00%) Firmware
2 25 (69.44%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.78%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) SAP
2 1 (2.78%) Atmel
2 1 (2.78%) Freescale