Senior Firmware Engineer Jobs

Senior Firmware Engineer
UK

The median Senior 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 662 849 976
Rank change year-on-year +187 +127 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Firmware Engineer 22 36 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.037% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.039% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 17 30 9
10th Percentile - - £54,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £118,600 £63,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.76% -4.55% -3.08%

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%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Firmware Engineer in the UK

Senior Firmware Engineer
Top 8 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 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
Work from Home +179 17 £66,000 +25.71% 11
UK excluding London +186 15 £65,500 +24.76% 19
Scotland +131 10 £66,000 +25.71% 4
England +171 7 £72,500 +29.46% 16
South East +109 3 £65,000 -13.33% 6
East of England +58 1 £130,000 +85.71% 1
Wales +37 1 £50,000 - 1
London - 1 £70,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 22 (100.00%) C
1 22 (100.00%) Firmware
2 18 (81.82%) Embedded Firmware
3 17 (77.27%) C++
3 17 (77.27%) Linux
4 14 (63.64%) TCP/IP
5 13 (59.09%) Software Architecture
6 12 (54.55%) Finance
6 12 (54.55%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (40.91%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (40.91%) Multithreading
7 9 (40.91%) Device Driver
7 9 (40.91%) Modbus
7 9 (40.91%) Continuous Deployment
7 9 (40.91%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (40.91%) Product Ownership
7 9 (40.91%) CI/CD
8 7 (31.82%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (31.82%) Degree
8 7 (31.82%) Open Source
8 7 (31.82%) Git
8 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (27.27%) Electronics
10 5 (22.73%) HTTP
10 5 (22.73%) Windows
10 5 (22.73%) Python
10 5 (22.73%) FPGA
11 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
11 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
11 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared

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:

Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) TCP/IP
2 9 (40.91%) Modbus
3 5 (22.73%) HTTP
4 4 (18.18%) 5G
4 4 (18.18%) DNS
4 4 (18.18%) Internet
4 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
4 4 (18.18%) SMTP
4 4 (18.18%) WAN
5 1 (4.55%) Bluetooth
5 1 (4.55%) MQTT
5 1 (4.55%) RS-232
5 1 (4.55%) Wireless
5 1 (4.55%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Git
2 4 (18.18%) Subversion
3 3 (13.64%) GDB
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Electronics
4 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.55%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) OpenEmbedded
1 3 (13.64%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Device Driver
1 9 (40.91%) Product Ownership
2 7 (31.82%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (22.73%) FPGA
4 4 (18.18%) Algorithms
4 4 (18.18%) GNSS
4 4 (18.18%) MicroBlaze
4 4 (18.18%) Self-Driving Car
4 4 (18.18%) Tandem
5 3 (13.64%) Virtual Team
6 1 (4.55%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (4.55%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (4.55%) Life Science
6 1 (4.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Linux
2 12 (54.55%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (22.73%) Windows
4 4 (18.18%) Unix
5 1 (4.55%) Android
5 1 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (4.55%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Software Architecture
2 9 (40.91%) CI/CD
2 9 (40.91%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (40.91%) Continuous Deployment
2 9 (40.91%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (40.91%) Multithreading
3 7 (31.82%) Open Source
4 4 (18.18%) B2B
4 4 (18.18%) Digital Signal Processing
4 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Signal Processing
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Test Assurance
4 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 3 (13.64%) Key Management
5 3 (13.64%) Linux Kernel Development
6 2 (9.09%) PLM
7 1 (4.55%) Configuration Management
7 1 (4.55%) OO
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) C
2 17 (77.27%) C++
3 5 (22.73%) Python
4 2 (9.09%) C#
5 1 (4.55%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) JTAG
System Software
1 22 (100.00%) Firmware
2 18 (81.82%) Embedded Firmware