Embedded Firmware Jobs in Wales

Embedded Firmware
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 114 125
Rank change year-on-year +40 +11 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 4 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.39% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the System Software category 5.71% 1.72% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £44,000 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £61,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.19% -12.50% +14.29%

All System Software Skills
Wales

Embedded Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 70 233 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.80% 11.42% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 67 158 114
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,500 £24,983
25th Percentile £37,170 £28,290 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £73,150
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.23%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in Wales

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in Wales

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
South Wales +38 3 £55,000 -15.38% 7
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (75.00%) GNU Octave
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) GPRS
1 3 (75.00%) GSM
2 1 (25.00%) Bluetooth
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Aviation
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (50.00%) CPLD
2 2 (50.00%) FPGA
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (75.00%) Feasibility Study
1 3 (75.00%) Power Management
1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (50.00%) Energy Management
2 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) EMC