Firmware Jobs in the West Midlands

Firmware
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 251 256
Rank change year-on-year +73 +5 -72
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 70 23 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.97% 0.34% 0.39%
As % of the System Software category 8.29% 2.84% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 46 13 9
10th Percentile £50,000 £27,500 £41,850
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £71,250 £110,000 £55,250
90th Percentile £78,750 - £56,400
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.02% -13.81% -4.55%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 844 811 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.68% 12.06% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 707 551 857
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,125 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the West Midlands

Firmware
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Firmware in the West Midlands

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the West Midlands

Firmware
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Warwickshire +62 18 £65,000 - 1
Worcestershire - 17 £60,000 - 8
Shropshire - 7 - -
Herefordshire +6 4 £61,500 -44.09%
Staffordshire -13 4 £28,250 -36.16% 2
Birmingham - 4 - - 2
Coventry +37 3 £80,000 +77.78% 2
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (1.43%) Simulink
1 1 (1.43%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.71%) GitHub
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.43%) AWS
3 1 (1.43%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.71%) Wireless
2 13 (18.57%) Bluetooth
2 13 (18.57%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (10.00%) BGP
3 7 (10.00%) EIGRP
3 7 (10.00%) HSRP
3 7 (10.00%) LAN
3 7 (10.00%) MPLS
3 7 (10.00%) OSPF
3 7 (10.00%) SD-WAN
3 7 (10.00%) Spanning Tree
3 7 (10.00%) VLAN
3 7 (10.00%) VoIP
3 7 (10.00%) VRRP
3 7 (10.00%) WAN
3 7 (10.00%) Wireshark
3 7 (10.00%) WLAN
4 5 (7.14%) RS-232
4 5 (7.14%) RS-485
4 5 (7.14%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Git
General
1 33 (47.14%) Electronics
2 11 (15.71%) Automotive
3 10 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 9 (12.86%) Retail
4 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Finance
6 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (48.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 19 (27.14%) Senior
3 17 (24.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 17 (24.29%) Software Engineer
4 13 (18.57%) Electronics Engineer
5 11 (15.71%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 11 (15.71%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Development Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Graduate
6 10 (14.29%) Graduate Development Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Junior
6 10 (14.29%) Junior Electronics Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 8 (11.43%) Lead
8 7 (10.00%) Analyst
8 7 (10.00%) Network Analyst
9 6 (8.57%) Network Operations Analyst
9 6 (8.57%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (8.57%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) FMCG
1 7 (10.00%) IoT
2 5 (7.14%) Device Driver
2 5 (7.14%) Smart Home
3 4 (5.71%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.71%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (5.71%) ARM Cortex
4 3 (4.29%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.86%) EPoS
5 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.43%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Linux
2 9 (12.86%) Windows
3 5 (7.14%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (5.71%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) Software Engineering
2 12 (17.14%) Agile
3 11 (15.71%) Schematic Capture
4 10 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 9 (12.86%) Change Management
5 9 (12.86%) Release Management
6 7 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 7 (10.00%) Demand Management
6 7 (10.00%) High Availability
6 7 (10.00%) Network Architecture
6 7 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.57%) Validation
8 5 (7.14%) SDLC
8 5 (7.14%) Test Automation
9 4 (5.71%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (5.71%) Multithreading
9 4 (5.71%) Scrum
9 4 (5.71%) Software Testing
9 4 (5.71%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.14%) C
2 17 (24.29%) Embedded C
3 15 (21.43%) C++
4 5 (7.14%) Embedded C++
4 5 (7.14%) Python
5 1 (1.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (28.57%) Degree
2 7 (10.00%) CCDP
2 7 (10.00%) CCIE
2 7 (10.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
2 7 (10.00%) CCNP
2 7 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.86%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.71%) MISRA
2 6 (8.57%) MISRA C
3 4 (5.71%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (5.71%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (55.71%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) EMC
2 7 (10.00%) Cisco
2 7 (10.00%) Ekahau
3 2 (2.86%) Dell
3 2 (2.86%) Forcepoint
3 2 (2.86%) HP
3 2 (2.86%) IBM
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.86%) NetApp