Firmware Jobs in the West Midlands

Firmware
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 199 292
Rank change year-on-year +20 +93 -76
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 50 27 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.71% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 7.90% 4.32% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39 27 14
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £36,525
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,000 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £45,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -15.89% +42.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £58,750 £57,063
90th Percentile £76,250 £64,000 £59,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 633 625 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.05% 12.31% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 492 461 870
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,925
25th Percentile £31,531 £31,250 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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
Worcestershire - 28 £61,500 -
Shropshire - 7 - -
Staffordshire -25 6 £28,000 -51.30% 1
Herefordshire - 4 £61,500 - 1
Warwickshire - 2 £71,250 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Simulink
1 1 (2.00%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) GitHub
2 1 (2.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.00%) Wireless
2 7 (14.00%) BGP
2 7 (14.00%) EIGRP
2 7 (14.00%) HSRP
2 7 (14.00%) LAN
2 7 (14.00%) MPLS
2 7 (14.00%) OSPF
2 7 (14.00%) SD-WAN
2 7 (14.00%) Spanning Tree
2 7 (14.00%) VLAN
2 7 (14.00%) VoIP
2 7 (14.00%) VRRP
2 7 (14.00%) WAN
2 7 (14.00%) Wireshark
2 7 (14.00%) WLAN
3 4 (8.00%) Bluetooth
4 2 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.00%) DHCP
5 1 (2.00%) DNS
5 1 (2.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 14 (28.00%) Electronics
2 12 (24.00%) Retail
2 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Automotive
4 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
5 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (42.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 21 (42.00%) Senior
2 12 (24.00%) Lead
2 12 (24.00%) Team Leader
3 11 (22.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Software Engineer
4 10 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) C++ Team Leader
5 8 (16.00%) Software Team Leader
6 7 (14.00%) Analyst
6 7 (14.00%) Network Analyst
7 6 (12.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Firmware Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Network Operations Analyst
7 6 (12.00%) Operations Analyst
7 6 (12.00%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (12.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Senior Network Analyst
7 6 (12.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
7 6 (12.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) FMCG
2 5 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.00%) EPoS
2 5 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.00%) Device Driver
4 2 (4.00%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (4.00%) IoT
5 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (2.00%) CAN bus
5 1 (2.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.00%) Linux
2 11 (22.00%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (12.00%) Windows
4 2 (4.00%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (16.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (16.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 7 (14.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (14.00%) Change Management
3 7 (14.00%) Demand Management
3 7 (14.00%) High Availability
3 7 (14.00%) Network Architecture
3 7 (14.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
3 7 (14.00%) Release Management
4 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.00%) Break/Fix
5 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 5 (10.00%) ITIL
5 5 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 5 (10.00%) Time Management
5 5 (10.00%) Validation
6 4 (8.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 23 (46.00%) C++
2 13 (26.00%) C
3 7 (14.00%) Embedded C
4 6 (12.00%) Embedded C++
5 4 (8.00%) Python
6 3 (6.00%) Bash
7 1 (2.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) CCNP
1 8 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (14.00%) CCDP
2 7 (14.00%) CCIE
2 7 (14.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
2 7 (14.00%) Degree
3 5 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.00%) CCNA
4 1 (2.00%) MCP
4 1 (2.00%) MCSE
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) SLA
2 4 (8.00%) MISRA
2 4 (8.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 32 (64.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Cisco
1 7 (14.00%) Ekahau
2 5 (10.00%) Dell
2 5 (10.00%) HP
2 5 (10.00%) IBM
2 5 (10.00%) NetApp
3 1 (2.00%) EMC
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.00%) NVIDIA
3 1 (2.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds