Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 887 1154
Rank change year-on-year +104 +267 -281
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 59 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.010% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.011% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 41 9 2
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,450 £50,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.79% +5.45%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £64,125
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,750 £65,400
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 84,698 78,992 134,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 91.44% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,716 50,412 74,905
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Midlands - 29 £52,500 - 1
East Midlands - 18 £52,500 -
South East +1 12 £75,000 +50.00% 1
West Midlands - 11 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 7 £40,000 - 6
South West - 6 £40,000 - 4
North of England +32 5 £60,000 +14.29% 1
North West -1 2 £56,000 +6.67% 1
North East - 2 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +77 1 £65,000 +36.84%
Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Embedded 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 across the England region featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Firmware
2 58 (98.31%) Embedded Firmware
3 36 (61.02%) Electronics
4 29 (49.15%) C
5 20 (33.90%) C++
5 20 (33.90%) Manufacturing
6 19 (32.20%) Linux
7 14 (23.73%) Degree
8 12 (20.34%) Yocto
9 11 (18.64%) Embedded Linux
9 11 (18.64%) Python
10 9 (15.25%) Linux Kernel Development
11 8 (13.56%) Schematic Capture
11 8 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (13.56%) IoT
11 8 (13.56%) Project Planning
11 8 (13.56%) Software Engineering
11 8 (13.56%) EMC
12 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
12 6 (10.17%) Finance
12 6 (10.17%) Programme Management
12 6 (10.17%) SAP
12 6 (10.17%) Automotive
12 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (10.17%) Embedded C
12 6 (10.17%) Marketing
12 6 (10.17%) Digital Marketing
12 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
13 5 (8.47%) LoRaWAN
13 5 (8.47%) Algorithms

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.69%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) AWS
1 4 (6.78%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.47%) Bluetooth
1 5 (8.47%) LoRaWAN
1 5 (8.47%) MQTT
2 4 (6.78%) LTE
2 4 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.69%) 4G
3 1 (1.69%) 5G
3 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.69%) GSM
3 1 (1.69%) Modbus
3 1 (1.69%) RS-232
3 1 (1.69%) RS-485
3 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) GCC
2 1 (1.69%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 36 (61.02%) Electronics
2 20 (33.90%) Manufacturing
3 8 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (10.17%) Automotive
4 6 (10.17%) Finance
4 6 (10.17%) Marketing
4 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.34%) Yocto
2 4 (6.78%) Flask
3 2 (3.39%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) IoT
2 5 (8.47%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.78%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.39%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.69%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 19 (32.20%) Linux
2 11 (18.64%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (6.78%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (3.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.25%) Linux Kernel Development
2 8 (13.56%) Project Planning
2 8 (13.56%) Schematic Capture
2 8 (13.56%) Software Engineering
3 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (10.17%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (10.17%) Programme Management
4 4 (6.78%) Code Quality
4 4 (6.78%) Device Driver Development
4 4 (6.78%) Software Testing
5 3 (5.08%) Agile
5 3 (5.08%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (3.39%) Web Development
7 1 (1.69%) Build Automation
7 1 (1.69%) Computer Science
7 1 (1.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.69%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (1.69%) Test Automation
7 1 (1.69%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (49.15%) C
2 20 (33.90%) C++
3 11 (18.64%) Python
4 6 (10.17%) Embedded C
5 5 (8.47%) Embedded C++
6 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.39%) Lua
7 1 (1.69%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 59 (100.00%) Firmware
2 58 (98.31%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) EMC
2 6 (10.17%) SAP
3 1 (1.69%) Atmel
3 1 (1.69%) Freescale