Firmware Job Trends in England

Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 381 349
Rank change year-on-year +38 -32 +102
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 493 295 532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.67% 0.73%
As % of the System Software category 9.26% 5.28% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 384 203 401
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,550 £36,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,000 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,875 £81,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5,326 5,582 7,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.60% 12.76% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,944 3,530 5,437
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -10.71%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Firmware job vacancy trend in England

Firmware
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the England region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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 East -4 157 £65,000 +18.18% 109
North of England +33 93 £55,000 +18.92% 49
East of England +22 85 £65,000 +6.12% 105
Midlands +2 85 £54,000 +13.68% 44
South West -24 57 £60,000 +14.29% 58
East Midlands +3 45 £54,000 +13.68% 22
North West +17 38 £57,500 +20.59% 26
West Midlands -11 38 £65,000 +55.69% 21
Yorkshire -5 32 £54,000 +17.39% 10
North East - 23 £55,000 - 15
London -71 13 £67,500 +12.50% 54
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.61%) Confluence
1 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (2.64%) Simulink
2 7 (1.42%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.41%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.20%) Revit
4 1 (0.20%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (9.13%) Azure
2 24 (4.87%) AWS
3 17 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (1.62%) SaaS
5 7 (1.42%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.81%) GCP
7 3 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (0.61%) Amazon S3
7 3 (0.61%) AWS IoT
7 3 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.61%) Azure Stack
7 3 (0.61%) Nutanix
7 3 (0.61%) Serverless
8 2 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.41%) Cohesity
8 2 (0.41%) GitHub
8 2 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.51%) Wireless
2 29 (5.88%) Firewall
3 25 (5.07%) Bluetooth
4 21 (4.26%) Modbus
4 21 (4.26%) WAN
5 19 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 18 (3.65%) VPN
7 17 (3.45%) VLAN
8 15 (3.04%) SAN
8 15 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (2.84%) RS-232
10 13 (2.64%) RS-485
11 11 (2.23%) LAN
11 11 (2.23%) LTE
11 11 (2.23%) ZigBee
12 10 (2.03%) Ethernet
12 10 (2.03%) Profibus
13 9 (1.83%) Network Security
13 9 (1.83%) SD-WAN
14 7 (1.42%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (0.61%) NoSQL
1 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (3.85%) Git
2 16 (3.25%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (2.23%) JIRA
4 9 (1.83%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.01%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.81%) GitLab
7 3 (0.61%) Postman
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) GDB
8 2 (0.41%) MLflow
8 2 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.41%) Subversion
8 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.20%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.20%) Polyspace
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.20%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 160 (32.45%) Electronics
2 82 (16.63%) Social Skills
3 56 (11.36%) Manufacturing
4 39 (7.91%) Aerospace
5 38 (7.71%) Automotive
6 32 (6.49%) Finance
7 19 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.03%) Military
12 9 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.22%) Retail
14 5 (1.01%) Law
14 5 (1.01%) Marketing
15 3 (0.61%) Games
15 3 (0.61%) Wearables
16 2 (0.41%) Aviation
16 2 (0.41%) Avionics
17 1 (0.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 163 (33.06%) Software Engineer
2 143 (29.01%) Embedded Engineer
3 112 (22.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 100 (20.28%) Senior
5 60 (12.17%) Lead
6 50 (10.14%) Senior Software Engineer
7 46 (9.33%) Firmware Engineer
8 45 (9.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 39 (7.91%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 33 (6.69%) Electronics Engineer
11 29 (5.88%) Design Engineer
12 28 (5.68%) Systems Engineer
13 27 (5.48%) FPGA Engineer
14 22 (4.46%) Technical Leader
15 19 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 19 (3.85%) Test Engineer
16 18 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 16 (3.25%) Senior Firmware Engineer
18 15 (3.04%) Electronics Design Engineer
19 14 (2.84%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.83%) .NET
2 5 (1.01%) Node.js
2 5 (1.01%) React
2 5 (1.01%) WPF
3 4 (0.81%) WebSockets
4 3 (0.61%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.61%) Avalonia
4 3 (0.61%) OpenCV
4 3 (0.61%) REST
4 3 (0.61%) Yocto
5 2 (0.41%) LangChain
5 2 (0.41%) React Native
5 2 (0.41%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.20%) Flash
6 1 (0.20%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.20%) pytest
6 1 (0.20%) Spring
6 1 (0.20%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.20%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
2 48 (9.74%) FPGA
3 43 (8.72%) Algorithms
4 40 (8.11%) IoT
5 30 (6.09%) Analogue Electronics
6 27 (5.48%) VHDL
7 22 (4.46%) Driving Licence
8 19 (3.85%) Data Centre
8 19 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
9 17 (3.45%) ARM Cortex
10 16 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (3.04%) PCIe
11 15 (3.04%) Raspberry Pi
12 13 (2.64%) Verilog
13 12 (2.43%) Management Information System
13 12 (2.43%) Replication
14 11 (2.23%) iSeries
15 10 (2.03%) NVMe
16 9 (1.83%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.32%) Linux
2 34 (6.90%) Windows
3 33 (6.69%) FreeRTOS
4 14 (2.84%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (2.23%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.61%) Android
8 2 (0.41%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.41%) Unix
8 2 (0.41%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.20%) SafeRTOS
9 1 (0.20%) SUSE
9 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (39.76%) Software Engineering
2 70 (14.20%) Validation
3 57 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (9.74%) Mentoring
6 43 (8.72%) Signal Processing
7 34 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (6.90%) Test Automation
8 32 (6.49%) Software Testing
8 32 (6.49%) Technical Leadership
9 30 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 28 (5.68%) Collaborative Culture
11 27 (5.48%) Digital Signal Processing
11 27 (5.48%) Root Cause Analysis
12 26 (5.27%) Systems Engineering
13 25 (5.07%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (4.87%) Project Delivery
15 23 (4.67%) Roadmaps
16 22 (4.46%) AI
16 22 (4.46%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (29.61%) C
2 96 (19.47%) C++
3 64 (12.98%) Python
4 51 (10.34%) Embedded C
5 21 (4.26%) MATLAB
6 17 (3.45%) C#
7 13 (2.64%) Assembly Language
7 13 (2.64%) Rust
8 11 (2.23%) Embedded C++
9 8 (1.62%) Java
10 7 (1.42%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.01%) SQL
12 3 (0.61%) Bash
12 3 (0.61%) Go
12 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.61%) PHP
12 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.41%) Ada
14 1 (0.20%) Perl
14 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 91 (18.46%) Degree
2 72 (14.60%) Security Cleared
3 48 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 40 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.83%) HND
8 7 (1.42%) CCNA
8 7 (1.42%) HNC
9 6 (1.22%) CCNP
10 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CCA
13 1 (0.20%) ISEB
13 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.45%) QA
2 16 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.03%) MISRA
5 7 (1.42%) IEC 61508
6 6 (1.22%) SLA
7 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.01%) GDPR
7 5 (1.01%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.81%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.41%) JTAG
10 2 (0.41%) NCSC
11 1 (0.20%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.20%) DO-254
11 1 (0.20%) HAZOP
11 1 (0.20%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 149 (30.22%) Embedded Firmware
2 27 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.06%) Active Directory
5 7 (1.42%) Docker
5 7 (1.42%) QEMU
6 6 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.81%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.20%) NFS
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.42%) Ansible
1 7 (1.42%) Terraform
2 6 (1.22%) FortiGate
2 6 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.81%) VxRail
5 3 (0.61%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.41%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.41%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.41%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.41%) Puppet
7 1 (0.20%) Grafana
7 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.29%) EMC
3 29 (5.88%) VMware
4 24 (4.87%) Cisco
5 15 (3.04%) Veeam
6 14 (2.84%) Fortinet
6 14 (2.84%) Xilinx
7 13 (2.64%) HP
8 12 (2.43%) Dell
9 11 (2.23%) Commvault
9 11 (2.23%) IBM
10 10 (2.03%) Altera
11 6 (1.22%) Freshdesk
12 5 (1.01%) Meraki
12 5 (1.01%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.81%) WatchGuard
14 3 (0.61%) NetApp
14 3 (0.61%) SAP
14 3 (0.61%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.61%) Sophos