Firmware Jobs in England

Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 394 624
Rank change year-on-year +37 +230 -27
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 473 355 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.70% 0.43%
As % of the System Software category 6.57% 4.09% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 267 264 231
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £35,938 £42,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,063 £70,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% -8.70% +4.55%

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 7,195 8,684 18,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.80% 17.18% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,009 6,796 12,022
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £37,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

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 31 October 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
South East +21 162 £50,000 -6.54% 80
Midlands -4 94 £60,000 +20.00% 22
South West +40 79 £65,000 +38.30% 31
East Midlands -9 65 £60,000 +20.00% 10
East of England -30 60 £50,500 -12.17% 42
North of England -44 56 £55,000 +4.76% 23
West Midlands -29 29 £63,500 +10.43% 12
North West -53 26 £51,500 -6.36% 15
London +8 22 £55,000 +4.76% 23
North East -24 16 £56,000 +1.82% 1
Yorkshire +2 14 £55,000 +59.42% 7
Firmware
UK

Firmware
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.33%) Confluence
2 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.85%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.38%) OrCAD
3 8 (1.69%) Simulink
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 38 (8.03%) Azure
2 17 (3.59%) AWS
3 15 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.33%) SaaS
5 7 (1.48%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.27%) GitHub
7 5 (1.06%) AWS CodeCommit
7 5 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.06%) GCP
8 4 (0.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (0.85%) Cloudflare
8 4 (0.85%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.63%) IaaS
9 3 (0.63%) PaaS
10 2 (0.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.42%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.42%) Serverless
11 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 47 (9.94%) Firewall
2 31 (6.55%) Wireless
3 25 (5.29%) Bluetooth
3 25 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (4.44%) DNS
5 20 (4.23%) VLAN
5 20 (4.23%) WAN
6 19 (4.02%) OSPF
7 18 (3.81%) TCP/IP
7 18 (3.81%) VPN
8 17 (3.59%) DHCP
9 15 (3.17%) Software-Defined Radio
10 13 (2.75%) Internet
11 11 (2.33%) Ethernet
11 11 (2.33%) Network Security
12 10 (2.11%) DVB
13 9 (1.90%) LAN
13 9 (1.90%) VRRP
14 8 (1.69%) SD-WAN
15 7 (1.48%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.48%) Power BI
3 5 (1.06%) MySQL
4 4 (0.85%) Big Data
4 4 (0.85%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.21%) DB2
6 1 (0.21%) GIS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (8.03%) Git
2 28 (5.92%) JIRA
3 12 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (1.90%) Subversion
5 6 (1.27%) TestRail
6 5 (1.06%) GitLab
6 5 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.06%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.85%) Rational Team Concert
8 3 (0.63%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.42%) Tricentis qTest
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 193 (40.80%) Electronics
2 88 (18.60%) Social Skills
3 57 (12.05%) Manufacturing
4 45 (9.51%) Automotive
5 30 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (5.50%) Aerospace
7 24 (5.07%) Finance
8 15 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.96%) Retail
10 13 (2.75%) Marketing
10 13 (2.75%) Military
11 12 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.69%) Legal
14 7 (1.48%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
18 3 (0.63%) Police
19 2 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 193 (40.80%) Embedded Engineer
2 119 (25.16%) Senior
3 118 (24.95%) Software Engineer
4 82 (17.34%) Firmware Engineer
5 80 (16.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 74 (15.64%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 56 (11.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 44 (9.30%) Systems Engineer
9 34 (7.19%) Hardware Engineer
10 32 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (6.34%) Electronics Engineer
12 29 (6.13%) Lead
13 28 (5.92%) Design Engineer
14 24 (5.07%) Senior Firmware Engineer
15 23 (4.86%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 20 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (4.23%) Network Engineer
17 19 (4.02%) Developer
18 17 (3.59%) Senior Electronics Engineer
19 16 (3.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.59%) .NET
2 13 (2.75%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 13 (2.75%) Yocto
3 10 (2.11%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.27%) Gherkin
4 6 (1.27%) Node.js
4 6 (1.27%) WPF
5 5 (1.06%) NestJS
6 4 (0.85%) SAML
6 4 (0.85%) XML
7 3 (0.63%) Flash
8 2 (0.42%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.42%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.42%) QML
8 2 (0.42%) Qt
8 2 (0.42%) REST
8 2 (0.42%) SOAP
8 2 (0.42%) Vulkan
9 1 (0.21%) EJS
9 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 73 (15.43%) Embedded Systems
2 63 (13.32%) FPGA
3 47 (9.94%) VHDL
4 36 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (7.40%) Algorithms
6 29 (6.13%) Data Centre
7 25 (5.29%) Driving Licence
8 24 (5.07%) IoT
9 23 (4.86%) Analogue Electronics
10 18 (3.81%) Device Driver
11 17 (3.59%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.33%) CAN bus
12 11 (2.33%) GNSS
12 11 (2.33%) Life Science
13 10 (2.11%) EPoS
13 10 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.90%) Optoelectronics
15 8 (1.69%) Verilog
16 6 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
16 6 (1.27%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 122 (25.79%) Linux
2 73 (15.43%) Windows
3 64 (13.53%) Embedded Linux
4 35 (7.40%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (3.38%) Android
6 16 (3.38%) Windows 10
7 11 (2.33%) FreeRTOS
7 11 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.90%) Windows NT
9 8 (1.69%) Unix
10 4 (0.85%) Debian
10 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.42%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.21%) AIX
12 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (32.35%) Software Engineering
2 65 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (12.26%) Computer Science
4 51 (10.78%) Agile
5 49 (10.36%) Signal Processing
6 40 (8.46%) Mentoring
7 34 (7.19%) Schematic Capture
8 33 (6.98%) Software Testing
9 32 (6.77%) Digital Signal Processing
9 32 (6.77%) ITIL
10 29 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (6.13%) Open Source
10 29 (6.13%) Test Automation
11 27 (5.71%) Customer Service
11 27 (5.71%) DevOps
11 27 (5.71%) Prototyping
12 25 (5.29%) Customer Requirements
12 25 (5.29%) Project Management
13 22 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (4.44%) Design for Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 200 (42.28%) C
2 186 (39.32%) C++
3 98 (20.72%) Python
4 60 (12.68%) C#
4 60 (12.68%) Embedded C
5 49 (10.36%) Java
6 28 (5.92%) MATLAB
7 16 (3.38%) SQL
8 14 (2.96%) Embedded C++
9 9 (1.90%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.69%) Bash
11 5 (1.06%) Rust
12 4 (0.85%) VB
12 4 (0.85%) XAML
13 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.63%) Perl
14 2 (0.42%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.42%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.42%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 151 (31.92%) Degree
2 81 (17.12%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.23%) CCNA
5 20 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (3.38%) CCNP
7 10 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.11%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.69%) MCSA
10 6 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (0.85%) HND
12 4 (0.85%) MCP
12 4 (0.85%) PhD
13 2 (0.42%) HNC
13 2 (0.42%) MCSE
13 2 (0.42%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.29%) SLA
2 22 (4.65%) QA
3 7 (1.48%) MISRA
3 7 (1.48%) MISRA C
4 6 (1.27%) ISO 13485
5 5 (1.06%) Automotive SPICE
5 5 (1.06%) AUTOSAR
5 5 (1.06%) IEC 62304
6 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.63%) JTAG
7 2 (0.42%) DO-254
7 2 (0.42%) GAMP
7 2 (0.42%) GxP
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 15765
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 179 (37.84%) Embedded Firmware
2 36 (7.61%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.17%) Docker
4 15 (3.17%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.48%) vSphere
7 6 (1.27%) NFS
8 4 (0.85%) pfSense
8 4 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 18 (3.81%) SCCM
2 12 (2.54%) WSUS
3 9 (1.90%) Ansible
3 9 (1.90%) Sysprep
4 6 (1.27%) Terraform
5 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.63%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.42%) SCOM
9 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.21%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.21%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.21%) SELinux
Vendors
1 60 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.77%) EMC
3 20 (4.23%) Dell
3 20 (4.23%) VMware
4 18 (3.81%) HP
4 18 (3.81%) Veeam
5 15 (3.17%) Cisco
6 14 (2.96%) NetApp
7 13 (2.75%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.54%) IBM
9 9 (1.90%) Aruba
10 7 (1.48%) Juniper
11 6 (1.27%) Citrix
11 6 (1.27%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (1.27%) SAP
12 5 (1.06%) Intel
12 5 (1.06%) Meraki
13 4 (0.85%) Altera
13 4 (0.85%) QNAP
13 4 (0.85%) Synology