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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 380 294
Rank change year-on-year -40 -86 +286
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 231 254 661
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.62% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 5.84% 4.61% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 185 109 490
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,160 £50,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £78,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -

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 3,955 5,507 10,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.28% 13.44% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,867 3,568 8,533
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -30 60 £55,000 - 82
North of England +8 59 £55,000 -3.08% 48
London +52 43 £62,000 +7.83% 27
Yorkshire -11 33 £55,000 -26.67% 30
South West -46 26 £60,000 -14.29% 38
East of England -10 21 £52,500 -4.55% 52
Midlands -33 21 £54,000 -4.00% 41
North West +8 18 £56,000 +8.74% 13
West Midlands +1 15 £52,500 -6.67% 19
North East -15 8 £56,500 -7.38% 7
East Midlands -41 6 £54,000 +10.77% 21
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 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.73%) Simulink
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 3 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (8.66%) Azure
3 14 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.87%) AWS
7 1 (0.43%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.43%) GitHub
7 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.43%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.45%) Firewall
2 20 (8.66%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (7.36%) DNS
3 17 (7.36%) WAN
4 15 (6.49%) Cisco IOS
4 15 (6.49%) NX-OS
5 14 (6.06%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (5.63%) Wireless
7 12 (5.19%) LAN
7 12 (5.19%) TCP/IP
8 11 (4.76%) Bluetooth
8 11 (4.76%) VLAN
9 10 (4.33%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (4.33%) DHCP
9 10 (4.33%) Junos
9 10 (4.33%) VPN
10 9 (3.90%) Modbus
11 7 (3.03%) Internet
12 6 (2.60%) Network Security
13 5 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.43%) MySQL
2 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.90%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.03%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (2.60%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.60%) Git
4 4 (1.73%) Subversion
5 2 (0.87%) JIRA
6 1 (0.43%) GitLab
6 1 (0.43%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.43%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 61 (26.41%) Electronics
2 46 (19.91%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.66%) Finance
4 19 (8.23%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.76%) Automotive
6 8 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.03%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.03%) Military
8 6 (2.60%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.73%) Advertising
10 4 (1.73%) Banking
10 4 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Law
12 2 (0.87%) Avionics
13 1 (0.43%) Billing
13 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.43%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 80 (34.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (23.38%) Software Engineer
3 42 (18.18%) Firmware Engineer
4 37 (16.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (13.85%) Network Engineer
6 30 (12.99%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 25 (10.82%) Senior
8 18 (7.79%) Electronics Engineer
9 15 (6.49%) Design Engineer
9 15 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (4.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (4.33%) FPGA Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) Lead
11 9 (3.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) C++ Software Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) Senior Network Engineer
13 7 (3.03%) Junior
13 7 (3.03%) Linux Engineer
13 7 (3.03%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.60%) Flash
2 5 (2.16%) .NET
3 2 (0.87%) Middleware
3 2 (0.87%) Next.js
3 2 (0.87%) Node.js
3 2 (0.87%) React
3 2 (0.87%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.87%) Yocto
4 1 (0.43%) Django
4 1 (0.43%) React Native
4 1 (0.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (16.02%) IoT
2 30 (12.99%) Embedded Systems
3 17 (7.36%) FPGA
4 16 (6.93%) Algorithms
5 11 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (4.76%) PCIe
6 10 (4.33%) PKI
7 8 (3.46%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.46%) Onboarding
8 7 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.03%) VHDL
9 6 (2.60%) Raspberry Pi
9 6 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (2.16%) CMDB
10 5 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.16%) NVMe
11 4 (1.73%) ARM Cortex
11 4 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.73%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.58%) Windows
2 29 (12.55%) Linux
3 17 (7.36%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.33%) Android
5 7 (3.03%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (2.60%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.43%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 26 (11.26%) Mentoring
3 24 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (8.66%) Change Management
4 20 (8.66%) Kalman Filter
5 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (7.79%) Roadmaps
5 18 (7.79%) Validation
6 17 (7.36%) Task Automation
7 16 (6.93%) AI
7 16 (6.93%) Change Control
7 16 (6.93%) ITSM
8 15 (6.49%) Embedded Software Development
8 15 (6.49%) Software Testing
9 14 (6.06%) Agile
9 14 (6.06%) Service Management
10 13 (5.63%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (5.63%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (5.63%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 70 (30.30%) C
2 55 (23.81%) C++
3 29 (12.55%) Embedded C
4 28 (12.12%) Python
5 19 (8.23%) PowerShell
6 17 (7.36%) C#
7 15 (6.49%) Embedded C++
8 5 (2.16%) Assembly Language
8 5 (2.16%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.73%) Bash
9 4 (1.73%) Java
10 2 (0.87%) SQL
10 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.43%) Groovy
11 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (16.02%) Degree
2 36 (15.58%) Security Cleared
3 25 (10.82%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.36%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.19%) CCNP
5 12 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.16%) CCIE
8 5 (2.16%) CCNA
8 5 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.16%) JNCIA
8 5 (2.16%) JNCIP
8 5 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.16%) PhD
9 3 (1.30%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.30%) HNC
9 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.87%) HND
11 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.60%) ISO 9001
1 6 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.60%) MISRA
2 5 (2.16%) GRC
2 5 (2.16%) SLA
3 3 (1.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.87%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.87%) JTAG
4 2 (0.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.43%) GxP
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 74 (32.03%) Embedded Firmware
2 24 (10.39%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.33%) VMware NSX
4 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.60%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.87%) Docker
7 1 (0.43%) NFS
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (5.19%) SCCM
3 10 (4.33%) Ansible
3 10 (4.33%) vCenter Server
4 9 (3.90%) Terraform
5 4 (1.73%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.30%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.30%) Puppet
7 2 (0.87%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (23.81%) Cisco
2 27 (11.69%) Juniper
3 23 (9.96%) Microsoft
4 22 (9.52%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.36%) SolarWinds
6 14 (6.06%) VMware
7 13 (5.63%) EMC
8 10 (4.33%) Broadcom
9 9 (3.90%) Altera
9 9 (3.90%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.46%) Dell
11 5 (2.16%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.16%) Xilinx
12 4 (1.73%) Apple
12 4 (1.73%) Atmel
12 4 (1.73%) ConnectWise
12 4 (1.73%) Draytek
13 3 (1.30%) Adobe
13 3 (1.30%) Meraki
13 3 (1.30%) Red Hat