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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 392 356
Rank change year-on-year +28 -36 +90
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 455 288 528
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.66% 0.72%
As % of the System Software category 8.65% 5.06% 6.87%
Number of salaries quoted 359 196 406
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,625 £33,188
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,563 £40,322
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 £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +6.80%

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 5,262 5,692 7,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.69% 13.06% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,898 3,575 5,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,624 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.25% - -9.91%

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 5 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 5 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 -4 153 £65,000 +12.55% 104
North of England +31 88 £55,000 +19.57% 46
East of England +10 71 £70,000 +14.29% 90
Midlands -7 70 £54,000 +13.68% 40
South West -23 57 £60,000 +14.29% 45
North West +28 35 £55,375 +16.13% 23
Yorkshire -8 35 £55,000 +19.57% 9
East Midlands -10 35 £54,000 +13.68% 20
West Midlands -20 33 £65,000 +55.69% 20
North East - 18 £53,000 - 16
London -82 13 £67,500 +12.50% 63
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 (0.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (2.42%) Simulink
2 6 (1.32%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.44%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.20%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (8.79%) Azure
2 23 (5.05%) AWS
3 16 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.32%) SaaS
5 5 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.66%) Amazon S3
6 3 (0.66%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.66%) GCP
6 3 (0.66%) Serverless
7 2 (0.44%) GitHub
7 2 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.22%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 36 (7.91%) Wireless
2 28 (6.15%) Firewall
3 27 (5.93%) Bluetooth
4 19 (4.18%) Modbus
4 19 (4.18%) WAN
5 18 (3.96%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.52%) VPN
7 14 (3.08%) RS-232
7 14 (3.08%) VLAN
7 14 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (2.86%) RS-485
9 12 (2.64%) SAN
10 11 (2.42%) ZigBee
11 10 (2.20%) Ethernet
11 10 (2.20%) Profibus
12 9 (1.98%) LAN
12 9 (1.98%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.76%) LTE
13 8 (1.76%) Network Security
14 7 (1.54%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (4.18%) Git
2 15 (3.30%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (2.20%) JIRA
4 7 (1.54%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.88%) GitLab
7 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.44%) GDB
8 2 (0.44%) MLflow
8 2 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.44%) Subversion
8 2 (0.44%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.22%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.22%) Polyspace
9 1 (0.22%) Postman
9 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.22%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 146 (32.09%) Electronics
2 67 (14.73%) Social Skills
3 52 (11.43%) Manufacturing
4 36 (7.91%) Automotive
5 32 (7.03%) Aerospace
6 22 (4.84%) Finance
7 13 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.98%) Military
11 7 (1.54%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.32%) Retail
13 5 (1.10%) Marketing
14 4 (0.88%) Law
15 3 (0.66%) Games
15 3 (0.66%) Wearables
16 2 (0.44%) Aviation
16 2 (0.44%) Avionics
16 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 156 (34.29%) Software Engineer
2 138 (30.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 105 (23.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 91 (20.00%) Senior
5 51 (11.21%) Lead
6 48 (10.55%) Firmware Engineer
7 46 (10.11%) Senior Software Engineer
8 41 (9.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 35 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 29 (6.37%) Electronics Engineer
11 26 (5.71%) Design Engineer
11 26 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
12 25 (5.49%) FPGA Engineer
13 22 (4.84%) Technical Leader
14 20 (4.40%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 19 (4.18%) Senior Firmware Engineer
16 16 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (3.52%) Test Engineer
17 14 (3.08%) Electronics Design Engineer
18 13 (2.86%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.20%) .NET
2 5 (1.10%) Node.js
2 5 (1.10%) React
2 5 (1.10%) WPF
3 4 (0.88%) WebSockets
3 4 (0.88%) Yocto
4 3 (0.66%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.66%) Avalonia
4 3 (0.66%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.44%) LangChain
5 2 (0.44%) React Native
5 2 (0.44%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.22%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.22%) Micronaut
6 1 (0.22%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.22%) pytest
6 1 (0.22%) REST
6 1 (0.22%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.22%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 90 (19.78%) Embedded Systems
2 46 (10.11%) FPGA
3 43 (9.45%) Algorithms
4 39 (8.57%) IoT
5 27 (5.93%) VHDL
6 26 (5.71%) Analogue Electronics
7 20 (4.40%) Driving Licence
8 18 (3.96%) PCIe
9 17 (3.74%) ARM Cortex
9 17 (3.74%) Enterprise Storage
10 16 (3.52%) Data Centre
11 14 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (2.86%) Raspberry Pi
13 12 (2.64%) Replication
13 12 (2.64%) Verilog
14 11 (2.42%) iSeries
15 10 (2.20%) NVMe
16 9 (1.98%) Management Information System
17 8 (1.76%) Onboarding
17 8 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.67%) Linux
2 34 (7.47%) FreeRTOS
3 28 (6.15%) Windows
4 16 (3.52%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (1.76%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.88%) Android
7 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.44%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.44%) Unix
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.22%) SafeRTOS
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE
9 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.22%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (41.10%) Software Engineering
2 65 (14.29%) Validation
3 50 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (9.01%) Signal Processing
5 40 (8.79%) Mentoring
6 31 (6.81%) Test Automation
7 29 (6.37%) Collaborative Culture
7 29 (6.37%) Software Testing
8 28 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 25 (5.49%) Digital Signal Processing
11 24 (5.27%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (5.27%) Root Cause Analysis
12 23 (5.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 23 (5.05%) Roadmaps
12 23 (5.05%) Systems Engineering
13 21 (4.62%) AI
13 21 (4.62%) Computer Science
13 21 (4.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 144 (31.65%) C
2 97 (21.32%) C++
3 61 (13.41%) Python
4 49 (10.77%) Embedded C
5 20 (4.40%) C#
6 18 (3.96%) MATLAB
7 13 (2.86%) Assembly Language
7 13 (2.86%) Rust
8 12 (2.64%) Embedded C++
9 6 (1.32%) Java
10 5 (1.10%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.88%) SQL
12 3 (0.66%) Bash
12 3 (0.66%) Go
12 3 (0.66%) PHP
12 3 (0.66%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.22%) Ada
13 1 (0.22%) Bicep
13 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 79 (17.36%) Degree
2 63 (13.85%) Security Cleared
3 43 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.54%) HND
9 6 (1.32%) CCNA
9 6 (1.32%) CCNP
10 5 (1.10%) HNC
10 5 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.44%) PhD
13 1 (0.22%) HP ASE
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.22%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.74%) QA
2 10 (2.20%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.20%) MISRA
3 9 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.54%) IEC 61508
5 6 (1.32%) SLA
6 5 (1.10%) MISRA C
7 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.88%) GDPR
7 4 (0.88%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.66%) JTAG
9 2 (0.44%) ISO 26262
9 2 (0.44%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) AUTOSAR
10 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.22%) DO-254
10 1 (0.22%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.22%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 146 (32.09%) Embedded Firmware
2 24 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 19 (4.18%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.54%) Docker
4 7 (1.54%) QEMU
5 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.44%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.22%) NFS
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.54%) Ansible
1 7 (1.54%) Terraform
2 6 (1.32%) FortiGate
2 6 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.88%) Puppet
5 2 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.44%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.44%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.44%) VxRail
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.49%) EMC
3 24 (5.27%) VMware
4 23 (5.05%) Cisco
5 14 (3.08%) Fortinet
5 14 (3.08%) Xilinx
6 13 (2.86%) HP
6 13 (2.86%) Veeam
7 11 (2.42%) Altera
7 11 (2.42%) Commvault
7 11 (2.42%) Dell
7 11 (2.42%) IBM
8 6 (1.32%) Freshdesk
9 5 (1.10%) Meraki
10 4 (0.88%) Google
10 4 (0.88%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.88%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.88%) SAP
11 3 (0.66%) WatchGuard
12 2 (0.44%) SonicWALL