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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 340 502
Rank change year-on-year -80 +162 +141
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 294 670 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.77% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 4.72% 6.83% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 210 537 303
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -16.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,125 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -9.09%

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 6,231 9,809 11,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.87% 11.29% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,624 7,607 8,484
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,219 £32,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,600 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £51,058 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% -9.09% -

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 18 July 2025.

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 18 July 2025. 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 -15 115 £57,750 +15.50% 90
Midlands -11 42 £47,500 -11.63% 46
North of England -29 41 £47,683 -11.29% 60
East of England -25 39 £60,000 +7.62% 72
London +74 34 £57,500 -4.17% 83
North West -27 29 £47,683 -13.30% 34
West Midlands +26 21 £44,824 -25.29% 26
South West +20 21 £52,500 -19.23% 45
East Midlands -10 21 £47,500 +11.76% 18
Yorkshire +16 12 £46,000 +8.24% 17
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 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.02%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.70%) Simulink
3 2 (0.68%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (3.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (8.16%) Azure
2 15 (5.10%) AWS
2 15 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.72%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.70%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (0.68%) Firebase
5 2 (0.68%) GCP
5 2 (0.68%) Serverless
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon Alexa
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.34%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 57 (19.39%) Software-Defined Radio
2 37 (12.59%) Firewall
2 37 (12.59%) Wireless
3 27 (9.18%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (6.12%) DHCP
5 17 (5.78%) WAN
6 15 (5.10%) Cisco Firepower
6 15 (5.10%) VLAN
6 15 (5.10%) VPN
7 14 (4.76%) DNS
7 14 (4.76%) LAN
8 13 (4.42%) Modbus
8 13 (4.42%) NX-OS
8 13 (4.42%) RS-485
9 12 (4.08%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (4.08%) TCP/IP
10 11 (3.74%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (2.72%) Internet
11 8 (2.72%) OSPF
11 8 (2.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (6.12%) JIRA
2 13 (4.42%) Git
3 3 (1.02%) GDB
3 3 (1.02%) Subversion
4 2 (0.68%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.34%) Appium
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.34%) TestRail
5 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 81 (27.55%) Electronics
2 76 (25.85%) Social Skills
3 51 (17.35%) Finance
4 31 (10.54%) Manufacturing
5 23 (7.82%) Aviation
6 13 (4.42%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.72%) Marketing
10 7 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.04%) Law
12 5 (1.70%) Automotive
12 5 (1.70%) Banking
13 4 (1.36%) Military
13 4 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.36%) Retail
14 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.02%) Legal
14 3 (1.02%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 62 (21.09%) Embedded Engineer
2 47 (15.99%) Senior
3 44 (14.97%) Software Engineer
4 39 (13.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 37 (12.59%) Electronics Engineer
6 33 (11.22%) Systems Engineer
7 31 (10.54%) Firmware Engineer
7 31 (10.54%) Network Engineer
8 28 (9.52%) Radio Engineer
9 27 (9.18%) Design Engineer
10 22 (7.48%) Lead
10 22 (7.48%) Radar Engineer
11 18 (6.12%) Analyst
12 17 (5.78%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 17 (5.78%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 17 (5.78%) Support Analyst
13 16 (5.44%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 16 (5.44%) FPGA Engineer
14 15 (5.10%) Hardware Engineer
15 12 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.36%) REST
2 3 (1.02%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.02%) Node.js
2 3 (1.02%) OpenCL
2 3 (1.02%) OpenEmbedded
2 3 (1.02%) Yocto
3 2 (0.68%) HTML
3 2 (0.68%) Laravel
3 2 (0.68%) Middleware
3 2 (0.68%) React
3 2 (0.68%) XML
4 1 (0.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.34%) CSS
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
4 1 (0.34%) LAMP
4 1 (0.34%) React Native
4 1 (0.34%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 57 (19.39%) FPGA
2 54 (18.37%) Embedded Systems
3 31 (10.54%) VHDL
4 28 (9.52%) e-Learning
5 25 (8.50%) MicroBlaze
5 25 (8.50%) RISC-V
6 23 (7.82%) Analogue Electronics
7 17 (5.78%) Data Centre
8 16 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (5.44%) Verilog
9 15 (5.10%) Management Information System
10 10 (3.40%) CAN bus
10 10 (3.40%) IoT
11 6 (2.04%) Device Driver
11 6 (2.04%) Driving Licence
11 6 (2.04%) Optoelectronics
11 6 (2.04%) PKI
11 6 (2.04%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.70%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.37%) Linux
2 39 (13.27%) Embedded Linux
3 36 (12.24%) Windows
4 13 (4.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.68%) Android
5 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Rocky
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) Unix
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.11%) Signal Processing
2 64 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (20.41%) Digital Signal Processing
4 57 (19.39%) Innovative Thinking
4 57 (19.39%) Software Engineering
5 45 (15.31%) Agile
6 37 (12.59%) Physics
7 27 (9.18%) Systems Engineering
8 26 (8.84%) Validation
9 25 (8.50%) Change Management
10 24 (8.16%) Mentoring
10 24 (8.16%) Safety Engineering
11 22 (7.48%) Schematic Capture
12 19 (6.46%) Prototyping
13 17 (5.78%) Customer Service
13 17 (5.78%) FPGA Design
13 17 (5.78%) Verification and Validation
14 15 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (5.10%) ITSM
15 13 (4.42%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.57%) C
2 61 (20.75%) C++
3 34 (11.56%) MATLAB
4 18 (6.12%) Embedded C
5 17 (5.78%) Python
6 10 (3.40%) C#
7 6 (2.04%) Ada
8 5 (1.70%) Embedded C++
8 5 (1.70%) SQL
9 4 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.02%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.02%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.68%) Bash
11 2 (0.68%) PHP
12 1 (0.34%) Java
12 1 (0.34%) Rust
12 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 82 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 70 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 65 (22.11%) Degree
4 23 (7.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (7.48%) CEH
6 14 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.04%) CCNA
8 6 (2.04%) CCNP
8 6 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.04%) HND
8 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.36%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.02%) HNC
10 3 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.02%) PhD
11 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.68%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.82%) DO-254
2 7 (2.38%) SLA
3 6 (2.04%) QA
4 5 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.02%) JTAG
6 2 (0.68%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.68%) HAZOP
6 2 (0.68%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.34%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.34%) MISRA
7 1 (0.34%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 110 (37.41%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (4.08%) BitLocker
3 6 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.04%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.34%) Docker
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (5.10%) SCCM
2 7 (2.38%) vCenter Server
3 4 (1.36%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.02%) Ansible
4 3 (1.02%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) WSUS
6 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.34%) Podman
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.54%) Cisco
3 21 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 18 (6.12%) EMC
5 15 (5.10%) HP
5 15 (5.10%) SolarWinds
6 14 (4.76%) Apple
6 14 (4.76%) CheckPoint
7 12 (4.08%) Juniper
7 12 (4.08%) MobileIron
8 10 (3.40%) Meraki
9 9 (3.06%) Infoblox
9 9 (3.06%) McAfee
9 9 (3.06%) Remedy
9 9 (3.06%) VMware
10 7 (2.38%) SAP
11 6 (2.04%) Broadcom
12 5 (1.70%) Dell
12 5 (1.70%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.70%) Xilinx