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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 404 313
Rank change year-on-year +1 -91 +246
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 301 209 763
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.55% 0.91%
As % of the System Software category 7.23% 4.23% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 244 147 561
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,501
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +14.29% +10.53%

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 4,163 4,939 10,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.20% 13.07% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,986 3,574 8,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +23 88 £60,000 -4.00% 76
North of England -10 67 £55,000 -4.35% 33
South West -43 45 £60,000 -14.29% 27
Yorkshire -29 39 £55,000 -12.00% 3
London -8 36 £62,000 -0.80% 32
Midlands -36 35 £54,000 +8.00% 33
East of England -29 27 £61,500 +18.27% 42
North West -4 24 £46,500 -7.00% 27
West Midlands -21 22 £56,250 +7.40% 11
East Midlands -47 12 £54,000 +13.68% 22
North East -38 4 £56,500 -7.38% 3
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 2 (0.66%) Confluence
2 1 (0.33%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.99%) Simulink
2 2 (0.66%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.99%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.31%) Azure
2 18 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (3.32%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.66%) AWS
5 3 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (1.00%) Amazon S3
5 3 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.00%) SaaS
5 3 (1.00%) Serverless
6 1 (0.33%) AWS IoT
6 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.33%) GCP
6 1 (0.33%) GitHub
6 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.96%) Firewall
2 20 (6.64%) Bluetooth
3 18 (5.98%) Wireless
4 15 (4.98%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (4.32%) Ethernet
5 13 (4.32%) WAN
6 12 (3.99%) Cisco IOS
6 12 (3.99%) Modbus
6 12 (3.99%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.65%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (3.65%) VPN
8 10 (3.32%) VLAN
9 9 (2.99%) DNS
9 9 (2.99%) NX-OS
10 7 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (2.33%) Junos
10 7 (2.33%) LAN
11 6 (1.99%) RFID
12 5 (1.66%) DHCP
12 5 (1.66%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.33%) MySQL
3 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (4.32%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (3.65%) Git
3 5 (1.66%) Eclipse
3 5 (1.66%) Subversion
4 4 (1.33%) LabVIEW
5 3 (1.00%) JIRA
5 3 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.33%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.33%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.33%) Polyspace
7 1 (0.33%) Selenium
7 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.33%) VectorCAST
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (28.24%) Electronics
2 40 (13.29%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.64%) Manufacturing
4 18 (5.98%) Automotive
5 14 (4.65%) Aerospace
5 14 (4.65%) Finance
6 11 (3.65%) Military
7 6 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.66%) Law
9 4 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.33%) Avionics
9 4 (1.33%) Marketing
9 4 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.33%) Retail
10 3 (1.00%) Games
11 2 (0.66%) Aviation
11 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 119 (39.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 111 (36.88%) Software Engineer
3 80 (26.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 57 (18.94%) Senior
5 46 (15.28%) Firmware Engineer
6 29 (9.63%) Senior Software Engineer
7 28 (9.30%) Network Engineer
8 25 (8.31%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 25 (8.31%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 24 (7.97%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 22 (7.31%) Design Engineer
10 22 (7.31%) Electronics Engineer
11 19 (6.31%) FPGA Engineer
12 14 (4.65%) Lead
13 13 (4.32%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 13 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.99%) Senior Firmware Engineer
15 9 (2.99%) Hardware Engineer
15 9 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
16 8 (2.66%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.66%) .NET
2 6 (1.99%) WebSockets
3 4 (1.33%) Node.js
3 4 (1.33%) React
4 3 (1.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.00%) Avalonia
4 3 (1.00%) OpenCV
4 3 (1.00%) WPF
5 2 (0.66%) Middleware
5 2 (0.66%) Next.js
5 2 (0.66%) Yocto
6 1 (0.33%) Django
6 1 (0.33%) Flash
6 1 (0.33%) pytest
6 1 (0.33%) React Native
6 1 (0.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.95%) IoT
2 41 (13.62%) Embedded Systems
3 27 (8.97%) Algorithms
4 26 (8.64%) FPGA
5 20 (6.64%) PCIe
6 18 (5.98%) Analogue Electronics
6 18 (5.98%) VHDL
7 14 (4.65%) Data Centre
7 14 (4.65%) Management Information System
8 13 (4.32%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.99%) NVMe
10 9 (2.99%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.66%) Enterprise Storage
11 8 (2.66%) iSeries
11 8 (2.66%) PKI
11 8 (2.66%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (2.66%) Replication
12 7 (2.33%) ARM Cortex
13 6 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.97%) FreeRTOS
1 24 (7.97%) Linux
2 19 (6.31%) Windows
3 10 (3.32%) Android
4 9 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.99%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.66%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.33%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.33%) SafeRTOS
7 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (40.20%) Software Engineering
2 34 (11.30%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (9.30%) Roadmaps
4 25 (8.31%) Validation
5 23 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (7.64%) Software Testing
6 21 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (6.64%) Embedded Software Development
7 20 (6.64%) Kalman Filter
8 19 (6.31%) Mentoring
9 18 (5.98%) AI
10 17 (5.65%) Signal Processing
10 17 (5.65%) System Testing
10 17 (5.65%) Technology Roadmap
11 16 (5.32%) Computer Science
11 16 (5.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (4.98%) Change Control
12 15 (4.98%) Collaborative Culture
12 15 (4.98%) FPGA Design
12 15 (4.98%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 99 (32.89%) C
2 76 (25.25%) C++
3 53 (17.61%) Python
4 38 (12.62%) Embedded C
5 18 (5.98%) C#
6 15 (4.98%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.65%) Embedded C++
8 12 (3.99%) Assembly Language
9 9 (2.99%) MATLAB
10 5 (1.66%) Bash
10 5 (1.66%) Java
10 5 (1.66%) Rust
11 4 (1.33%) SQL
11 4 (1.33%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.00%) PHP
13 2 (0.66%) Go
14 1 (0.33%) Groovy
14 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (13.95%) Degree
2 38 (12.62%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.65%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.99%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (3.65%) CCNP
7 10 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.33%) CCNA
8 7 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.99%) PhD
10 5 (1.66%) CCIE
10 5 (1.66%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.66%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.00%) HND
13 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.66%) HNC
14 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.99%) ISO 9001
1 9 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.33%) IEC 61508
3 5 (1.66%) GRC
3 5 (1.66%) MISRA
3 5 (1.66%) MISRA C
3 5 (1.66%) SLA
4 4 (1.33%) QA
5 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.66%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.66%) JTAG
6 2 (0.66%) NCSC
6 2 (0.66%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.33%) DO-254
7 1 (0.33%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.33%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (31.23%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.99%) Hyper-V
3 11 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.33%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.99%) Docker
6 3 (1.00%) QEMU
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.65%) Ansible
3 8 (2.66%) SCCM
4 7 (2.33%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.99%) Terraform
6 5 (1.66%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.33%) Puppet
8 3 (1.00%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.66%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (14.29%) Cisco
2 24 (7.97%) Microsoft
3 22 (7.31%) Fortinet
4 20 (6.64%) EMC
4 20 (6.64%) Juniper
5 16 (5.32%) Altera
6 14 (4.65%) VMware
7 12 (3.99%) Xilinx
8 10 (3.32%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.99%) HP
10 8 (2.66%) Commvault
10 8 (2.66%) IBM
10 8 (2.66%) Veeam
11 7 (2.33%) Broadcom
12 6 (1.99%) Dell
13 4 (1.33%) Atmel
13 4 (1.33%) ConnectWise
13 4 (1.33%) Draytek
13 4 (1.33%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.33%) SAP