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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 346 372
Rank change year-on-year -27 +26 +224
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 248 453 339
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.80% 0.76%
As % of the System Software category 6.13% 6.56% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 188 233 265
10th Percentile £38,400 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +4.67% -2.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £80,000 £70,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -6.25%

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 4,046 6,908 7,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.53% 12.15% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,021 4,134 6,496
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,762 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.33% +1.39% -1.79%

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 -17 79 £55,000 +4.76% 100
North of England +31 50 £46,500 -15.45% 50
London +70 43 £60,000 - 25
Midlands +6 36 £52,500 -14.63% 33
West Midlands +40 27 £52,500 -19.23% 22
Yorkshire +15 23 £46,000 -8.00% 21
South West -40 21 £52,500 -19.23% 50
North West +40 19 £46,500 -11.43% 21
East of England +9 18 £71,250 +35.71% 42
East Midlands -28 9 £25,750 -57.08% 11
North East +5 8 £56,500 +0.89% 8
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 6 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.31%) Azure
2 31 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.66%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.84%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (3.23%) AWS
6 3 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.21%) GCP
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.40%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.40%) GitHub
7 1 (0.40%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.40%) SaaS
7 1 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (13.31%) Firewall
2 28 (11.29%) Software-Defined Radio
3 21 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (8.47%) Wireless
4 16 (6.45%) DNS
4 16 (6.45%) WAN
5 13 (5.24%) DHCP
5 13 (5.24%) LAN
5 13 (5.24%) NX-OS
6 12 (4.84%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (4.44%) Internet
7 11 (4.44%) TCP/IP
7 11 (4.44%) VLAN
8 10 (4.03%) RS-485
9 9 (3.63%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (3.63%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (3.63%) Junos
9 9 (3.63%) Modbus
10 8 (3.23%) VPN
11 6 (2.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.81%) Big Data
1 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.03%) Visual Studio
2 7 (2.82%) Git
3 5 (2.02%) JIRA
4 4 (1.61%) GitLab
5 3 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.81%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.81%) Postman
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (25.40%) Electronics
2 55 (22.18%) Social Skills
3 38 (15.32%) Finance
4 35 (14.11%) Manufacturing
5 17 (6.85%) Law
6 16 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.65%) Automotive
8 11 (4.44%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.63%) Legal
10 7 (2.82%) Military
11 6 (2.42%) Banking
11 6 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.61%) Marketing
12 4 (1.61%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.21%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.81%) Advertising
14 2 (0.81%) Avionics
14 2 (0.81%) Back Office
14 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (27.42%) Embedded Engineer
2 43 (17.34%) Software Engineer
3 32 (12.90%) Firmware Engineer
4 31 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 29 (11.69%) Electronics Engineer
6 25 (10.08%) Network Engineer
7 23 (9.27%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 20 (8.06%) Senior
9 18 (7.26%) Design Engineer
10 15 (6.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (6.05%) IT Support
10 15 (6.05%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (4.84%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (4.44%) IT Engineer
12 11 (4.44%) Radio Engineer
13 10 (4.03%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.03%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.03%) Support Engineer
13 10 (4.03%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.63%) Flash
2 5 (2.02%) Node.js
3 3 (1.21%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.81%) Middleware
4 2 (0.81%) Next.js
4 2 (0.81%) React
4 2 (0.81%) WebSockets
4 2 (0.81%) XML
5 1 (0.40%) Django
5 1 (0.40%) LAMP
5 1 (0.40%) React Native
5 1 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.56%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (7.66%) RISC-V
3 18 (7.26%) FPGA
4 17 (6.85%) e-Learning
4 17 (6.85%) MicroBlaze
5 16 (6.45%) Analogue Electronics
5 16 (6.45%) IoT
6 10 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.63%) PKI
7 9 (3.63%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.23%) SCADA
9 7 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.82%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.42%) CAN bus
10 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.42%) VHDL
11 5 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.61%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.61%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 47 (18.95%) Linux
2 42 (16.94%) Windows
3 26 (10.48%) Embedded Linux
4 13 (5.24%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.61%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (23.39%) Software Engineering
2 38 (15.32%) Signal Processing
3 35 (14.11%) Digital Signal Processing
4 33 (13.31%) Agile
4 33 (13.31%) Innovative Thinking
5 31 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 29 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (8.47%) Physics
8 19 (7.66%) Change Management
9 17 (6.85%) Collaborative Culture
9 17 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (6.45%) Validation
11 15 (6.05%) Embedded Software Development
12 14 (5.65%) ITSM
13 13 (5.24%) ITIL
13 13 (5.24%) Service Management
14 12 (4.84%) Computer Science
15 11 (4.44%) Infrastructure as Code
15 11 (4.44%) Server Management
15 11 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (34.27%) C
2 65 (26.21%) C++
3 39 (15.73%) Embedded C
4 21 (8.47%) Python
5 16 (6.45%) Embedded C++
6 14 (5.65%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.44%) MATLAB
8 10 (4.03%) C#
9 8 (3.23%) SQL
10 4 (1.61%) Bash
11 2 (0.81%) Java
11 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (24.60%) Security Cleared
2 49 (19.76%) SC Cleared
3 40 (16.13%) Degree
4 15 (6.05%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.23%) CCNP
6 8 (3.23%) NVQ Level 3
7 7 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.82%) HND
8 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.02%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.02%) HNC
8 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.21%) CCNA
9 3 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.42%) MISRA
3 5 (2.02%) IEC 61508
4 4 (1.61%) GDPR
5 3 (1.21%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.81%) HAZOP
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.81%) JTAG
6 2 (0.81%) NIST
6 2 (0.81%) QA
7 1 (0.40%) GxP
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 94 (37.90%) Embedded Firmware
2 25 (10.08%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.63%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.23%) BitLocker
4 8 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.81%) Docker
5 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.40%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (6.05%) SCCM
2 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.44%) vCenter Server
4 10 (4.03%) Terraform
5 7 (2.82%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.21%) Ansible
6 3 (1.21%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.81%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.40%) Podman
8 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 43 (17.34%) Cisco
2 31 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 28 (11.29%) EMC
4 18 (7.26%) Juniper
5 16 (6.45%) SolarWinds
6 15 (6.05%) VMware
7 12 (4.84%) Apple
8 10 (4.03%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.63%) Broadcom
9 9 (3.63%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.63%) HP
10 8 (3.23%) MobileIron
11 4 (1.61%) Adobe
11 4 (1.61%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.61%) Dell
11 4 (1.61%) McAfee
11 4 (1.61%) Remedy
11 4 (1.61%) SAP
12 3 (1.21%) Meraki
12 3 (1.21%) NetApp