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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 390 290
Rank change year-on-year -21 -100 +276
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 234 284 635
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.67% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 5.92% 4.94% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 189 114 466
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.10% +2.85%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3,954 5,754 9,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.45% 13.49% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,855 3,600 8,361
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,125 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +18.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,836 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.55% +15.67% -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 25 February 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 25 February 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
North of England +8 59 £55,000 -3.08% 41
South East -34 59 £55,000 - 76
London +47 43 £62,000 +7.83% 29
Yorkshire -5 32 £55,000 -26.67% 23
South West -49 26 £55,000 -15.38% 27
Midlands -27 25 £53,250 -7.39% 37
East of England -14 21 £53,750 -2.27% 45
North West +10 19 £56,000 +8.74% 14
West Midlands +5 18 £52,500 -6.67% 18
North East -11 8 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands -44 7 £54,000 -6.09% 19
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 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.71%) Simulink
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (9.40%) Azure
3 14 (5.98%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.28%) AWS
5 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.43%) AWS IoT
6 1 (0.43%) GCP
6 1 (0.43%) GitHub
6 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.43%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.24%) Firewall
2 21 (8.97%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (7.26%) DNS
4 16 (6.84%) WAN
5 15 (6.41%) Cisco IOS
5 15 (6.41%) NX-OS
6 14 (5.98%) Cisco ISE
6 14 (5.98%) Wireless
7 12 (5.13%) Bluetooth
8 11 (4.70%) LAN
8 11 (4.70%) TCP/IP
8 11 (4.70%) VLAN
9 10 (4.27%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (4.27%) DHCP
9 10 (4.27%) Junos
9 10 (4.27%) VPN
10 9 (3.85%) Modbus
11 7 (2.99%) Internet
12 6 (2.56%) Ethernet
12 6 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.43%) Big Data
2 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.43%) MySQL
2 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) Visual Studio
2 7 (2.99%) Git
2 7 (2.99%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (2.56%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.71%) Subversion
5 2 (0.85%) 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 65 (27.78%) Electronics
2 47 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.55%) Finance
3 20 (8.55%) Manufacturing
4 11 (4.70%) Automotive
5 9 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.99%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.99%) Military
7 5 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.71%) Advertising
8 4 (1.71%) Banking
8 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.71%) Law
9 2 (0.85%) Avionics
10 1 (0.43%) Billing
10 1 (0.43%) Games
10 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 77 (32.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 51 (21.79%) Software Engineer
3 43 (18.38%) Firmware Engineer
4 34 (14.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (13.68%) Network Engineer
6 30 (12.82%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 23 (9.83%) Senior
8 20 (8.55%) Electronics Engineer
9 18 (7.69%) Design Engineer
10 15 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.13%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 10 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (4.27%) FPGA Engineer
12 10 (4.27%) Lead
13 9 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (3.42%) C++ Software Engineer
14 8 (3.42%) Junior
14 8 (3.42%) Senior Network Engineer
15 7 (2.99%) Linux Engineer
15 7 (2.99%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.99%) Flash
2 5 (2.14%) .NET
3 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 2 (0.85%) Next.js
3 2 (0.85%) Node.js
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.85%) Yocto
4 1 (0.43%) Django
4 1 (0.43%) React Native
4 1 (0.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.81%) IoT
2 34 (14.53%) Embedded Systems
3 17 (7.26%) FPGA
4 16 (6.84%) Algorithms
5 11 (4.70%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (4.70%) PCIe
6 10 (4.27%) PKI
7 8 (3.42%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.42%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.42%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.42%) VHDL
8 7 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.56%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (2.14%) CMDB
10 5 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.14%) NVMe
10 5 (2.14%) Smart Home
10 5 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.28%) ARM Cortex
11 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.38%) Windows
2 29 (12.39%) Linux
3 17 (7.26%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.85%) Android
5 7 (2.99%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.43%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.92%) Software Engineering
2 27 (11.54%) Mentoring
2 27 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (8.55%) Kalman Filter
4 19 (8.12%) Change Management
5 18 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (7.26%) Task Automation
6 17 (7.26%) Validation
7 16 (6.84%) AI
7 16 (6.84%) ITSM
7 16 (6.84%) Roadmaps
8 15 (6.41%) Change Control
8 15 (6.41%) Software Testing
9 14 (5.98%) Agile
9 14 (5.98%) Embedded Software Development
9 14 (5.98%) Service Management
10 13 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (5.56%) Signal Processing
10 13 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (32.05%) C
2 56 (23.93%) C++
3 30 (12.82%) Embedded C
4 28 (11.97%) Python
5 19 (8.12%) PowerShell
6 17 (7.26%) C#
7 15 (6.41%) Embedded C++
8 5 (2.14%) Assembly Language
8 5 (2.14%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.71%) Bash
9 4 (1.71%) Java
10 3 (1.28%) SQL
11 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (16.67%) Degree
2 36 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 25 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.26%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.13%) CCNP
5 12 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.14%) CCIE
8 5 (2.14%) CCNA
8 5 (2.14%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.14%) JNCIA
8 5 (2.14%) JNCIP
8 5 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.14%) PhD
9 3 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.28%) HNC
9 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.85%) HND
11 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.99%) ISO 9001
1 7 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.56%) MISRA
3 5 (2.14%) GRC
3 5 (2.14%) SLA
4 4 (1.71%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.85%) JTAG
5 2 (0.85%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.43%) GxP
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 74 (31.62%) Embedded Firmware
2 25 (10.68%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.27%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.85%) Docker
7 1 (0.43%) NFS
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (8.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (5.13%) SCCM
3 10 (4.27%) Ansible
3 10 (4.27%) vCenter Server
4 9 (3.85%) Terraform
5 4 (1.71%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.28%) Puppet
7 2 (0.85%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (23.93%) Cisco
2 27 (11.54%) Juniper
3 24 (10.26%) Microsoft
4 22 (9.40%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.26%) SolarWinds
6 15 (6.41%) EMC
7 14 (5.98%) VMware
8 10 (4.27%) Broadcom
9 9 (3.85%) Altera
9 9 (3.85%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.42%) Dell
11 5 (2.14%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.14%) Xilinx
12 4 (1.71%) Atmel
12 4 (1.71%) ConnectWise
12 4 (1.71%) Draytek
13 3 (1.28%) Adobe
13 3 (1.28%) Google
13 3 (1.28%) Meraki
13 3 (1.28%) Red Hat