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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 397 330
Rank change year-on-year +26 -67 +162
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 409 275 711
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.63% 0.80%
As % of the System Software category 8.13% 4.84% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 327 192 568
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% +17.39%
75th Percentile £74,375 £72,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £72,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +5.00%

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 5,032 5,676 10,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.74% 13.10% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,767 3,595 7,917
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% -10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +11 151 £65,000 +12.07% 82
North of England +24 79 £54,750 +17.74% 42
South West -28 56 £60,000 +14.29% 27
East of England -4 55 £80,000 +33.33% 45
Midlands -21 53 £54,000 +13.68% 43
Yorkshire -7 38 £57,500 +25.00% 10
West Midlands -22 29 £65,000 +43.97% 17
North West +11 28 £55,375 +16.13% 28
East Midlands -22 23 £54,000 +13.68% 26
North East - 13 £51,000 - 5
London -61 12 £70,000 +16.67% 44
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 (0.73%) Confluence
2 1 (0.24%) Kinematics
Applications
1 13 (3.18%) Simulink
2 5 (1.22%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.49%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (2.69%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (6.60%) Azure
2 14 (3.42%) AWS
3 12 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.22%) SaaS
5 3 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (0.73%) Amazon S3
5 3 (0.73%) AWS IoT
5 3 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.73%) GCP
5 3 (0.73%) Serverless
6 2 (0.49%) GitHub
6 2 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.24%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.82%) Wireless
2 29 (7.09%) Bluetooth
3 24 (5.87%) Firewall
4 21 (5.13%) Modbus
5 16 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (3.18%) RS-232
6 13 (3.18%) WAN
7 12 (2.93%) Ethernet
7 12 (2.93%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.93%) VLAN
8 11 (2.69%) RS-485
8 11 (2.69%) VPN
8 11 (2.69%) ZigBee
9 10 (2.44%) Profibus
10 9 (2.20%) LTE
11 7 (1.71%) SAN
11 7 (1.71%) Software-Defined Radio
12 6 (1.47%) LAN
12 6 (1.47%) RFID
13 5 (1.22%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (5.13%) Git
2 14 (3.42%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (1.96%) JIRA
4 6 (1.47%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.22%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.22%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.22%) Subversion
6 4 (0.98%) GitLab
7 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.49%) GDB
8 2 (0.49%) MLflow
8 2 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.49%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.24%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.24%) Polyspace
9 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.24%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 132 (32.27%) Electronics
2 51 (12.47%) Social Skills
3 45 (11.00%) Manufacturing
4 32 (7.82%) Automotive
5 20 (4.89%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.69%) Military
7 10 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.96%) Finance
9 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.47%) Retail
10 5 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.22%) Marketing
10 5 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.73%) Games
11 3 (0.73%) Law
11 3 (0.73%) Wearables
12 2 (0.49%) Advertising
12 2 (0.49%) Aviation
12 2 (0.49%) Avionics
12 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (36.19%) Software Engineer
2 138 (33.74%) Embedded Engineer
3 99 (24.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 78 (19.07%) Senior
5 51 (12.47%) Firmware Engineer
6 44 (10.76%) Senior Software Engineer
7 40 (9.78%) Lead
8 39 (9.54%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 34 (8.31%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 26 (6.36%) Electronics Engineer
10 26 (6.36%) FPGA Engineer
11 25 (6.11%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 24 (5.87%) Systems Engineer
13 21 (5.13%) Design Engineer
13 21 (5.13%) Technical Leader
14 18 (4.40%) Senior Firmware Engineer
15 16 (3.91%) Test Engineer
16 14 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 13 (3.18%) Hardware Engineer
18 12 (2.93%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.93%) .NET
2 5 (1.22%) WPF
2 5 (1.22%) Yocto
3 4 (0.98%) Node.js
3 4 (0.98%) React
3 4 (0.98%) WebSockets
4 3 (0.73%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.73%) Avalonia
4 3 (0.73%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.49%) LangChain
5 2 (0.49%) React Native
5 2 (0.49%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.24%) Flash
6 1 (0.24%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.24%) Micronaut
6 1 (0.24%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.24%) pytest
6 1 (0.24%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.24%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 90 (22.00%) Embedded Systems
2 48 (11.74%) FPGA
3 45 (11.00%) Algorithms
4 44 (10.76%) IoT
5 26 (6.36%) VHDL
6 24 (5.87%) Analogue Electronics
7 21 (5.13%) PCIe
8 18 (4.40%) Driving Licence
9 16 (3.91%) Data Centre
10 15 (3.67%) ARM Cortex
10 15 (3.67%) Enterprise Storage
11 14 (3.42%) Raspberry Pi
12 12 (2.93%) Verilog
13 11 (2.69%) iSeries
13 11 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (2.69%) NVMe
13 11 (2.69%) Replication
14 8 (1.96%) Management Information System
15 6 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (1.22%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.80%) Linux
2 34 (8.31%) FreeRTOS
3 19 (4.65%) Windows
4 16 (3.91%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.98%) Android
6 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.49%) ThreadX
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
7 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.24%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (41.81%) Software Engineering
2 52 (12.71%) Validation
3 43 (10.51%) Signal Processing
4 41 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (7.09%) Collaborative Culture
6 29 (7.09%) Test Automation
7 28 (6.85%) Software Testing
8 26 (6.36%) Mentoring
9 25 (6.11%) Digital Signal Processing
10 24 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (5.87%) Roadmaps
11 23 (5.62%) Computer Science
11 23 (5.62%) Technical Leadership
12 22 (5.38%) AI
12 22 (5.38%) Embedded Software Development
13 21 (5.13%) DevOps
14 19 (4.65%) Schematic Capture
15 18 (4.40%) Project Delivery
15 18 (4.40%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 140 (34.23%) C
2 98 (23.96%) C++
3 59 (14.43%) Python
4 48 (11.74%) Embedded C
5 24 (5.87%) C#
6 19 (4.65%) MATLAB
7 14 (3.42%) Assembly Language
8 12 (2.93%) Embedded C++
9 9 (2.20%) Rust
10 6 (1.47%) Java
11 3 (0.73%) PHP
11 3 (0.73%) SQL
12 2 (0.49%) Bash
12 2 (0.49%) Go
12 2 (0.49%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (15.89%) Degree
2 50 (12.22%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.62%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.71%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.47%) HND
7 5 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.98%) CCNA
8 4 (0.98%) HNC
8 4 (0.98%) PhD
9 3 (0.73%) CCNP
10 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.24%) CCA
11 1 (0.24%) ISEB
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.16%) QA
2 8 (1.96%) MISRA
3 7 (1.71%) IEC 61508
3 7 (1.71%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.47%) SLA
5 5 (1.22%) MISRA C
6 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.98%) JTAG
7 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.49%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.49%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.24%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.24%) DO-254
9 1 (0.24%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.24%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 142 (34.72%) Embedded Firmware
2 18 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.42%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.71%) Docker
5 4 (0.98%) QEMU
6 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.98%) Puppet
2 4 (0.98%) Terraform
3 3 (0.73%) Ansible
3 3 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.49%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.24%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (6.60%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.38%) EMC
3 18 (4.40%) Cisco
3 18 (4.40%) VMware
4 14 (3.42%) Altera
5 13 (3.18%) Xilinx
6 12 (2.93%) HP
7 11 (2.69%) Commvault
7 11 (2.69%) IBM
7 11 (2.69%) Veeam
8 9 (2.20%) Fortinet
9 8 (1.96%) Dell
10 6 (1.47%) Freshdesk
11 5 (1.22%) Google
12 4 (0.98%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.98%) SAP
13 3 (0.73%) Atmel
13 3 (0.73%) Meraki
14 2 (0.49%) NVIDIA
14 2 (0.49%) Palo Alto