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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 312 566
Rank change year-on-year -166 +254 -2
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 187 720 448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.90% 0.45%
As % of the System Software category 3.94% 6.65% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 126 542 293
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £84,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +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 4,750 10,821 15,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.77% 13.48% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,657 8,998 10,334
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -3.51%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 West +64 43 £72,500 +31.82% 81
South East -75 37 £60,000 +20.00% 142
Midlands -11 33 £51,876 -5.68% 31
East of England -19 28 £55,000 - 139
London +43 24 £62,500 +19.05% 115
North of England +6 20 £57,500 +9.52% 52
West Midlands -14 20 £53,594 -12.86% 12
East Midlands +20 13 £47,500 -5.00% 17
North West -5 9 £50,250 -6.51% 28
North East +38 6 £61,000 +10.91% 7
Yorkshire +35 5 £75,000 +76.47% 18
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 3 (1.60%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.07%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.07%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.53%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.63%) Azure
2 10 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.74%) AWS
4 5 (2.67%) GitHub
5 3 (1.60%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.60%) IaaS
5 3 (1.60%) PaaS
5 3 (1.60%) SaaS
6 2 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.90%) Wireless
2 25 (13.37%) Firewall
3 19 (10.16%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (9.63%) Bluetooth
5 17 (9.09%) WAN
6 15 (8.02%) VPN
7 12 (6.42%) SD-WAN
8 11 (5.88%) LAN
8 11 (5.88%) ZigBee
9 10 (5.35%) DNS
9 10 (5.35%) Network Security
9 10 (5.35%) RS-232
10 9 (4.81%) TCP/IP
11 8 (4.28%) DHCP
11 8 (4.28%) VLAN
12 7 (3.74%) Internet
12 7 (3.74%) Modbus
12 7 (3.74%) Profibus
12 7 (3.74%) RS-485
13 5 (2.67%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.07%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (5.35%) JIRA
2 5 (2.67%) Eclipse
2 5 (2.67%) Git
3 2 (1.07%) Subversion
4 1 (0.53%) Appium
4 1 (0.53%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.53%) TestRail
General
1 78 (41.71%) Electronics
2 57 (30.48%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.02%) Manufacturing
5 13 (6.95%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (6.42%) Automotive
6 12 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.88%) Finance
8 10 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.14%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.14%) Police
10 4 (2.14%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.14%) Wearables
11 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.07%) Banking
12 2 (1.07%) Marketing
13 1 (0.53%) Aviation
13 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 84 (44.92%) Senior
2 40 (21.39%) Embedded Engineer
3 35 (18.72%) Electronics Engineer
4 31 (16.58%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 27 (14.44%) Design Engineer
6 25 (13.37%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 25 (13.37%) Software Engineer
7 24 (12.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 23 (12.30%) Network Engineer
8 23 (12.30%) Senior Design Engineer
8 23 (12.30%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 21 (11.23%) Hardware Engineer
10 20 (10.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 18 (9.63%) Lead
12 17 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (8.02%) Firmware Engineer
14 14 (7.49%) FPGA Engineer
14 14 (7.49%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 10 (5.35%) IT Support
15 10 (5.35%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.88%) .NET
2 4 (2.14%) REST
3 3 (1.60%) OpenCL
3 3 (1.60%) SAML
4 2 (1.07%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.07%) GraphQL
4 2 (1.07%) Middleware
5 1 (0.53%) Bazel
5 1 (0.53%) HTML
5 1 (0.53%) JSON
5 1 (0.53%) Laravel
5 1 (0.53%) RESTful
5 1 (0.53%) Sphinx
5 1 (0.53%) Vue
5 1 (0.53%) WSH
5 1 (0.53%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.11%) VHDL
2 31 (16.58%) FPGA
3 30 (16.04%) Embedded Systems
4 23 (12.30%) Optoelectronics
5 14 (7.49%) Analogue Electronics
5 14 (7.49%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.35%) Life Science
6 10 (5.35%) MicroBlaze
7 9 (4.81%) GNSS
7 9 (4.81%) Satnav
8 6 (3.21%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (3.21%) Device Driver
9 5 (2.67%) IoT
9 5 (2.67%) Verilog
10 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.60%) CUDA
11 3 (1.60%) iPad
11 3 (1.60%) iPhone
11 3 (1.60%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 43 (22.99%) Windows
2 41 (21.93%) Linux
3 14 (7.49%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.28%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (2.67%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.07%) Android
6 2 (1.07%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.53%) CentOS
7 1 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.53%) Rocky
7 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.53%) Unix
7 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (21.93%) Schematic Capture
2 39 (20.86%) Software Engineering
3 37 (19.79%) Prototyping
4 32 (17.11%) Requirements Analysis
5 30 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (12.30%) Stress Analysis
7 19 (10.16%) Mentoring
8 18 (9.63%) Agile
9 16 (8.56%) Change Management
9 16 (8.56%) Scrum
10 15 (8.02%) FPGA Design
10 15 (8.02%) ITIL
10 15 (8.02%) Validation
11 13 (6.95%) Computer Science
11 13 (6.95%) Signal Processing
12 11 (5.88%) CAD
12 11 (5.88%) Defect Tracking
12 11 (5.88%) Project Management
12 11 (5.88%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.88%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 80 (42.78%) C
2 56 (29.95%) C++
3 23 (12.30%) Python
4 17 (9.09%) C#
5 10 (5.35%) MATLAB
5 10 (5.35%) VB
6 9 (4.81%) Java
6 9 (4.81%) Perl
6 9 (4.81%) Tcl
7 8 (4.28%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.74%) Embedded C
8 7 (3.74%) SQL
9 6 (3.21%) Ada
9 6 (3.21%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.60%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.60%) Bash
11 1 (0.53%) R
11 1 (0.53%) Rust
11 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (29.95%) Degree
2 13 (6.95%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (5.88%) CCNA
3 11 (5.88%) CCNP
4 5 (2.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) MCSA
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.07%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.07%) HND
6 2 (1.07%) MCP
6 2 (1.07%) PhD
6 2 (1.07%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.53%) HNC
7 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.53%) MCITP
7 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.53%) PMP
7 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.28%) QA
2 6 (3.21%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.67%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (1.60%) SLA
5 2 (1.07%) MISRA
5 2 (1.07%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 68 (36.36%) Embedded Firmware
2 14 (7.49%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.60%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.60%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.07%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.07%) vSphere
6 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (4.81%) WSUS
2 6 (3.21%) SCCM
3 5 (2.67%) Dell DRAC
4 4 (2.14%) Ansible
5 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.60%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.07%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.07%) vRealize
6 2 (1.07%) VxRail
7 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.30%) Cisco
3 17 (9.09%) EMC
4 11 (5.88%) Meraki
4 11 (5.88%) Xilinx
5 10 (5.35%) Dell
6 9 (4.81%) Altera
6 9 (4.81%) Fortinet
6 9 (4.81%) Green Hills
6 9 (4.81%) VMware
7 8 (4.28%) HP
7 8 (4.28%) SolarWinds
8 6 (3.21%) CheckPoint
8 6 (3.21%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.67%) Apple
9 5 (2.67%) Cadence
10 4 (2.14%) Aruba
10 4 (2.14%) Veeam
11 3 (1.60%) Infoblox
11 3 (1.60%) Minitab