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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 349 354
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +246
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 262 388 327
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.76% 0.76%
As % of the System Software category 6.64% 5.94% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 203 191 255
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £31,175
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £60,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £69,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

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 3,946 6,528 7,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.63% 12.80% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,939 4,010 6,397
10th Percentile £27,475 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,251 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -

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 19 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 19 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 -12 71 £55,000 +0.92% 77
North of England +47 59 £55,000 - 36
London +94 57 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Midlands -24 35 £52,500 -16.00% 21
Yorkshire +5 28 £50,000 +23.38% 11
West Midlands +28 26 £52,500 -19.23% 10
North West +38 23 £46,500 -9.71% 20
South West -39 21 £51,250 -21.15% 35
East of England +5 18 £71,250 +39.71% 45
East Midlands -45 9 £25,750 -57.08% 10
North East +1 8 £56,500 +0.89% 5
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 7 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.50%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (14.12%) Azure
3 24 (9.16%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.58%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (3.05%) AWS
6 4 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.15%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.38%) AWS IoT
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub
8 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.38%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.38%) SaaS
8 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (15.27%) Firewall
2 24 (9.16%) Software-Defined Radio
3 20 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (7.63%) Wireless
4 19 (7.25%) DNS
5 18 (6.87%) WAN
6 14 (5.34%) DHCP
6 14 (5.34%) TCP/IP
7 13 (4.96%) Cisco IOS
7 13 (4.96%) LAN
7 13 (4.96%) NX-OS
7 13 (4.96%) VLAN
8 12 (4.58%) Cisco ISE
9 11 (4.20%) Internet
10 10 (3.82%) VPN
11 9 (3.44%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (3.44%) Junos
11 9 (3.44%) RS-485
12 8 (3.05%) Modbus
13 6 (2.29%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.76%) Big Data
2 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.38%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.38%) MySQL
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.20%) Visual Studio
2 7 (2.67%) Git
3 5 (1.91%) GitLab
4 3 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.76%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.76%) JIRA
5 2 (0.76%) Postman
6 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.38%) Selenium
6 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 65 (24.81%) Electronics
2 61 (23.28%) Social Skills
3 40 (15.27%) Finance
4 33 (12.60%) Manufacturing
5 17 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.11%) Law
7 14 (5.34%) Automotive
8 12 (4.58%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.44%) Legal
10 6 (2.29%) Banking
10 6 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.29%) Military
11 5 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.53%) Marketing
12 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.15%) Advertising
14 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.76%) Avionics
14 2 (0.76%) Back Office
14 2 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (28.24%) Embedded Engineer
2 45 (17.18%) Software Engineer
3 35 (13.36%) Firmware Engineer
4 33 (12.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 32 (12.21%) Network Engineer
6 29 (11.07%) Electronics Engineer
7 24 (9.16%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 23 (8.78%) Senior
9 21 (8.02%) Design Engineer
10 16 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.73%) IT Support
12 12 (4.58%) C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) IT Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (4.20%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 11 (4.20%) Lead
14 10 (3.82%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (3.82%) Support Engineer
14 10 (3.82%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.44%) Flash
2 5 (1.91%) Node.js
3 3 (1.15%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.76%) Next.js
4 2 (0.76%) React
4 2 (0.76%) WebSockets
4 2 (0.76%) XML
5 1 (0.38%) .NET
5 1 (0.38%) Django
5 1 (0.38%) LAMP
5 1 (0.38%) Middleware
5 1 (0.38%) React Native
5 1 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.70%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (7.25%) IoT
3 17 (6.49%) Analogue Electronics
3 17 (6.49%) RISC-V
4 16 (6.11%) FPGA
5 15 (5.73%) e-Learning
5 15 (5.73%) MicroBlaze
6 10 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.44%) PKI
7 9 (3.44%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.05%) SCADA
9 7 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.91%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.53%) CAN bus
12 4 (1.53%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.32%) Windows
2 45 (17.18%) Linux
3 23 (8.78%) Embedded Linux
4 15 (5.73%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.91%) Android
5 5 (1.91%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (23.28%) Software Engineering
2 36 (13.74%) Mentoring
2 36 (13.74%) Signal Processing
3 33 (12.60%) Agile
3 33 (12.60%) Digital Signal Processing
3 33 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (10.69%) Innovative Thinking
5 19 (7.25%) Validation
6 18 (6.87%) Change Management
6 18 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (6.87%) ITIL
6 18 (6.87%) Physics
7 17 (6.49%) ITSM
7 17 (6.49%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (6.11%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (6.11%) Embedded Software Development
8 16 (6.11%) Service Management
9 15 (5.73%) Task Automation
10 14 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (4.96%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 86 (32.82%) C
2 66 (25.19%) C++
3 42 (16.03%) Embedded C
4 27 (10.31%) Python
5 21 (8.02%) PowerShell
6 19 (7.25%) Embedded C++
7 11 (4.20%) C#
8 9 (3.44%) MATLAB
8 9 (3.44%) SQL
9 4 (1.53%) Bash
10 3 (1.15%) Java
11 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 41 (15.65%) Degree
4 16 (6.11%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.34%) CCNP
6 12 (4.58%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.05%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.05%) NVQ Level 3
8 6 (2.29%) CCNA
8 6 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.91%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.91%) HND
10 4 (1.53%) CCIE
10 4 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.53%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.53%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.15%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.29%) MISRA
3 4 (1.53%) GDPR
3 4 (1.53%) GRC
3 4 (1.53%) IEC 61508
3 4 (1.53%) SLA
4 3 (1.15%) QA
5 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.76%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.76%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.76%) JTAG
5 2 (0.76%) NIST
6 1 (0.38%) GxP
6 1 (0.38%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 94 (35.88%) Embedded Firmware
2 29 (11.07%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.44%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.67%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.15%) Docker
7 1 (0.38%) NFS
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (8.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (6.87%) SCCM
3 11 (4.20%) vCenter Server
4 10 (3.82%) Terraform
5 9 (3.44%) Ansible
6 6 (2.29%) Functional Safety
7 4 (1.53%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.38%) Podman
9 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 54 (20.61%) Cisco
2 38 (14.50%) Microsoft
3 26 (9.92%) EMC
4 24 (9.16%) Juniper
5 19 (7.25%) Fortinet
6 17 (6.49%) VMware
7 16 (6.11%) SolarWinds
8 11 (4.20%) Apple
9 10 (3.82%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.44%) Broadcom
11 8 (3.05%) HP
12 7 (2.67%) MobileIron
13 5 (1.91%) Dell
14 4 (1.53%) Adobe
14 4 (1.53%) CheckPoint
14 4 (1.53%) SAP
15 3 (1.15%) McAfee
15 3 (1.15%) Meraki
15 3 (1.15%) NetApp
15 3 (1.15%) Remedy