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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 366 324
Rank change year-on-year +53 -42 +83
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 594 296 520
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 0.68% 0.79%
As % of the System Software category 10.84% 5.68% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 462 201 300
10th Percentile £39,100 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,813 £43,500 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%

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 5,478 5,210 7,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.27% 12.03% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,977 3,112 4,162
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 7 October 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 7 October 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 +10 192 £65,000 +18.18% 181
Midlands +29 120 £56,750 +19.47% 96
North of England +10 101 £57,500 +25.00% 99
East of England +27 94 £67,500 -0.74% 216
East Midlands +18 65 £54,000 +13.68% 50
South West -27 65 £60,000 +14.29% 86
West Midlands -25 53 £65,000 +48.57% 46
North West +16 49 £57,500 +23.66% 51
North East -39 33 £65,000 +15.04% 20
London -103 20 £40,000 -33.33% 170
Yorkshire -30 19 £50,000 +8.70% 28
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 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (3.87%) Simulink
2 11 (1.85%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.34%) MicroStation
4 2 (0.34%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.34%) Revit
4 2 (0.34%) Weka
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 51 (8.59%) Azure
2 23 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (3.54%) AWS
4 12 (2.02%) Entra ID
5 5 (0.84%) SaaS
6 4 (0.67%) Azure Stack
6 4 (0.67%) GCP
6 4 (0.67%) GitHub
6 4 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (0.67%) Nutanix
7 3 (0.51%) AWS IoT
7 3 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.51%) Cohesity
8 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.17%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 47 (7.91%) Wireless
2 30 (5.05%) Firewall
3 28 (4.71%) Bluetooth
3 28 (4.71%) VLAN
4 26 (4.38%) WAN
5 24 (4.04%) VPN
6 23 (3.87%) Modbus
6 23 (3.87%) TCP/IP
7 21 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (2.86%) LTE
9 16 (2.69%) LAN
9 16 (2.69%) SAN
10 15 (2.53%) DNS
11 14 (2.36%) RS-232
12 13 (2.19%) RS-485
13 12 (2.02%) SD-WAN
14 11 (1.85%) DHCP
14 11 (1.85%) Network Security
15 10 (1.68%) ZigBee
16 9 (1.52%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (3.20%) Git
2 15 (2.53%) Rational DOORS
3 14 (2.36%) JIRA
4 13 (2.19%) LabVIEW
5 10 (1.68%) Eclipse
6 7 (1.18%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.01%) GitLab
8 3 (0.51%) Postman
8 3 (0.51%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.34%) GDB
9 2 (0.34%) MLflow
9 2 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.34%) Subversion
10 1 (0.17%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.17%) Polyspace
10 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.17%) VectorCAST
10 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 211 (35.52%) Electronics
2 115 (19.36%) Social Skills
3 82 (13.80%) Manufacturing
4 45 (7.58%) Automotive
5 43 (7.24%) Aerospace
6 39 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (6.40%) Finance
8 22 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.86%) Legal
10 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.18%) Military
12 6 (1.01%) Advertising
12 6 (1.01%) Music Industry
12 6 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.84%) Law
14 3 (0.51%) Retail
14 3 (0.51%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.34%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 151 (25.42%) Software Engineer
2 135 (22.73%) Embedded Engineer
3 108 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 102 (17.17%) Senior
5 92 (15.49%) Electronics Engineer
6 74 (12.46%) Lead
7 61 (10.27%) Design Engineer
8 53 (8.92%) Firmware Engineer
9 45 (7.58%) Senior Software Engineer
10 42 (7.07%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 41 (6.90%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 40 (6.73%) FPGA Engineer
13 35 (5.89%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 27 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
15 22 (3.70%) Senior Electronics Engineer
15 22 (3.70%) Technical Leader
16 21 (3.54%) Test Engineer
17 18 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 17 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
18 17 (2.86%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.18%) Terraform
2 6 (1.01%) .NET
3 5 (0.84%) Yocto
4 4 (0.67%) REST
5 3 (0.51%) Node.js
5 3 (0.51%) React
6 2 (0.34%) LangChain
6 2 (0.34%) React Native
6 2 (0.34%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.34%) WPF
7 1 (0.17%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.17%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.17%) JWT
7 1 (0.17%) Micronaut
7 1 (0.17%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.17%) QML
7 1 (0.17%) Qt
7 1 (0.17%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.17%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.17%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 103 (17.34%) Embedded Systems
2 65 (10.94%) Analogue Electronics
2 65 (10.94%) FPGA
3 41 (6.90%) Algorithms
4 36 (6.06%) IoT
4 36 (6.06%) VHDL
5 27 (4.55%) Driving Licence
6 22 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.37%) Raspberry Pi
8 17 (2.86%) Enterprise Storage
8 17 (2.86%) PCIe
9 15 (2.53%) Verilog
10 13 (2.19%) ARM Cortex
10 13 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (2.19%) Robotics
11 11 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.68%) NVMe
12 10 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.52%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.25%) Windows
2 42 (7.07%) Linux
3 28 (4.71%) FreeRTOS
4 21 (3.54%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.69%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (1.18%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.34%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.17%) SUSE
9 1 (0.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (31.82%) Software Engineering
2 94 (15.82%) Validation
3 74 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (10.10%) Mentoring
6 50 (8.42%) Signal Processing
6 50 (8.42%) Test Automation
7 46 (7.74%) Schematic Capture
8 43 (7.24%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (6.73%) Root Cause Analysis
9 40 (6.73%) Technical Leadership
10 38 (6.40%) Software Testing
11 35 (5.89%) Disaster Recovery
12 34 (5.72%) Customer Service
13 33 (5.56%) Digital Signal Processing
14 29 (4.88%) Agile
14 29 (4.88%) FPGA Design
14 29 (4.88%) Prototyping
15 28 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
15 28 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 182 (30.64%) C
2 118 (19.87%) C++
3 63 (10.61%) Python
4 59 (9.93%) Embedded C
5 30 (5.05%) MATLAB
6 15 (2.53%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.36%) Java
7 14 (2.36%) Rust
8 13 (2.19%) Assembly Language
9 12 (2.02%) C#
10 10 (1.68%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.51%) Bash
11 3 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.51%) SQL
12 2 (0.34%) Ada
12 2 (0.34%) Go
12 2 (0.34%) Perl
13 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.17%) Tcl
13 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 121 (20.37%) Degree
2 76 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 47 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.90%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.53%) HND
7 14 (2.36%) HNC
8 12 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.68%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.35%) CCNP
12 6 (1.01%) CCNA
13 4 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.51%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
15 2 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (0.34%) PhD
15 2 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 1 (0.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.20%) QA
2 17 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.52%) MISRA
5 8 (1.35%) GDPR
6 6 (1.01%) SLA
7 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.67%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.51%) DO-254
9 3 (0.51%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.51%) JTAG
10 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.17%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 187 (31.48%) Embedded Firmware
2 36 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 28 (4.71%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.35%) vSphere
6 5 (0.84%) QEMU
6 5 (0.84%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.51%) Docker
8 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (1.52%) Ansible
2 6 (1.01%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.84%) VxRail
4 4 (0.67%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.34%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.34%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.17%) Grafana
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (8.08%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.73%) EMC
3 39 (6.57%) VMware
4 33 (5.56%) Cisco
5 19 (3.20%) Xilinx
6 18 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.19%) Veeam
8 11 (1.85%) Dell
9 10 (1.68%) Altera
9 10 (1.68%) HP
10 8 (1.35%) Commvault
10 8 (1.35%) IBM
10 8 (1.35%) Meraki
11 6 (1.01%) Freshdesk
12 5 (0.84%) Motorola
12 5 (0.84%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.67%) Avaya
13 4 (0.67%) Infoblox
13 4 (0.67%) NetApp
13 4 (0.67%) SolarWinds