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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 365 297
Rank change year-on-year -25 -68 +263
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 224 339 532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 5.94% 5.50% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 179 141 364
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £31,475
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,750 £61,313
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 3,772 6,160 8,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.96% 12.92% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,740 3,686 7,264
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,000 £71,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% +9.52% -4.55%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +40 58 £55,000 -1.79% 33
South East -26 54 £55,000 - 96
London +80 49 £60,000 +4.35% 26
Yorkshire +9 30 £55,000 -12.00% 17
Midlands -10 26 £50,000 -21.26% 39
North West +31 20 £46,500 -11.43% 11
West Midlands +16 19 £52,500 -16.67% 16
East of England -7 18 £71,250 +39.71% 45
South West -46 18 £55,000 -21.43% 40
North East 0 8 £56,500 -0.44% 5
East Midlands -32 7 £25,750 -67.81% 22
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 6 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.89%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 35 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (12.05%) Azure
3 21 (9.38%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.79%) AWS
5 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.34%) GCP
7 1 (0.45%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub
7 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.45%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (16.07%) Firewall
2 18 (8.04%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (7.59%) DNS
4 15 (6.70%) Cisco IOS
4 15 (6.70%) WAN
5 14 (6.25%) NX-OS
5 14 (6.25%) Wireless
6 13 (5.80%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (4.91%) DHCP
8 10 (4.46%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (4.46%) Junos
8 10 (4.46%) LAN
8 10 (4.46%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.46%) VLAN
8 10 (4.46%) VPN
9 7 (3.13%) Internet
9 7 (3.13%) Software-Defined Radio
10 6 (2.68%) Modbus
10 6 (2.68%) Network Security
10 6 (2.68%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.89%) Big Data
2 2 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.45%) MySQL
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.91%) Visual Studio
2 8 (3.57%) Git
3 4 (1.79%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.79%) GitLab
3 4 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.89%) JIRA
4 2 (0.89%) Subversion
5 1 (0.45%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.45%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (24.11%) Electronics
2 51 (22.77%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.61%) Finance
4 20 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.70%) Automotive
6 13 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.36%) Law
8 6 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.68%) Legal
8 6 (2.68%) Military
9 5 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.79%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.79%) Banking
11 3 (1.34%) Advertising
12 2 (0.89%) Avionics
13 1 (0.45%) Back Office
13 1 (0.45%) Billing
13 1 (0.45%) Games
13 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 73 (32.59%) Embedded Engineer
2 49 (21.88%) Software Engineer
3 37 (16.52%) Firmware Engineer
4 32 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 31 (13.84%) Network Engineer
6 27 (12.05%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 20 (8.93%) Electronics Engineer
8 19 (8.48%) Senior
9 17 (7.59%) Design Engineer
10 14 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.36%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (5.36%) IT Support
12 11 (4.91%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 11 (4.91%) IT Engineer
12 11 (4.91%) Lead
13 10 (4.46%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.46%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.46%) Support Engineer
13 10 (4.46%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.02%) Flash
2 3 (1.34%) .NET
3 2 (0.89%) Next.js
3 2 (0.89%) Node.js
3 2 (0.89%) React
3 2 (0.89%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.45%) Django
4 1 (0.45%) Middleware
4 1 (0.45%) React Native
4 1 (0.45%) REST
4 1 (0.45%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.07%) Embedded Systems
2 31 (13.84%) IoT
3 11 (4.91%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.46%) PKI
5 9 (4.02%) Analogue Electronics
5 9 (4.02%) RISC-V
6 8 (3.57%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.13%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.13%) e-Learning
7 7 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.13%) MicroBlaze
8 6 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.68%) FPGA
8 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.68%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.23%) CMDB
9 5 (2.23%) SCADA
9 5 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.79%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 42 (18.75%) Windows
2 29 (12.95%) Linux
3 16 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.91%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (3.13%) Android
6 5 (2.23%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (28.13%) Software Engineering
2 33 (14.73%) Mentoring
3 27 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (8.48%) Agile
5 18 (8.04%) Change Management
5 18 (8.04%) ITSM
5 18 (8.04%) Vulnerability Management
6 17 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (7.59%) Task Automation
7 16 (7.14%) Service Management
7 16 (7.14%) Validation
8 15 (6.70%) AI
8 15 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (6.70%) ITIL
8 15 (6.70%) Kalman Filter
8 15 (6.70%) Signal Processing
9 14 (6.25%) Change Control
9 14 (6.25%) Digital Signal Processing
10 13 (5.80%) Embedded Software Development
10 13 (5.80%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.70%) C
2 54 (24.11%) C++
3 35 (15.63%) Embedded C
4 26 (11.61%) Python
5 23 (10.27%) PowerShell
6 16 (7.14%) Embedded C++
7 15 (6.70%) C#
8 7 (3.13%) SQL
9 4 (1.79%) Bash
9 4 (1.79%) Java
10 2 (0.89%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) Groovy
11 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 35 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.29%) Degree
3 25 (11.16%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.80%) CCNP
4 13 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.23%) CCIE
7 5 (2.23%) CCNA
7 5 (2.23%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.23%) JNCIA
7 5 (2.23%) JNCIP
7 5 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.23%) NVQ Level 3
8 4 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.89%) HNC
9 2 (0.89%) PhD
10 1 (0.45%) HND
10 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.68%) MISRA
3 5 (2.23%) GRC
3 5 (2.23%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.23%) SLA
4 4 (1.79%) GDPR
5 3 (1.34%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.34%) JTAG
6 2 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.89%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.89%) NIST
7 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.45%) GxP
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 77 (34.38%) Embedded Firmware
2 29 (12.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.46%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.34%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.89%) Docker
8 1 (0.45%) NFS
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (10.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.70%) SCCM
3 11 (4.91%) vCenter Server
4 10 (4.46%) Ansible
4 10 (4.46%) Terraform
5 4 (1.79%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.34%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.34%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.45%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (24.55%) Cisco
2 29 (12.95%) Microsoft
3 27 (12.05%) Juniper
4 19 (8.48%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.59%) SolarWinds
6 16 (7.14%) EMC
6 16 (7.14%) VMware
7 10 (4.46%) Broadcom
7 10 (4.46%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.13%) Apple
9 5 (2.23%) Dell
10 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.79%) HP
11 3 (1.34%) Adobe
11 3 (1.34%) Altera
11 3 (1.34%) ConnectWise
11 3 (1.34%) Draytek
11 3 (1.34%) Google
11 3 (1.34%) Meraki
11 3 (1.34%) MobileIron