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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 361 296
Rank change year-on-year -32 -65 +274
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 228 343 505
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.71% 0.96%
As % of the System Software category 6.06% 5.55% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 179 144 340
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,563 £61,313
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £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 3,763 6,179 8,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.01% 12.87% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,740 3,707 6,799
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,406 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +5.90% -1.28%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% -1.82%

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 17 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 17 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 +38 58 £55,000 -1.79% 36
South East -18 55 £55,000 - 97
London +83 51 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Yorkshire +10 30 £55,000 -12.00% 19
Midlands -15 26 £50,000 -21.26% 34
North West +28 20 £46,500 -11.43% 11
West Midlands +25 20 £52,500 -17.32% 13
South West -49 19 £53,750 -20.37% 44
East of England -2 18 £71,250 +34.43% 43
North East -2 8 £56,500 -0.44% 6
East Midlands -36 6 £25,750 -63.21% 20
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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.88%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 36 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (12.28%) Azure
3 22 (9.65%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.75%) AWS
5 4 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.32%) GCP
7 1 (0.44%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.44%) GitHub
7 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.44%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.79%) Firewall
2 17 (7.46%) DNS
2 17 (7.46%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (7.02%) WAN
4 15 (6.58%) Cisco IOS
4 15 (6.58%) Wireless
5 14 (6.14%) NX-OS
6 13 (5.70%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (4.82%) DHCP
7 11 (4.82%) LAN
7 11 (4.82%) Software-Defined Radio
8 10 (4.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (4.39%) Junos
8 10 (4.39%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.39%) VLAN
8 10 (4.39%) VPN
9 7 (3.07%) Internet
10 6 (2.63%) Network Security
10 6 (2.63%) RS-232
11 5 (2.19%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.88%) Big Data
2 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.82%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.07%) Git
3 4 (1.75%) GitLab
3 4 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.32%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.88%) JIRA
6 1 (0.44%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) Subversion
6 1 (0.44%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (23.68%) Electronics
2 50 (21.93%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.28%) Finance
4 21 (9.21%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.58%) Automotive
6 13 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.26%) Law
8 7 (3.07%) Legal
9 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.19%) Military
10 5 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.75%) Banking
12 3 (1.32%) Advertising
12 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.88%) Avionics
14 1 (0.44%) Back Office
14 1 (0.44%) Billing
14 1 (0.44%) Games
14 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (32.46%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (21.05%) Software Engineer
3 37 (16.23%) Firmware Engineer
4 33 (14.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 31 (13.60%) Network Engineer
6 27 (11.84%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 21 (9.21%) Electronics Engineer
8 19 (8.33%) Senior
9 17 (7.46%) Design Engineer
10 14 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.70%) IT Support
12 12 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
13 11 (4.82%) Electronics Design Engineer
13 11 (4.82%) IT Engineer
13 11 (4.82%) Lead
14 10 (4.39%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
14 10 (4.39%) IT Support Engineer
14 10 (4.39%) Support Engineer
14 10 (4.39%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.95%) Flash
2 2 (0.88%) .NET
2 2 (0.88%) Next.js
2 2 (0.88%) Node.js
2 2 (0.88%) React
2 2 (0.88%) WebSockets
3 1 (0.44%) Django
3 1 (0.44%) Middleware
3 1 (0.44%) React Native
3 1 (0.44%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 31 (13.60%) IoT
3 11 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.82%) RISC-V
4 10 (4.39%) Analogue Electronics
4 10 (4.39%) PKI
5 9 (3.95%) e-Learning
5 9 (3.95%) MicroBlaze
6 8 (3.51%) FPGA
7 7 (3.07%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.07%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.07%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.63%) SCADA
9 5 (2.19%) CMDB
9 5 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.75%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 43 (18.86%) Windows
2 31 (13.60%) Linux
3 16 (7.02%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.70%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (3.07%) Android
6 5 (2.19%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (27.19%) Software Engineering
2 33 (14.47%) Mentoring
3 27 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (9.21%) Agile
5 19 (8.33%) Signal Processing
6 18 (7.89%) Digital Signal Processing
6 18 (7.89%) ITSM
6 18 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
7 17 (7.46%) Change Management
7 17 (7.46%) Task Automation
8 16 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (7.02%) Service Management
8 16 (7.02%) Validation
9 15 (6.58%) AI
9 15 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (6.58%) Innovative Thinking
9 15 (6.58%) ITIL
9 15 (6.58%) Kalman Filter
10 14 (6.14%) Change Control
11 13 (5.70%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 72 (31.58%) C
2 55 (24.12%) C++
3 35 (15.35%) Embedded C
4 26 (11.40%) Python
5 23 (10.09%) PowerShell
6 16 (7.02%) Embedded C++
7 14 (6.14%) C#
8 7 (3.07%) SQL
9 4 (1.75%) Bash
9 4 (1.75%) Java
10 3 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.88%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.44%) Groovy
12 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.04%) Degree
3 28 (12.28%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.70%) CCNP
4 13 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (5.70%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.63%) NVQ Level 3
8 5 (2.19%) CCIE
8 5 (2.19%) CCNA
8 5 (2.19%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.19%) JNCIA
8 5 (2.19%) JNCIP
8 5 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.88%) HNC
10 2 (0.88%) PhD
11 1 (0.44%) HND
11 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.63%) MISRA
3 5 (2.19%) GRC
3 5 (2.19%) SLA
4 4 (1.75%) GDPR
5 3 (1.32%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.32%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.32%) JTAG
6 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.88%) NIST
7 1 (0.44%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.44%) GxP
7 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 81 (35.53%) Embedded Firmware
2 29 (12.72%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.39%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.19%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.75%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.88%) Docker
8 1 (0.44%) NFS
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (10.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.02%) SCCM
3 11 (4.82%) vCenter Server
4 10 (4.39%) Ansible
4 10 (4.39%) Terraform
5 4 (1.75%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.32%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.44%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (24.12%) Cisco
2 30 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.84%) Juniper
4 19 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.46%) EMC
5 17 (7.46%) SolarWinds
6 16 (7.02%) VMware
7 10 (4.39%) Broadcom
7 10 (4.39%) Palo Alto
8 8 (3.51%) Apple
9 5 (2.19%) Dell
9 5 (2.19%) HP
10 4 (1.75%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.75%) MobileIron
11 3 (1.32%) Adobe
11 3 (1.32%) Altera
11 3 (1.32%) ConnectWise
11 3 (1.32%) Google
11 3 (1.32%) Meraki
11 3 (1.32%) Zscaler