Firmware Jobs in England

Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 530 605
Rank change year-on-year +216 +75 -57
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 786 408 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.48% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 7.31% 3.13% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 578 299 246
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,950 £31,659
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,625 £82,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
England

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,756 13,041 25,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.90% 15.39% 18.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,551 8,988 13,751
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,881 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £49,941 £55,000 £55,666
% change year-on-year -9.20% -1.20% +1.21%

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 31 May 2024.

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 31 May 2024. 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 +93 271 £50,000 +11.11% 117
Midlands +80 124 £52,500 +16.67% 53
East of England +54 115 £55,000 -15.38% 69
North of England +54 112 £52,500 +40.94% 30
South West +16 102 £60,000 - 35
West Midlands +35 67 £60,000 +15.94% 13
North West +3 66 £55,000 +4.76% 21
London +117 62 £52,500 +23.53% 32
East Midlands +28 57 £50,000 +81.82% 40
Yorkshire +73 37 £43,750 +35.87% 8
North East - 9 £55,000 - 1
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 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.02%) Confluence
4 5 (0.64%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.25%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
5 2 (0.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (3.05%) Simulink
2 17 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.15%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.51%) Windchill
6 3 (0.38%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.13%) LabWindows
1 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 34 (4.33%) Azure
2 20 (2.54%) AWS
3 17 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (1.78%) GitHub
6 9 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.02%) OneDrive
8 6 (0.76%) SaaS
9 5 (0.64%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.51%) AWS IoT
10 4 (0.51%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.38%) IaaS
12 2 (0.25%) Akamai
12 2 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.25%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.13%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.14%) Wireless
2 34 (4.33%) Ethernet
3 32 (4.07%) Firewall
4 25 (3.18%) TCP/IP
5 23 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (2.80%) Bluetooth
7 21 (2.67%) 5G
7 21 (2.67%) WAN
8 19 (2.42%) DNS
8 19 (2.42%) LAN
9 18 (2.29%) RS-232
10 17 (2.16%) Internet
10 17 (2.16%) MQTT
11 16 (2.04%) HTTP
11 16 (2.04%) OSPF
11 16 (2.04%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.53%) BGP
12 12 (1.53%) Software-Defined Radio
13 11 (1.40%) LTE
13 11 (1.40%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.15%) Power BI
2 5 (0.64%) Big Data
3 4 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.13%) MySQL
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (5.73%) JIRA
2 37 (4.71%) Git
3 22 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.80%) Rational DOORS
4 14 (1.78%) Subversion
5 13 (1.65%) LabVIEW
6 9 (1.15%) Rational Team Concert
7 6 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.64%) GitLab
8 5 (0.64%) Selenium
8 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.38%) GCC
10 3 (0.38%) GDB
10 3 (0.38%) Postman
11 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.25%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
12 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 339 (43.13%) Electronics
2 177 (22.52%) Manufacturing
3 140 (17.81%) Social Skills
4 91 (11.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (6.23%) Finance
7 46 (5.85%) Automotive
8 42 (5.34%) Marketing
9 31 (3.94%) Retail
10 29 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (3.69%) Telecoms
11 28 (3.56%) Legal
12 27 (3.44%) Public Sector
13 15 (1.91%) Aerospace
13 15 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.53%) Military
15 10 (1.27%) Law
15 10 (1.27%) Police
16 7 (0.89%) Aviation
16 7 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 205 (26.08%) Embedded Engineer
2 158 (20.10%) Software Engineer
3 135 (17.18%) Electronics Engineer
3 135 (17.18%) Senior
4 102 (12.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 97 (12.34%) Graduate
6 91 (11.58%) Firmware Engineer
7 85 (10.81%) Junior
8 83 (10.56%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 79 (10.05%) Junior Electronics Engineer
10 74 (9.41%) Development Engineer
11 71 (9.03%) Graduate Development Engineer
12 69 (8.78%) Systems Engineer
13 60 (7.63%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 56 (7.12%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 53 (6.74%) Lead
16 49 (6.23%) Hardware Engineer
17 39 (4.96%) Developer
18 36 (4.58%) Design Engineer
18 36 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.16%) Yocto
2 14 (1.78%) 802.1X
2 14 (1.78%) Qt
3 13 (1.65%) .NET
4 12 (1.53%) Middleware
5 10 (1.27%) HTML
6 8 (1.02%) CSS
7 7 (0.89%) Node.js
8 6 (0.76%) Flask
9 5 (0.64%) Flash
9 5 (0.64%) WPF
10 3 (0.38%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.38%) POSIX
10 3 (0.38%) React
11 2 (0.25%) Azure Blueprints
11 2 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.25%) React Native
11 2 (0.25%) Vulkan
11 2 (0.25%) Web Services
11 2 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (12.21%) FPGA
2 76 (9.67%) Embedded Systems
3 45 (5.73%) Data Centre
3 45 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
4 44 (5.60%) IoT
5 38 (4.83%) Driving Licence
6 37 (4.71%) Algorithms
7 34 (4.33%) Analogue Electronics
8 31 (3.94%) VHDL
9 28 (3.56%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.67%) GNSS
11 20 (2.54%) Replication
12 19 (2.42%) EPoS
12 19 (2.42%) Mobile App
13 16 (2.04%) Device Driver
14 13 (1.65%) PCIe
15 10 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
15 10 (1.27%) Tandem
15 10 (1.27%) Verilog
16 8 (1.02%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 142 (18.07%) Linux
2 115 (14.63%) Windows
3 44 (5.60%) Embedded Linux
4 32 (4.07%) Windows Server
5 23 (2.93%) Windows 10
6 16 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (1.53%) Windows NT
9 10 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
9 10 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (1.15%) Unix
11 7 (0.89%) Android
11 7 (0.89%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.38%) Debian
12 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.13%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (28.24%) Software Engineering
2 110 (13.99%) Schematic Capture
3 107 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (10.56%) Project Planning
5 80 (10.18%) Computer Science
6 77 (9.80%) Agile
7 75 (9.54%) Software Testing
8 62 (7.89%) ITIL
9 59 (7.51%) Customer Service
10 50 (6.36%) Customer Requirements
11 47 (5.98%) Validation
12 43 (5.47%) Test Automation
13 41 (5.22%) SDLC
14 40 (5.09%) Signal Processing
15 38 (4.83%) DevOps
16 37 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (4.71%) FPGA Design
16 37 (4.71%) Mentoring
17 36 (4.58%) UML
18 34 (4.33%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 270 (34.35%) C
2 157 (19.97%) C++
3 89 (11.32%) Python
4 58 (7.38%) Embedded C
5 52 (6.62%) C#
6 30 (3.82%) SQL
7 26 (3.31%) Java
7 26 (3.31%) MATLAB
8 18 (2.29%) Embedded C++
9 11 (1.40%) Perl
10 10 (1.27%) RPG
10 10 (1.27%) Tcl
11 9 (1.15%) Bash
12 8 (1.02%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.02%) VB
13 6 (0.76%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.64%) XAML
15 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.51%) Rust
16 3 (0.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 295 (37.53%) Degree
2 100 (12.72%) Security Cleared
3 57 (7.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 33 (4.20%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.94%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.40%) CCNP
8 11 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.27%) CCNA
10 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.89%) CCDP
11 7 (0.89%) CCIE
11 7 (0.89%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 6 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.64%) MCSE
13 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.51%) HNC
14 4 (0.51%) HND
15 3 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.94%) QA
2 30 (3.82%) SLA
3 17 (2.16%) MISRA
4 10 (1.27%) GDPR
5 9 (1.15%) JTAG
5 9 (1.15%) MISRA C
6 6 (0.76%) PMO
7 5 (0.64%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.51%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.38%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.38%) ECSS
9 3 (0.38%) IEC 62304
9 3 (0.38%) ISO 13485
9 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.13%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 324 (41.22%) Embedded Firmware
2 35 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 26 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.15%) Docker
7 8 (1.02%) vSphere
8 5 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.25%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.13%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) pfSense
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (3.56%) SCCM
2 20 (2.54%) SCOM
3 15 (1.91%) WSUS
4 12 (1.53%) Sysprep
5 7 (0.89%) Ansible
5 7 (0.89%) Functional Safety
5 7 (0.89%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.89%) NetBackup
5 7 (0.89%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.51%) Podman
8 3 (0.38%) Grafana
8 3 (0.38%) Terraform
9 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.25%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 111 (14.12%) EMC
2 57 (7.25%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.58%) IBM
4 32 (4.07%) NetApp
5 31 (3.94%) VMware
6 30 (3.82%) Dell
6 30 (3.82%) HP
7 26 (3.31%) SAP
8 22 (2.80%) Veeam
9 20 (2.54%) Cisco
9 20 (2.54%) Xilinx
10 13 (1.65%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.27%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.15%) Citrix
12 9 (1.15%) Intel
13 8 (1.02%) Altera
13 8 (1.02%) Green Hills
13 8 (1.02%) Motorola
14 7 (0.89%) McAfee
14 7 (0.89%) SolarWinds