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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 421 307
Rank change year-on-year +40 -114 +236
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 357 217 821
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.55% 0.88%
As % of the System Software category 7.91% 4.06% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 291 144 598
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,900 £31,775
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,688 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +2.26% +14.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £64,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +5.00%

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 4,513 5,347 10,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.52% 13.62% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,291 3,318 8,503
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +29 123 £60,000 -7.69% 91
North of England +22 72 £55,000 +15.35% 20
South West -18 53 £60,000 -2.04% 33
Yorkshire -10 44 £55,000 +19.57% 5
East of England -11 43 £65,000 +10.64% 37
Midlands -11 39 £54,000 +13.68% 23
London -11 24 £62,000 -27.06% 23
West Midlands -12 24 £58,750 +30.56% 10
North West +19 21 £54,750 +9.50% 12
East Midlands -26 14 £54,000 +13.68% 13
North East -34 7 £51,000 -16.39% 4
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 3 (0.84%) Confluence
2 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
Applications
1 12 (3.36%) Simulink
2 4 (1.12%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.36%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.60%) Azure
2 15 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.24%) AWS
4 5 (1.40%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.12%) SaaS
6 3 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.84%) Amazon S3
6 3 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (0.84%) Serverless
7 1 (0.28%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.12%) Firewall
2 24 (6.72%) Bluetooth
3 22 (6.16%) Wireless
4 16 (4.48%) Modbus
5 13 (3.64%) Ethernet
6 11 (3.08%) RS-232
6 11 (3.08%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.80%) VPN
8 9 (2.52%) WAN
9 8 (2.24%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (2.24%) Profibus
9 8 (2.24%) RS-485
9 8 (2.24%) VLAN
10 7 (1.96%) ZigBee
11 6 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (1.68%) LTE
11 6 (1.68%) RFID
11 6 (1.68%) Software-Defined Radio
12 5 (1.40%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.48%) Git
2 15 (4.20%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.68%) Subversion
4 5 (1.40%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.40%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.12%) JIRA
6 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.56%) MLflow
7 2 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.28%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.28%) Polyspace
8 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.28%) VectorCAST
8 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 112 (31.37%) Electronics
2 41 (11.48%) Social Skills
3 34 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 29 (8.12%) Automotive
5 21 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.80%) Military
7 8 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.40%) Finance
9 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.40%) Marketing
9 5 (1.40%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.12%) Retail
11 3 (0.84%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (0.84%) Games
11 3 (0.84%) Law
11 3 (0.84%) Wearables
12 2 (0.56%) Aviation
12 2 (0.56%) Avionics
12 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (38.66%) Software Engineer
2 130 (36.41%) Embedded Engineer
3 93 (26.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 66 (18.49%) Senior
5 45 (12.61%) Firmware Engineer
6 39 (10.92%) Senior Software Engineer
7 30 (8.40%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 30 (8.40%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 28 (7.84%) FPGA Engineer
9 24 (6.72%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 22 (6.16%) Electronics Engineer
11 20 (5.60%) Design Engineer
11 20 (5.60%) Lead
11 20 (5.60%) Network Engineer
12 18 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
13 12 (3.36%) Hardware Engineer
13 12 (3.36%) Test Engineer
14 11 (3.08%) Senior Firmware Engineer
15 10 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 9 (2.52%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.08%) .NET
2 5 (1.40%) WPF
3 4 (1.12%) Node.js
3 4 (1.12%) React
3 4 (1.12%) WebSockets
4 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.84%) Avalonia
4 3 (0.84%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.56%) LangChain
5 2 (0.56%) React Native
5 2 (0.56%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.56%) Yocto
6 1 (0.28%) Flash
6 1 (0.28%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.28%) Middleware
6 1 (0.28%) pytest
6 1 (0.28%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (18.49%) Embedded Systems
2 48 (13.45%) FPGA
3 43 (12.04%) IoT
4 35 (9.80%) Algorithms
5 27 (7.56%) VHDL
6 23 (6.44%) PCIe
7 20 (5.60%) Analogue Electronics
8 16 (4.48%) Data Centre
9 13 (3.64%) Driving Licence
10 12 (3.36%) Enterprise Storage
10 12 (3.36%) Management Information System
10 12 (3.36%) NVMe
11 11 (3.08%) ARM Cortex
11 11 (3.08%) iSeries
11 11 (3.08%) Raspberry Pi
11 11 (3.08%) Replication
11 11 (3.08%) Verilog
12 8 (2.24%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.84%) FreeRTOS
1 28 (7.84%) Linux
2 18 (5.04%) Windows
3 12 (3.36%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (2.52%) Android
5 2 (0.56%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.56%) Unix
5 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.28%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (42.02%) Software Engineering
2 41 (11.48%) Validation
3 35 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (9.52%) Signal Processing
5 30 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (8.12%) Roadmaps
7 27 (7.56%) AI
8 26 (7.28%) Collaborative Culture
9 25 (7.00%) Software Testing
10 20 (5.60%) Embedded Software Development
10 20 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (5.32%) Digital Signal Processing
11 19 (5.32%) Kalman Filter
11 19 (5.32%) Mentoring
11 19 (5.32%) Test Automation
12 18 (5.04%) Computer Science
12 18 (5.04%) FPGA Design
12 18 (5.04%) System Testing
13 17 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (4.76%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 118 (33.05%) C
2 90 (25.21%) C++
3 57 (15.97%) Python
4 41 (11.48%) Embedded C
5 25 (7.00%) C#
6 18 (5.04%) MATLAB
7 14 (3.92%) Assembly Language
8 12 (3.36%) Embedded C++
9 8 (2.24%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.40%) Rust
11 4 (1.12%) Java
12 3 (0.84%) PHP
12 3 (0.84%) SQL
13 2 (0.56%) Bash
13 2 (0.56%) Go
13 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.28%) Groovy
14 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (16.25%) Degree
2 50 (14.01%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.16%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.24%) CCNP
7 6 (1.68%) CCNA
7 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.68%) PhD
8 5 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.12%) HND
10 3 (0.84%) CCIE
10 3 (0.84%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.84%) JNCIP
11 2 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.56%) HNC
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.08%) QA
2 8 (2.24%) ISO 9001
2 8 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.24%) SLA
3 7 (1.96%) IEC 61508
4 5 (1.40%) MISRA
4 5 (1.40%) MISRA C
5 4 (1.12%) GRC
6 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.56%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.56%) JTAG
7 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.28%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.28%) DO-254
8 1 (0.28%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.28%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 117 (32.77%) Embedded Firmware
2 14 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.64%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.52%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.68%) Docker
6 4 (1.12%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.84%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 7 (1.96%) Ansible
2 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.12%) Puppet
3 4 (1.12%) SCCM
3 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.84%) Terraform
5 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.56%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (7.84%) Cisco
2 26 (7.28%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.88%) EMC
4 16 (4.48%) Altera
5 15 (4.20%) Fortinet
6 14 (3.92%) VMware
6 14 (3.92%) Xilinx
7 12 (3.36%) HP
8 11 (3.08%) Commvault
8 11 (3.08%) IBM
8 11 (3.08%) Veeam
9 10 (2.80%) Juniper
10 7 (1.96%) Dell
11 5 (1.40%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.12%) Atmel
12 4 (1.12%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.12%) Freshdesk
12 4 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.12%) SAP
13 3 (0.84%) Google