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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 417 299
Rank change year-on-year +41 -118 +237
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 387 232 834
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.58% 0.88%
As % of the System Software category 8.02% 4.26% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 312 157 600
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,650 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £52,501
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +1.90% +14.13%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,625
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 4,827 5,445 10,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.71% 13.58% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,553 3,423 8,376
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.06% -10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -10.00%

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 24 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 24 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 +21 142 £62,500 -3.85% 76
North of England +21 76 £55,000 +18.28% 27
South West -26 55 £60,000 +14.29% 30
East of England -6 52 £80,000 +33.33% 35
Midlands -16 44 £54,000 +13.68% 17
Yorkshire -12 42 £55,000 +19.57% 4
West Midlands -3 27 £65,000 +45.25% 8
North West +15 25 £54,750 +12.10% 20
East Midlands -31 16 £54,000 +13.68% 9
London -34 15 £70,000 -12.50% 21
North East - 9 £51,000 - 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 (0.78%) Confluence
2 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Simulink
2 4 (1.03%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.52%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (6.20%) Azure
2 14 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (2.84%) AWS
4 5 (1.29%) SaaS
5 3 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (0.78%) Amazon S3
5 3 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (0.78%) Serverless
6 2 (0.52%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.26%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.26%) GCP
7 1 (0.26%) GitHub
7 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.24%) Bluetooth
1 28 (7.24%) Wireless
2 26 (6.72%) Firewall
3 20 (5.17%) Modbus
4 13 (3.36%) Ethernet
4 13 (3.36%) RS-232
4 13 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (3.10%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.84%) VPN
6 11 (2.84%) WAN
7 10 (2.58%) Profibus
7 10 (2.58%) RS-485
7 10 (2.58%) VLAN
8 9 (2.33%) ZigBee
9 8 (2.07%) LTE
10 7 (1.81%) Software-Defined Radio
11 6 (1.55%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (1.55%) RFID
11 6 (1.55%) SAN
12 4 (1.03%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (4.39%) Git
2 15 (3.88%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.55%) Subversion
4 5 (1.29%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.29%) JIRA
4 5 (1.29%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.52%) MLflow
6 2 (0.52%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.52%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.26%) GitLab
7 1 (0.26%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.26%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.26%) Polyspace
7 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.26%) VectorCAST
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 122 (31.52%) Electronics
2 46 (11.89%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.85%) Manufacturing
4 33 (8.53%) Automotive
5 21 (5.43%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.58%) Military
6 10 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.55%) Finance
8 5 (1.29%) Marketing
8 5 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.03%) Retail
10 3 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.78%) Games
10 3 (0.78%) Law
10 3 (0.78%) Wearables
11 2 (0.52%) Aviation
11 2 (0.52%) Avionics
11 2 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (37.73%) Software Engineer
2 138 (35.66%) Embedded Engineer
3 98 (25.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 69 (17.83%) Senior
5 48 (12.40%) Firmware Engineer
6 44 (11.37%) Senior Software Engineer
7 35 (9.04%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 34 (8.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 29 (7.49%) Lead
10 28 (7.24%) FPGA Engineer
11 27 (6.98%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 24 (6.20%) Electronics Engineer
13 21 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
14 19 (4.91%) Design Engineer
15 14 (3.62%) Network Engineer
15 14 (3.62%) Test Engineer
16 13 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 13 (3.36%) Technical Leader
17 12 (3.10%) Hardware Engineer
17 12 (3.10%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.10%) .NET
2 5 (1.29%) WPF
3 4 (1.03%) Node.js
3 4 (1.03%) React
3 4 (1.03%) WebSockets
4 3 (0.78%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.78%) Avalonia
4 3 (0.78%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.52%) LangChain
5 2 (0.52%) React Native
5 2 (0.52%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.52%) Yocto
6 1 (0.26%) Flash
6 1 (0.26%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.26%) Micronaut
6 1 (0.26%) Middleware
6 1 (0.26%) pytest
6 1 (0.26%) Spring
6 1 (0.26%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.26%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 77 (19.90%) Embedded Systems
2 49 (12.66%) FPGA
3 46 (11.89%) IoT
4 41 (10.59%) Algorithms
5 27 (6.98%) VHDL
6 23 (5.94%) PCIe
7 20 (5.17%) Analogue Electronics
8 16 (4.13%) Data Centre
9 15 (3.88%) Driving Licence
10 14 (3.62%) Enterprise Storage
11 13 (3.36%) Raspberry Pi
12 12 (3.10%) ARM Cortex
12 12 (3.10%) NVMe
12 12 (3.10%) Verilog
13 11 (2.84%) iSeries
13 11 (2.84%) Replication
14 9 (2.33%) Management Information System
15 8 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
17 5 (1.29%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.01%) Linux
2 30 (7.75%) FreeRTOS
3 18 (4.65%) Windows
4 13 (3.36%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.55%) Android
6 2 (0.52%) ThreadX
6 2 (0.52%) Unix
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.26%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (41.86%) Software Engineering
2 41 (10.59%) Signal Processing
2 41 (10.59%) Validation
3 36 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (7.24%) Collaborative Culture
6 26 (6.72%) Roadmaps
6 26 (6.72%) Software Testing
7 24 (6.20%) Mentoring
8 23 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (5.94%) Test Automation
9 22 (5.68%) AI
9 22 (5.68%) Digital Signal Processing
9 22 (5.68%) Embedded Software Development
10 21 (5.43%) Computer Science
11 20 (5.17%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (4.91%) System Testing
13 18 (4.65%) DevOps
13 18 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (4.39%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 131 (33.85%) C
2 96 (24.81%) C++
3 57 (14.73%) Python
4 44 (11.37%) Embedded C
5 26 (6.72%) C#
6 18 (4.65%) MATLAB
7 15 (3.88%) Assembly Language
8 12 (3.10%) Embedded C++
9 7 (1.81%) Rust
10 6 (1.55%) Java
11 5 (1.29%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.78%) PHP
12 3 (0.78%) SQL
13 2 (0.52%) Bash
13 2 (0.52%) Go
13 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.26%) Groovy
14 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (14.73%) Degree
2 51 (13.18%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.20%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.29%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.29%) PhD
6 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.03%) HND
7 3 (0.78%) CCNA
7 3 (0.78%) CCNP
7 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.52%) HNC
8 2 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CCA
9 1 (0.26%) ISEB
9 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.88%) QA
2 8 (2.07%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.81%) IEC 61508
3 7 (1.81%) MISRA
3 7 (1.81%) SLA
4 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.29%) MISRA C
5 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.52%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.52%) JTAG
6 2 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.26%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.26%) DO-254
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.26%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 134 (34.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 16 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.62%) Active Directory
4 13 (3.36%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.55%) Docker
6 3 (0.78%) QEMU
6 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.03%) Puppet
3 3 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (0.78%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.78%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.52%) Ansible
4 2 (0.52%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (6.72%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.43%) EMC
3 20 (5.17%) Cisco
4 16 (4.13%) Altera
4 16 (4.13%) VMware
5 14 (3.62%) Xilinx
6 12 (3.10%) HP
7 11 (2.84%) Commvault
7 11 (2.84%) IBM
7 11 (2.84%) Veeam
8 10 (2.58%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.07%) Dell
10 6 (1.55%) Freshdesk
11 4 (1.03%) Atmel
11 4 (1.03%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.03%) SAP
11 4 (1.03%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.78%) Broadcom
12 3 (0.78%) Google
12 3 (0.78%) Juniper