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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 356 304
Rank change year-on-year -30 -52 +276
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 236 356 455
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.73% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 6.26% 5.70% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 186 159 298
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,010 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,188 £48,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £70,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -3.64%

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 3,769 6,247 7,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.16% 12.81% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,769 3,760 6,378
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,453 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.62%

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 8 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 8 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 59 £55,000 -1.79% 81
South East -26 58 £55,000 - 150
London +85 53 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Yorkshire +12 30 £55,000 +35.72% 42
Midlands -24 27 £45,000 -29.13% 78
West Midlands +16 22 £52,500 -17.32% 32
North West +34 21 £46,500 -9.71% 25
South West -46 20 £52,500 -19.23% 81
East of England +2 18 £71,250 +39.71% 92
North East -5 8 £56,500 +0.89% 14
East Midlands -30 5 £25,750 -57.08% 43
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 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (15.68%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (13.56%) Azure
3 23 (9.75%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.54%) AWS
6 4 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.27%) GCP
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.42%) AWS IoT
8 1 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.42%) GitHub
8 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.42%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.42%) SaaS
8 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.53%) Firewall
2 19 (8.05%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (7.63%) Software-Defined Radio
4 17 (7.20%) DNS
4 17 (7.20%) WAN
4 17 (7.20%) Wireless
5 15 (6.36%) Cisco IOS
6 14 (5.93%) NX-OS
7 13 (5.51%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (5.08%) DHCP
8 12 (5.08%) LAN
8 12 (5.08%) TCP/IP
9 11 (4.66%) VLAN
10 10 (4.24%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (4.24%) Junos
10 10 (4.24%) VPN
11 9 (3.81%) Internet
12 6 (2.54%) Network Security
12 6 (2.54%) RS-232
12 6 (2.54%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.85%) Big Data
2 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.42%) MySQL
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.66%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.54%) Git
3 5 (2.12%) GitLab
4 2 (0.85%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.85%) JIRA
4 2 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.42%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.42%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.42%) Selenium
5 1 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 55 (23.31%) Electronics
2 53 (22.46%) Social Skills
3 33 (13.98%) Finance
4 24 (10.17%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.36%) Law
6 14 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.93%) Automotive
7 8 (3.39%) Legal
7 8 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.69%) Banking
10 4 (1.69%) Military
11 3 (1.27%) Advertising
12 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.85%) Avionics
12 2 (0.85%) Marketing
12 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.42%) Back Office
13 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (30.08%) Embedded Engineer
2 47 (19.92%) Software Engineer
3 34 (14.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 33 (13.98%) Firmware Engineer
4 33 (13.98%) Network Engineer
5 24 (10.17%) Electronics Engineer
6 22 (9.32%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 20 (8.47%) Senior
8 19 (8.05%) Design Engineer
9 15 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (5.93%) IT Support
11 12 (5.08%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (5.08%) IT Engineer
12 11 (4.66%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 11 (4.66%) Lead
13 10 (4.24%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) Support Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.81%) Flash
2 3 (1.27%) Node.js
3 2 (0.85%) Next.js
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.42%) .NET
4 1 (0.42%) Django
4 1 (0.42%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.42%) LAMP
4 1 (0.42%) Middleware
4 1 (0.42%) React Native
4 1 (0.42%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.80%) Embedded Systems
2 23 (9.75%) IoT
3 14 (5.93%) RISC-V
4 12 (5.08%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (5.08%) e-Learning
4 12 (5.08%) MicroBlaze
5 11 (4.66%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.24%) FPGA
6 10 (4.24%) PKI
7 8 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.97%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.97%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.97%) SCADA
9 6 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.12%) CMDB
10 5 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 46 (19.49%) Windows
2 37 (15.68%) Linux
3 17 (7.20%) Embedded Linux
4 15 (6.36%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.97%) Android
6 5 (2.12%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.42%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.69%) Software Engineering
2 34 (14.41%) Mentoring
3 30 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (11.44%) Signal Processing
5 26 (11.02%) Digital Signal Processing
6 25 (10.59%) Agile
7 22 (9.32%) Innovative Thinking
8 19 (8.05%) Change Management
8 19 (8.05%) ITSM
9 18 (7.63%) Service Management
9 18 (7.63%) Validation
9 18 (7.63%) Vulnerability Management
10 17 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (7.20%) Task Automation
11 16 (6.78%) ITIL
12 15 (6.36%) AI
12 15 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (5.93%) Change Control
13 14 (5.93%) Embedded Software Development
13 14 (5.93%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 74 (31.36%) C
2 58 (24.58%) C++
3 37 (15.68%) Embedded C
4 27 (11.44%) Python
5 23 (9.75%) PowerShell
6 17 (7.20%) Embedded C++
7 12 (5.08%) C#
8 7 (2.97%) SQL
9 6 (2.54%) MATLAB
10 5 (2.12%) Bash
11 4 (1.69%) Java
12 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.42%) Groovy
13 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 49 (20.76%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.68%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.41%) Degree
4 15 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.93%) CCNP
6 13 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.97%) NVQ Level 3
10 6 (2.54%) CCNA
11 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.12%) CCIE
11 5 (2.12%) DBS Check
11 5 (2.12%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.12%) JNCIP
11 5 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.85%) HNC
13 2 (0.85%) HND
13 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.54%) MISRA
3 5 (2.12%) GRC
3 5 (2.12%) SLA
4 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 3 (1.27%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.85%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.85%) JTAG
6 2 (0.85%) NIST
7 1 (0.42%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.42%) GxP
7 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 83 (35.17%) Embedded Firmware
2 28 (11.86%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.24%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.54%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.69%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.27%) Docker
8 1 (0.42%) NFS
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.63%) SCCM
3 12 (5.08%) vCenter Server
4 11 (4.66%) Ansible
5 10 (4.24%) Terraform
6 4 (1.69%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.27%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.42%) Podman
8 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 57 (24.15%) Cisco
2 33 (13.98%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.44%) Juniper
4 20 (8.47%) Fortinet
5 19 (8.05%) EMC
6 17 (7.20%) SolarWinds
7 16 (6.78%) VMware
8 10 (4.24%) Apple
8 10 (4.24%) Broadcom
8 10 (4.24%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.97%) HP
10 6 (2.54%) MobileIron
11 5 (2.12%) Dell
12 4 (1.69%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.27%) Adobe
13 3 (1.27%) McAfee
13 3 (1.27%) Meraki
13 3 (1.27%) NetApp
13 3 (1.27%) Remedy
13 3 (1.27%) Zscaler