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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 421 306
Rank change year-on-year +49 -115 +240
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 352 216 789
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.56% 0.88%
As % of the System Software category 7.84% 4.09% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 290 141 581
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £49,063 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,688 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +2.26% +12.30%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £63,750
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 4,492 5,278 10,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.40% 13.60% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,264 3,289 8,556
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,875 £97,500 £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 3 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 3 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 +23 117 £60,000 -4.00% 108
North of England +27 74 £55,000 +10.00% 25
South West -30 51 £60,000 -14.29% 41
Yorkshire -11 45 £55,000 +19.57% 7
East of England -21 40 £65,000 +13.04% 70
Midlands -28 38 £54,000 +13.68% 23
London -8 29 £60,000 -29.41% 35
West Midlands -32 23 £65,000 +44.21% 11
North West +13 22 £52,375 +4.75% 14
East Midlands -18 14 £54,000 +13.68% 12
North East -41 7 £51,000 -16.39% 5
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 (0.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Simulink
2 4 (1.14%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.57%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.41%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 4 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.53%) Azure
2 17 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.27%) AWS
4 6 (1.70%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.14%) SaaS
6 3 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.85%) Amazon S3
6 3 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (0.85%) Serverless
7 1 (0.28%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.09%) Firewall
2 24 (6.82%) Bluetooth
3 21 (5.97%) Wireless
4 16 (4.55%) Modbus
5 13 (3.69%) Ethernet
5 13 (3.69%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.13%) RS-232
6 11 (3.13%) VPN
6 11 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.84%) WAN
8 9 (2.56%) VLAN
9 8 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (2.27%) Profibus
9 8 (2.27%) RS-485
10 7 (1.99%) ZigBee
11 6 (1.70%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (1.70%) DNS
11 6 (1.70%) LTE
11 6 (1.70%) RFID
11 6 (1.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (4.55%) Git
2 15 (4.26%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.70%) LabVIEW
3 6 (1.70%) Subversion
4 5 (1.42%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.14%) JIRA
5 4 (1.14%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.57%) MLflow
6 2 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.28%) Polyspace
7 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.28%) VectorCAST
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 114 (32.39%) Electronics
2 45 (12.78%) Social Skills
3 32 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 27 (7.67%) Automotive
5 21 (5.97%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.84%) Military
7 8 (2.27%) Finance
8 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.42%) Marketing
11 4 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.14%) Retail
12 3 (0.85%) Games
12 3 (0.85%) Law
12 3 (0.85%) Wearables
13 2 (0.57%) Advertising
13 2 (0.57%) Aviation
13 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (39.20%) Software Engineer
2 131 (37.22%) Embedded Engineer
3 94 (26.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 68 (19.32%) Senior
5 44 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
6 39 (11.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 30 (8.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 30 (8.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 28 (7.95%) FPGA Engineer
9 23 (6.53%) Electronics Engineer
9 23 (6.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 22 (6.25%) Network Engineer
11 21 (5.97%) Design Engineer
12 16 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
13 14 (3.98%) Lead
14 13 (3.69%) Test Engineer
15 11 (3.13%) Hardware Engineer
15 11 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.13%) Senior Firmware Engineer
16 10 (2.84%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.41%) .NET
2 5 (1.42%) WPF
3 4 (1.14%) Node.js
3 4 (1.14%) React
3 4 (1.14%) WebSockets
4 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.85%) Avalonia
4 3 (0.85%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.57%) LangChain
5 2 (0.57%) React Native
5 2 (0.57%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.57%) 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 65 (18.47%) Embedded Systems
2 48 (13.64%) FPGA
3 44 (12.50%) IoT
4 33 (9.38%) Algorithms
5 27 (7.67%) VHDL
6 23 (6.53%) PCIe
7 21 (5.97%) Analogue Electronics
8 16 (4.55%) Data Centre
9 14 (3.98%) Driving Licence
10 12 (3.41%) Enterprise Storage
10 12 (3.41%) Management Information System
10 12 (3.41%) NVMe
11 11 (3.13%) ARM Cortex
11 11 (3.13%) iSeries
11 11 (3.13%) Raspberry Pi
11 11 (3.13%) Replication
11 11 (3.13%) Verilog
12 8 (2.27%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.95%) FreeRTOS
1 28 (7.95%) Linux
2 18 (5.11%) Windows
3 12 (3.41%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (2.84%) Android
5 4 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.57%) ThreadX
6 2 (0.57%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.28%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (42.33%) Software Engineering
2 40 (11.36%) Validation
3 38 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (9.09%) Signal Processing
5 30 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (8.24%) AI
7 28 (7.95%) Roadmaps
8 27 (7.67%) Software Testing
9 26 (7.39%) Collaborative Culture
10 21 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (5.97%) Kalman Filter
11 20 (5.68%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (5.68%) Embedded Software Development
11 20 (5.68%) Test Automation
12 19 (5.40%) Computer Science
12 19 (5.40%) Mentoring
13 18 (5.11%) Digital Signal Processing
13 18 (5.11%) FPGA Design
13 18 (5.11%) System Testing
14 17 (4.83%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 119 (33.81%) C
2 91 (25.85%) C++
3 58 (16.48%) Python
4 42 (11.93%) Embedded C
5 26 (7.39%) C#
6 16 (4.55%) MATLAB
7 13 (3.69%) Assembly Language
7 13 (3.69%) Embedded C++
8 11 (3.13%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.42%) Java
9 5 (1.42%) Rust
10 4 (1.14%) SQL
11 3 (0.85%) PHP
12 2 (0.57%) Bash
12 2 (0.57%) Go
12 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.28%) Groovy
13 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (16.76%) Degree
2 51 (14.49%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.84%) CCNP
7 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.99%) CCNA
9 6 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.70%) PhD
10 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.42%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.14%) CCIE
11 4 (1.14%) HND
11 4 (1.14%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.14%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.57%) HNC
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.84%) QA
2 9 (2.56%) ISO 9001
3 8 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.99%) IEC 61508
4 7 (1.99%) SLA
5 5 (1.42%) MISRA
5 5 (1.42%) MISRA C
6 4 (1.14%) GRC
7 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.57%) JTAG
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.28%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.28%) DO-254
9 1 (0.28%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.28%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 114 (32.39%) Embedded Firmware
2 15 (4.26%) Hyper-V
2 15 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.13%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.99%) Docker
5 4 (1.14%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.85%) QEMU
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.56%) Ansible
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.14%) Puppet
3 4 (1.14%) SCCM
3 4 (1.14%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.85%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.85%) Terraform
5 2 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.57%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (8.52%) Cisco
2 29 (8.24%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.68%) EMC
3 20 (5.68%) Fortinet
4 16 (4.55%) Altera
4 16 (4.55%) VMware
5 14 (3.98%) Xilinx
6 12 (3.41%) HP
6 12 (3.41%) Juniper
7 11 (3.13%) Commvault
7 11 (3.13%) IBM
7 11 (3.13%) Veeam
8 7 (1.99%) Dell
9 5 (1.42%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.14%) Atmel
10 4 (1.14%) Broadcom
10 4 (1.14%) ConnectWise
10 4 (1.14%) Draytek
10 4 (1.14%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.14%) SAP