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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 373 291
Rank change year-on-year -31 -82 +285
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 228 336 575
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 6.00% 5.48% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 184 136 407
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,938 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.10% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £82,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%

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 3,803 6,133 9,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.85% 12.99% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,760 3,656 7,821
10th Percentile £27,375 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% +9.52% -4.55%

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 28 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 28 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 +40 60 £55,000 -1.79% 25
South East -25 56 £55,000 - 75
London +76 48 £62,000 +7.83% 23
Yorkshire +4 32 £55,000 -12.00% 14
Midlands -24 26 £50,000 -22.18% 32
North West +28 20 £46,500 -11.43% 8
West Midlands +19 19 £52,500 -12.50% 12
East of England +2 19 £71,250 +39.71% 44
South West -47 18 £55,000 -21.43% 38
North East -9 8 £56,500 -1.74% 3
East Midlands -33 7 £25,750 -67.81% 20
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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Simulink
3 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (12.28%) Azure
3 20 (8.77%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.75%) AWS
5 4 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.88%) GCP
7 1 (0.44%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.44%) GitHub
7 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.44%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.67%) Firewall
2 18 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (7.46%) DNS
3 17 (7.46%) WAN
4 15 (6.58%) Cisco IOS
4 15 (6.58%) NX-OS
5 13 (5.70%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (5.26%) VPN
7 11 (4.82%) DHCP
7 11 (4.82%) LAN
7 11 (4.82%) TCP/IP
7 11 (4.82%) VLAN
7 11 (4.82%) Wireless
8 10 (4.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (4.39%) Junos
9 7 (3.07%) Internet
9 7 (3.07%) Modbus
10 6 (2.63%) Network Security
10 6 (2.63%) RS-232
10 6 (2.63%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.88%) Big Data
2 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.82%) Visual Studio
2 8 (3.51%) Git
3 5 (2.19%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (1.75%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.88%) JIRA
5 2 (0.88%) Subversion
6 1 (0.44%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) WebDriver
General
1 57 (25.00%) Electronics
2 52 (22.81%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.96%) Finance
4 21 (9.21%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.58%) Automotive
6 13 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.39%) Law
8 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.63%) Military
9 5 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.19%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.75%) Advertising
10 4 (1.75%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.75%) Banking
10 4 (1.75%) Legal
11 2 (0.88%) Avionics
12 1 (0.44%) Back Office
12 1 (0.44%) Billing
12 1 (0.44%) Games
12 1 (0.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 73 (32.02%) Embedded Engineer
2 49 (21.49%) Software Engineer
3 38 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
4 33 (14.47%) Network Engineer
5 31 (13.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 28 (12.28%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 22 (9.65%) Senior
8 20 (8.77%) Electronics Engineer
9 17 (7.46%) Design Engineer
10 15 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (5.26%) IT Support
12 11 (4.82%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 11 (4.82%) IT Engineer
12 11 (4.82%) Lead
13 10 (4.39%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) Support Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.95%) Flash
2 3 (1.32%) .NET
3 2 (0.88%) Middleware
3 2 (0.88%) Next.js
3 2 (0.88%) Node.js
3 2 (0.88%) React
3 2 (0.88%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.44%) Django
4 1 (0.44%) React Native
4 1 (0.44%) REST
4 1 (0.44%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.79%) Embedded Systems
2 33 (14.47%) IoT
3 11 (4.82%) Algorithms
3 11 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.39%) FPGA
4 10 (4.39%) PKI
5 9 (3.95%) Analogue Electronics
5 9 (3.95%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.63%) RISC-V
8 5 (2.19%) CMDB
8 5 (2.19%) PCIe
8 5 (2.19%) VHDL
8 5 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.75%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.98%) Windows
2 26 (11.40%) Linux
3 16 (7.02%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.51%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (3.07%) Android
6 6 (2.63%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (27.19%) Software Engineering
2 34 (14.91%) Mentoring
3 29 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (7.89%) Agile
4 18 (7.89%) Change Management
4 18 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (7.46%) ITSM
5 17 (7.46%) Kalman Filter
5 17 (7.46%) Task Automation
6 16 (7.02%) AI
6 16 (7.02%) Validation
7 15 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (6.58%) ITIL
7 15 (6.58%) Service Management
8 14 (6.14%) Change Control
8 14 (6.14%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (6.14%) Signal Processing
8 14 (6.14%) Software Testing
9 13 (5.70%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.14%) C
2 54 (23.68%) C++
3 33 (14.47%) Embedded C
4 27 (11.84%) Python
5 22 (9.65%) PowerShell
6 16 (7.02%) C#
6 16 (7.02%) Embedded C++
7 7 (3.07%) SQL
8 4 (1.75%) Bash
8 4 (1.75%) Java
9 3 (1.32%) Assembly Language
9 3 (1.32%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.44%) Groovy
11 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (15.35%) Security Cleared
2 34 (14.91%) Degree
3 25 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.70%) CCNP
4 13 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (5.70%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.19%) CCIE
7 5 (2.19%) CCNA
7 5 (2.19%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.19%) JNCIA
7 5 (2.19%) JNCIP
7 5 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.32%) HNC
9 3 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.32%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (1.32%) PhD
10 2 (0.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.63%) MISRA
3 5 (2.19%) GRC
3 5 (2.19%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.19%) SLA
4 4 (1.75%) GDPR
5 3 (1.32%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.32%) JTAG
6 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.88%) NIST
7 1 (0.44%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.44%) GxP
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 75 (32.89%) Embedded Firmware
2 29 (12.72%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.39%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.88%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.88%) Docker
7 1 (0.44%) NFS
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (9.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.14%) SCCM
3 10 (4.39%) Ansible
3 10 (4.39%) Terraform
3 10 (4.39%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.19%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.32%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.44%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (25.00%) Cisco
2 29 (12.72%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.84%) Juniper
4 21 (9.21%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.46%) SolarWinds
6 16 (7.02%) EMC
7 15 (6.58%) VMware
8 10 (4.39%) Broadcom
8 10 (4.39%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.63%) Dell
10 5 (2.19%) Altera
10 5 (2.19%) Apple
10 5 (2.19%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.75%) Meraki
12 3 (1.32%) Adobe
12 3 (1.32%) ConnectWise
12 3 (1.32%) Draytek
12 3 (1.32%) HP
12 3 (1.32%) Xilinx
12 3 (1.32%) Zscaler