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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 363 309
Rank change year-on-year -19 -54 +268
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 223 348 461
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.72% 0.93%
As % of the System Software category 6.01% 5.65% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 174 149 304
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,013 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £48,750 £38,938
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 £60,813
90th Percentile £81,750 £80,000 £70,000
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 3,711 6,161 7,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.10% 12.81% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,715 3,689 6,569
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £91,350
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -0.12%

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 12 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 12 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 +34 57 £55,000 -0.90% 82
South East -28 52 £55,000 - 157
London +86 51 £60,000 +9.09% 29
Yorkshire +11 29 £55,000 +35.72% 46
Midlands -15 25 £45,000 -29.13% 76
North West +42 20 £46,500 -9.71% 24
West Midlands +18 20 £52,500 -17.32% 22
South West -45 19 £52,500 -19.23% 84
East of England 0 18 £71,250 +39.71% 98
North East -2 8 £56,500 -0.44% 12
East Midlands -37 5 £25,750 -60.38% 51
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 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 35 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (12.56%) Azure
3 22 (9.87%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.79%) AWS
5 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.35%) GCP
7 1 (0.45%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub
7 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.45%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (15.70%) Firewall
2 17 (7.62%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (7.17%) DNS
3 16 (7.17%) WAN
3 16 (7.17%) Wireless
4 15 (6.73%) Software-Defined Radio
5 14 (6.28%) Cisco IOS
6 13 (5.83%) NX-OS
7 12 (5.38%) Cisco ISE
8 11 (4.93%) DHCP
8 11 (4.93%) LAN
9 10 (4.48%) TCP/IP
9 10 (4.48%) VLAN
9 10 (4.48%) VPN
10 9 (4.04%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (4.04%) Junos
11 8 (3.59%) Internet
12 6 (2.69%) Network Security
12 6 (2.69%) RS-232
13 5 (2.24%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.90%) Big Data
2 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.45%) MySQL
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.93%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.69%) Git
3 5 (2.24%) GitLab
4 3 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.90%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) JIRA
6 1 (0.45%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.45%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 51 (22.87%) Electronics
2 50 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.90%) Finance
4 22 (9.87%) Manufacturing
5 14 (6.28%) Automotive
6 13 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.83%) Law
7 8 (3.59%) Legal
8 6 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.79%) Banking
10 4 (1.79%) Military
11 3 (1.35%) Advertising
12 2 (0.90%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.90%) Avionics
13 1 (0.45%) Billing
13 1 (0.45%) Games
13 1 (0.45%) Marketing
13 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 70 (31.39%) Embedded Engineer
2 46 (20.63%) Software Engineer
3 33 (14.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 33 (14.80%) Firmware Engineer
4 31 (13.90%) Network Engineer
5 23 (10.31%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 21 (9.42%) Electronics Engineer
7 20 (8.97%) Senior
8 18 (8.07%) Design Engineer
9 14 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.83%) IT Support
11 12 (5.38%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) IT Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) Lead
13 10 (4.48%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.48%) Support Engineer
13 10 (4.48%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.04%) Flash
2 2 (0.90%) Next.js
2 2 (0.90%) Node.js
2 2 (0.90%) React
2 2 (0.90%) WebSockets
3 1 (0.45%) .NET
3 1 (0.45%) Django
3 1 (0.45%) Middleware
3 1 (0.45%) React Native
3 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.49%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (11.21%) IoT
3 13 (5.83%) RISC-V
4 11 (4.93%) e-Learning
4 11 (4.93%) MicroBlaze
4 11 (4.93%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.48%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (4.04%) PKI
7 8 (3.59%) FPGA
7 8 (3.59%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
8 7 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.14%) SCADA
9 6 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.69%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.24%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.24%) CMDB
10 5 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.79%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.35%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 43 (19.28%) Windows
2 33 (14.80%) Linux
3 15 (6.73%) Embedded Linux
3 15 (6.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.14%) Android
5 5 (2.24%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (27.35%) Software Engineering
2 33 (14.80%) Mentoring
3 28 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (10.76%) Agile
5 22 (9.87%) Digital Signal Processing
5 22 (9.87%) Signal Processing
6 19 (8.52%) Innovative Thinking
7 18 (8.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (7.62%) ITSM
8 17 (7.62%) Task Automation
8 17 (7.62%) Validation
9 16 (7.17%) Change Management
9 16 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (7.17%) Service Management
10 15 (6.73%) AI
10 15 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (6.73%) ITIL
11 14 (6.28%) Change Control
11 14 (6.28%) Kalman Filter
12 13 (5.83%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.84%) C
2 55 (24.66%) C++
3 34 (15.25%) Embedded C
4 25 (11.21%) Python
5 22 (9.87%) PowerShell
6 16 (7.17%) Embedded C++
7 12 (5.38%) C#
8 7 (3.14%) SQL
9 4 (1.79%) Bash
9 4 (1.79%) Java
9 4 (1.79%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.45%) Groovy
11 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.80%) SC Cleared
3 30 (13.45%) Degree
4 13 (5.83%) CCNP
4 13 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (5.38%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.14%) NVQ Level 3
8 5 (2.24%) CCIE
8 5 (2.24%) CCNA
8 5 (2.24%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.24%) JNCIA
8 5 (2.24%) JNCIP
8 5 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.79%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.90%) HNC
11 1 (0.45%) HND
11 1 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.69%) MISRA
3 5 (2.24%) GRC
3 5 (2.24%) SLA
4 4 (1.79%) GDPR
5 3 (1.35%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.90%) JTAG
6 2 (0.90%) NIST
7 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.45%) GxP
7 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 79 (35.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 28 (12.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.04%) VMware NSX
4 7 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.79%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.79%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.90%) Docker
7 1 (0.45%) NFS
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (9.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.17%) SCCM
3 10 (4.48%) Ansible
3 10 (4.48%) Terraform
3 10 (4.48%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.79%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.35%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.45%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (24.66%) Cisco
2 28 (12.56%) Microsoft
3 26 (11.66%) Juniper
4 19 (8.52%) Fortinet
5 17 (7.62%) EMC
6 16 (7.17%) SolarWinds
7 15 (6.73%) VMware
8 10 (4.48%) Palo Alto
9 9 (4.04%) Broadcom
10 8 (3.59%) Apple
11 5 (2.24%) Dell
11 5 (2.24%) HP
12 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.79%) MobileIron
13 3 (1.35%) Adobe
13 3 (1.35%) Meraki
13 3 (1.35%) Zscaler
14 2 (0.90%) ConnectWise
14 2 (0.90%) NetApp
14 2 (0.90%) Remedy