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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 359 297
Rank change year-on-year -47 -62 +283
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 229 337 589
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.72% 0.95%
As % of the System Software category 5.97% 5.50% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 185 135 419
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £82,500 £70,250
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 3,839 6,131 9,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.84% 13.09% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,779 3,664 8,026
10th Percentile £27,375 £30,000 £26,875
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

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 31 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 31 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 +25 60 £55,000 -1.79% 26
South East -19 56 £55,000 - 63
London +64 44 £62,000 +12.73% 19
Yorkshire +14 32 £55,000 -26.67% 13
Midlands -15 28 £52,500 -19.23% 28
East of England +5 21 £70,000 +37.25% 41
North West +28 20 £46,500 -11.43% 10
West Midlands +16 19 £52,500 -12.50% 12
South West -51 19 £57,500 -17.86% 35
East Midlands -26 9 £25,750 -67.81% 16
North East -6 8 £56,500 -1.74% 3
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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.31%) Simulink
3 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.31%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (15.28%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (11.79%) Azure
3 19 (8.30%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.24%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.75%) AWS
5 4 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.87%) 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 (16.59%) Firewall
2 21 (9.17%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (7.42%) DNS
3 17 (7.42%) WAN
4 15 (6.55%) Cisco IOS
4 15 (6.55%) NX-OS
5 14 (6.11%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (5.24%) VLAN
6 12 (5.24%) VPN
6 12 (5.24%) Wireless
7 11 (4.80%) DHCP
7 11 (4.80%) LAN
7 11 (4.80%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.37%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (4.37%) Junos
9 9 (3.93%) Modbus
10 7 (3.06%) Internet
10 7 (3.06%) Network Security
11 6 (2.62%) RS-232
12 5 (2.18%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.87%) Big Data
2 2 (0.87%) 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 (4.80%) Visual Studio
2 10 (4.37%) Git
3 6 (2.62%) Eclipse
4 5 (2.18%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.75%) GitLab
5 4 (1.75%) Subversion
6 2 (0.87%) JIRA
7 1 (0.44%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.44%) Selenium
7 1 (0.44%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (25.76%) Electronics
2 52 (22.71%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.48%) Finance
4 21 (9.17%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.55%) Automotive
6 13 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.37%) Law
8 7 (3.06%) Military
9 6 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.18%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.18%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.75%) Advertising
11 4 (1.75%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Avionics
13 1 (0.44%) Back Office
13 1 (0.44%) Billing
13 1 (0.44%) Games
13 1 (0.44%) Legal
13 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 75 (32.75%) Embedded Engineer
2 51 (22.27%) Software Engineer
3 39 (17.03%) Firmware Engineer
4 33 (14.41%) Network Engineer
5 32 (13.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 29 (12.66%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 22 (9.61%) Senior
8 20 (8.73%) Electronics Engineer
9 17 (7.42%) Design Engineer
10 16 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.24%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) IT Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) IT Support
12 11 (4.80%) Lead
13 10 (4.37%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) Support Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.93%) Flash
2 4 (1.75%) .NET
3 2 (0.87%) Middleware
3 2 (0.87%) Next.js
3 2 (0.87%) Node.js
3 2 (0.87%) React
3 2 (0.87%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.44%) Django
4 1 (0.44%) React Native
4 1 (0.44%) REST
4 1 (0.44%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.28%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (14.85%) IoT
3 12 (5.24%) Algorithms
4 11 (4.80%) FPGA
4 11 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.37%) PKI
6 9 (3.93%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (3.93%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.06%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.62%) PCIe
9 5 (2.18%) CMDB
9 5 (2.18%) RISC-V
9 5 (2.18%) VHDL
9 5 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.75%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.31%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 40 (17.47%) Windows
2 25 (10.92%) Linux
3 16 (6.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.06%) Android
4 7 (3.06%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (2.62%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (27.95%) Software Engineering
2 34 (14.85%) Mentoring
3 29 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (7.86%) Change Management
5 18 (7.86%) Kalman Filter
5 18 (7.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 17 (7.42%) Agile
6 17 (7.42%) ITSM
6 17 (7.42%) Task Automation
7 16 (6.99%) AI
7 16 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (6.99%) Validation
8 15 (6.55%) Embedded Software Development
8 15 (6.55%) ITIL
8 15 (6.55%) Service Management
8 15 (6.55%) Software Testing
9 14 (6.11%) Change Control
9 14 (6.11%) Signal Processing
10 13 (5.68%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 74 (32.31%) C
2 55 (24.02%) C++
3 35 (15.28%) Embedded C
4 30 (13.10%) Python
5 22 (9.61%) PowerShell
6 18 (7.86%) C#
7 16 (6.99%) Embedded C++
8 7 (3.06%) SQL
9 4 (1.75%) Bash
9 4 (1.75%) Java
9 4 (1.75%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.31%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.44%) Groovy
12 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (15.72%) Degree
2 35 (15.28%) Security Cleared
3 25 (10.92%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.68%) CCNP
4 13 (5.68%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (5.68%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.18%) CCIE
7 5 (2.18%) CCNA
7 5 (2.18%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.18%) JNCIA
7 5 (2.18%) JNCIP
7 5 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.75%) PhD
9 3 (1.31%) HNC
9 3 (1.31%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.87%) HND
11 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.62%) ISO 9001
2 6 (2.62%) MISRA
3 5 (2.18%) GRC
3 5 (2.18%) SLA
4 4 (1.75%) GDPR
5 3 (1.31%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.31%) JTAG
6 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.87%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.87%) 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 (32.75%) Embedded Firmware
2 29 (12.66%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.37%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.87%) Docker
7 1 (0.44%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.44%) NFS
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (9.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.68%) SCCM
3 10 (4.37%) Ansible
3 10 (4.37%) Terraform
3 10 (4.37%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.18%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.31%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.31%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.44%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 58 (25.33%) Cisco
2 28 (12.23%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.79%) Juniper
4 21 (9.17%) Fortinet
5 18 (7.86%) SolarWinds
6 16 (6.99%) EMC
7 15 (6.55%) VMware
8 10 (4.37%) Broadcom
8 10 (4.37%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.62%) Altera
9 6 (2.62%) Dell
10 5 (2.18%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.75%) Apple
11 4 (1.75%) Atmel
11 4 (1.75%) Meraki
12 3 (1.31%) Adobe
12 3 (1.31%) ConnectWise
12 3 (1.31%) Draytek
12 3 (1.31%) Google
12 3 (1.31%) Zscaler