Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
28 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 688 731 855
Rank change year-on-year +43 +124 -188
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 87 23 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.040% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.044% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 69 23 2
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £50,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,625 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +12.07% +22.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £64,125
90th Percentile £65,000 - £65,400
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Midlands - 29 £52,500 - 1
Scotland -46 24 £52,500 -19.23%
East Midlands - 18 £52,500 -
South East +8 12 £75,000 +50.00% 1
West Midlands - 11 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 7 £40,000 - 6
South West - 6 £40,000 - 4
North of England +50 5 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Wales - 4 £50,000 - 1
North West +7 2 £56,000 +6.67% 1
North East - 2 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +78 1 £65,000 +36.84%
Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Embedded Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 87 (100.00%) Firmware
2 82 (94.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 49 (56.32%) C
4 41 (47.13%) Electronics
5 30 (34.48%) Degree
6 25 (28.74%) C++
7 23 (26.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (25.29%) Wireless
9 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
9 21 (24.14%) Embedded C
9 21 (24.14%) Software Engineering
10 19 (21.84%) Linux
11 16 (18.39%) Social Skills
12 14 (16.09%) Computer Science
13 13 (14.94%) Mathematics
13 13 (14.94%) Physics
14 12 (13.79%) Yocto
15 11 (12.64%) Embedded Linux
15 11 (12.64%) Python
16 9 (10.34%) Embedded C++
16 9 (10.34%) Linux Kernel Development
17 8 (9.20%) Schematic Capture
17 8 (9.20%) IoT
17 8 (9.20%) EMC
17 8 (9.20%) Project Planning
18 7 (8.05%) Programme Management
18 7 (8.05%) Marketing
18 7 (8.05%) Digital Marketing
18 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
18 7 (8.05%) Telecoms

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.15%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.60%) AWS
1 4 (4.60%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.29%) Wireless
2 6 (6.90%) Ethernet
3 5 (5.75%) Bluetooth
3 5 (5.75%) LoRaWAN
3 5 (5.75%) MQTT
4 4 (4.60%) LTE
4 4 (4.60%) Profibus
4 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.30%) Modbus
5 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.15%) 4G
6 1 (1.15%) 5G
6 1 (1.15%) GSM
6 1 (1.15%) RS-232
6 1 (1.15%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Git
2 2 (2.30%) GCC
3 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.15%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (47.13%) Electronics
2 23 (26.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
4 16 (18.39%) Social Skills
5 7 (8.05%) Finance
5 7 (8.05%) Marketing
5 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.05%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.90%) Automotive
7 5 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.79%) Yocto
2 4 (4.60%) Flask
3 2 (2.30%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.20%) IoT
2 5 (5.75%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.60%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.15%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.15%) FPGA
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.84%) Linux
2 11 (12.64%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (4.60%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.14%) Software Engineering
2 14 (16.09%) Computer Science
3 13 (14.94%) Mathematics
3 13 (14.94%) Physics
4 9 (10.34%) Linux Kernel Development
5 8 (9.20%) Project Planning
5 8 (9.20%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.05%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (8.05%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (8.05%) Programme Management
7 5 (5.75%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.75%) SDLC
8 4 (4.60%) Code Quality
8 4 (4.60%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (4.60%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (4.60%) Software Testing
9 3 (3.45%) Agile
10 2 (2.30%) Web Development
11 1 (1.15%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 49 (56.32%) C
2 25 (28.74%) C++
3 21 (24.14%) Embedded C
4 11 (12.64%) Python
5 9 (10.34%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.30%) C#
6 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.30%) Lua
7 1 (1.15%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 30 (34.48%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (4.60%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 87 (100.00%) Firmware
2 82 (94.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (9.20%) EMC
2 7 (8.05%) SAP
3 1 (1.15%) Atmel
3 1 (1.15%) Freescale
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