Firmware Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Firmware Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 639 727 792
Rank change year-on-year +88 +65 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 122 43 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.073% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.082% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 93 38 35
10th Percentile £38,750 £44,250 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,563 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +16.07% +17.89%
75th Percentile £59,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £75,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +21.50% +1.90%

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 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +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%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Firmware Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Scotland -39 33 £52,500 -19.23% 6
Midlands - 29 £52,500 - 8
South East +20 20 £75,000 +50.00% 10
East Midlands - 18 £52,500 - 8
North of England +48 17 £52,500 -4.55% 2
South West -7 11 £42,500 -10.53% 7
West Midlands - 11 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +87 8 £26,500 -44.21%
East of England +15 8 £40,000 -38.46% 18
North West +2 7 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Wales +7 4 £50,000 -23.08% 3
North East - 2 £60,000 -
Firmware Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 122 (100.00%) Firmware
2 96 (78.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 82 (67.21%) C
4 61 (50.00%) Electronics
5 43 (35.25%) Degree
6 38 (31.15%) Embedded C
7 36 (29.51%) Manufacturing
7 36 (29.51%) Wireless
8 33 (27.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (26.23%) C++
10 29 (23.77%) Social Skills
11 23 (18.85%) Software Engineering
12 21 (17.21%) Linux
12 21 (17.21%) Computer Science
13 15 (12.30%) Python
14 13 (10.66%) SAP
14 13 (10.66%) Mathematics
14 13 (10.66%) Physics
14 13 (10.66%) Marketing
15 12 (9.84%) Embedded Linux
15 12 (9.84%) Programme Management
15 12 (9.84%) Telecoms
15 12 (9.84%) Finance
15 12 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (9.84%) Digital Marketing
15 12 (9.84%) Yocto
15 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
16 11 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (9.02%) Schematic Capture
16 11 (9.02%) Embedded C++

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 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.82%) OrCAD
1 1 (0.82%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.28%) AWS
1 4 (3.28%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 36 (29.51%) Wireless
2 9 (7.38%) Ethernet
3 7 (5.74%) Bluetooth
4 5 (4.10%) LoRaWAN
4 5 (4.10%) MQTT
5 4 (3.28%) LTE
5 4 (3.28%) Profibus
5 4 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.64%) Modbus
6 2 (1.64%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.82%) 4G
7 1 (0.82%) 5G
7 1 (0.82%) RS-232
7 1 (0.82%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Git
2 2 (1.64%) GCC
3 1 (0.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.82%) JIRA
3 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (50.00%) Electronics
2 36 (29.51%) Manufacturing
3 33 (27.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 29 (23.77%) Social Skills
5 13 (10.66%) Marketing
6 12 (9.84%) Finance
6 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 12 (9.84%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Automotive
8 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.82%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.84%) Yocto
2 4 (3.28%) Flask
3 2 (1.64%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.20%) IoT
2 9 (7.38%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.92%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.28%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.64%) FPGA
6 1 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.82%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.82%) ASIC
6 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.82%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.82%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.21%) Linux
2 12 (9.84%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (3.28%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (18.85%) Software Engineering
2 21 (17.21%) Computer Science
3 13 (10.66%) Mathematics
3 13 (10.66%) Physics
4 12 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (9.84%) Digital Marketing
4 12 (9.84%) Programme Management
5 11 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (9.02%) Schematic Capture
6 10 (8.20%) Mentoring
6 10 (8.20%) Software Testing
7 9 (7.38%) Linux Kernel Development
8 8 (6.56%) Embedded Software Development
8 8 (6.56%) Project Planning
9 6 (4.92%) SDLC
10 5 (4.10%) OO
10 5 (4.10%) OOP
10 5 (4.10%) UML
11 4 (3.28%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (3.28%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 82 (67.21%) C
2 38 (31.15%) Embedded C
3 32 (26.23%) C++
4 15 (12.30%) Python
5 11 (9.02%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.64%) C#
6 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.64%) Lua
7 1 (0.82%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 43 (35.25%) Degree
2 2 (1.64%) HND
3 1 (0.82%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (3.28%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.82%) QA
System Software
1 122 (100.00%) Firmware
2 96 (78.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.82%) Docker
Vendors
1 13 (10.66%) SAP
2 9 (7.38%) EMC
3 1 (0.82%) Atmel
3 1 (0.82%) Freescale
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.82%) Xilinx
50 Firmware Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London