Firmware Jobs in the West Midlands

Firmware
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 153 290
Rank change year-on-year -29 +137 -58
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 29 33 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.53% 0.94% 0.24%
As % of the System Software category 6.35% 6.08% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 13
10th Percentile £28,625 £33,000 £35,850
25th Percentile £51,876 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +4.55% +46.67%
75th Percentile £70,938 £64,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £66,250 £59,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 457 543 900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.36% 15.48% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 259 472 751
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,794 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,103 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -9.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,750 £66,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the West Midlands

Firmware
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Firmware in the West Midlands

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the West Midlands

Firmware
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Worcestershire - 12 £70,000 - 3
Staffordshire -20 7 £28,000 -43.15% 3
Birmingham -22 5 £57,500 +53.33% 1
Warwickshire - 4 £65,000 - 2
Shropshire - 1 £52,500 - 1
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) Wireless
2 11 (37.93%) Bluetooth
3 8 (27.59%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (17.24%) Firewall
4 5 (17.24%) Network Security
5 4 (13.79%) GSM
5 4 (13.79%) J1939
6 2 (6.90%) MQTT
6 2 (6.90%) RS-232
6 2 (6.90%) RS-485
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.45%) DHCP
7 1 (3.45%) DNS
7 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
7 1 (3.45%) Junos
7 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.45%) VPN
General
1 9 (31.03%) Electronics
2 8 (27.59%) Automotive
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Police
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Senior
2 12 (41.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (34.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 8 (27.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 8 (27.59%) Software Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (20.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Lead
6 5 (17.24%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Network Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Team Leader
7 4 (13.79%) C++ Team Leader
7 4 (13.79%) Telematics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Yocto
2 4 (13.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Device Driver
2 4 (13.79%) Cloud Native
3 3 (10.34%) Driving Licence
3 3 (10.34%) EPoS
3 3 (10.34%) IoT
3 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.45%) CAN bus
5 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Embedded Linux
1 9 (31.03%) Linux
2 4 (13.79%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (3.45%) VxWorks
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Software Engineering
2 4 (13.79%) Agile
2 4 (13.79%) Cloud Security
2 4 (13.79%) DevOps
2 4 (13.79%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (13.79%) High Availability
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL
2 4 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
2 4 (13.79%) Multithreading
2 4 (13.79%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (13.79%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) Scrum
2 4 (13.79%) Telematics
3 3 (10.34%) Break/Fix
3 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
3 3 (10.34%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (10.34%) Time Management
4 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C++
2 8 (27.59%) C
2 8 (27.59%) Python
3 5 (17.24%) Bash
4 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
5 3 (10.34%) Embedded C
6 2 (6.90%) VB
7 1 (3.45%) Embedded C++
7 1 (3.45%) Java
7 1 (3.45%) MATLAB
7 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) CCNA
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) CCNP
3 1 (3.45%) MCP
3 1 (3.45%) MCSE
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Automotive SPICE
1 4 (13.79%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (10.34%) SLA
3 2 (6.90%) JTAG
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (13.79%) Ansible
1 4 (13.79%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (13.79%) Terraform
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Palo Alto
2 3 (10.34%) Dell
2 3 (10.34%) HP
2 3 (10.34%) IBM
2 3 (10.34%) NetApp
3 1 (3.45%) Aruba
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) EMC
3 1 (3.45%) F5
3 1 (3.45%) Juniper
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) NVIDIA
3 1 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds