Firmware Job Trends in the West Midlands

Firmware
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 143 179
Rank change year-on-year -14 +36 -19
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 54 32 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.60% 0.98% 0.64%
As % of the System Software category 15.38% 8.47% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 40 26 26
10th Percentile £43,750 £31,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,750 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -31.10% +12.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,688 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,875 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +4.76%

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 351 378 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.90% 11.57% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 253 283 294
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.96%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,750 £60,188
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £71,025
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Firmware job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Firmware
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

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 5 October 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
Staffordshire +17 16 £47,500 -8.38% 6
Worcestershire -15 15 £70,000 +33.33% 8
Birmingham -42 8 £45,000 +15.38% 8
Warwickshire - 4 £66,250 - 2
Herefordshire -12 3 £45,000 -40.00% 4
Shropshire - 3 £58,500 - 3
Coventry - 3 £70,000 - 8
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Simulink
2 2 (3.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.56%) GitHub
1 3 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (3.70%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.67%) Wireshark
2 4 (7.41%) Bluetooth
2 4 (7.41%) Firewall
3 3 (5.56%) VPN
4 2 (3.70%) Ethernet
4 2 (3.70%) Network Security
4 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
4 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.70%) VLAN
4 2 (3.70%) WAN
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.85%) IPsec
5 1 (1.85%) Modbus
5 1 (1.85%) NGFW
5 1 (1.85%) SSL
5 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 8 (14.81%) Git
3 3 (5.56%) GitLab
3 3 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.56%) JIRA
3 3 (5.56%) Zephyr
4 2 (3.70%) LabVIEW
General
1 26 (48.15%) Electronics
2 20 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Automotive
5 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.70%) Agriculture
5 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Advertising
6 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 18 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 18 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 17 (31.48%) Senior
2 17 (31.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 17 (31.48%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 17 (31.48%) Senior Software Engineer
3 9 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 9 (16.67%) Lead
4 8 (14.81%) Design Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) Electronics Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Technical Support
7 3 (5.56%) QA Manager
8 2 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (3.70%) Network Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Software Design Engineer
9 1 (1.85%) Field Service Engineer
9 1 (1.85%) IT Manager
9 1 (1.85%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) LDAP
1 1 (1.85%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (7.41%) CAN bus
2 4 (7.41%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (5.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (1.85%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.85%) FPGA
4 1 (1.85%) IoT
4 1 (1.85%) PCIe
4 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.85%) Verilog
4 1 (1.85%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (9.26%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 18 (33.33%) Validation
2 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (18.52%) Software Testing
4 9 (16.67%) Agile
4 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (16.67%) Product Requirements
4 9 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 9 (16.67%) Scrum
5 5 (9.26%) Prototyping
5 5 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (9.26%) Test Automation
6 4 (7.41%) Computer Science
6 4 (7.41%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (7.41%) Customer Service
7 3 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (5.56%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (5.56%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.04%) C
2 13 (24.07%) Embedded C
3 12 (22.22%) Java
4 10 (18.52%) MATLAB
5 8 (14.81%) Python
6 5 (9.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (35.19%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CCNA
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.85%) MISRA
2 1 (1.85%) MISRA C
System Software
1 19 (35.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.85%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.85%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) EMC
2 2 (3.70%) Cisco
2 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) Dell
3 1 (1.85%) HP
3 1 (1.85%) Meraki
3 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.85%) Xerox