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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 154 176
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +15
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 37 22 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.43% 0.64% 0.77%
As % of the System Software category 11.82% 5.09% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 29 20 39
10th Percentile £43,750 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £39,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £41,750 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.69% -32.11% +33.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,313 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

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 313 432 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.67% 12.55% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 226 328 428
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £25,675
25th Percentile £34,356 £31,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,438 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £77,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.91%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +13 16 £65,000 +31.53% 4
Worcestershire - 10 £58,750 - 4
Birmingham -36 5 - - 4
Warwickshire - 2 £77,500 - 5
Herefordshire -16 1 £45,000 -40.00% 3
Shropshire - 1 £58,500 - 2
Coventry - 1 £70,000 - 1
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 2 (5.41%) Simulink
2 1 (2.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) GitHub
2 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Bluetooth
1 6 (16.22%) Ethernet
2 4 (10.81%) Firewall
3 3 (8.11%) VPN
3 3 (8.11%) Wireless
4 2 (5.41%) Modbus
4 2 (5.41%) Network Security
4 2 (5.41%) RFID
4 2 (5.41%) SD-WAN
4 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.41%) VLAN
4 2 (5.41%) WAN
4 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (5.41%) Wireshark
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.70%) IPsec
5 1 (2.70%) NGFW
5 1 (2.70%) SMS
5 1 (2.70%) SSL
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) Eclipse
2 2 (5.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.70%) GitLab
3 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) JIRA
3 1 (2.70%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.70%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (32.43%) Electronics
2 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Automotive
5 3 (8.11%) Games
5 3 (8.11%) Law
5 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Embedded Engineer
1 18 (48.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 18 (48.65%) Software Engineer
2 16 (43.24%) Senior
3 14 (37.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 14 (37.84%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (37.84%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Lead
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
6 3 (8.11%) Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Lead Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Firmware Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Network Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Engineering Manager
8 1 (2.70%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) WebSockets
2 3 (8.11%) .NET
2 3 (8.11%) .NET Framework
2 3 (8.11%) Avalonia
2 3 (8.11%) OpenCV
2 3 (8.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Photography
2 4 (10.81%) CAN bus
3 3 (8.11%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (8.11%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.41%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (5.41%) FPGA
4 2 (5.41%) PCIe
4 2 (5.41%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (2.70%) CCTV
5 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.70%) EPoS
5 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) FreeRTOS
2 7 (18.92%) Linux
3 5 (13.51%) Windows
4 2 (5.41%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Software Engineering
2 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) Validation
3 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.22%) Embedded Software Development
5 5 (13.51%) Secure Coding
6 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
7 3 (8.11%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Engineering
7 3 (8.11%) Computer Vision
7 3 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) DevOps
7 3 (8.11%) Image Processing
7 3 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.11%) Video Processing
7 3 (8.11%) Web Development
8 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) C
2 7 (18.92%) Python
3 6 (16.22%) C++
3 6 (16.22%) Embedded C
4 4 (10.81%) MATLAB
5 3 (8.11%) C#
5 3 (8.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) CCNA
3 1 (2.70%) CCNP
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.70%) HND
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) IEC 61508
1 5 (13.51%) MISRA
1 5 (13.51%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 11 (29.73%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Functional Safety
2 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.70%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Cisco
2 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Dell
3 1 (2.70%) EMC
3 1 (2.70%) Meraki
3 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto