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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 184 145
Rank change year-on-year +46 -39 +141
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 30 30 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.87% 0.55% 0.96%
As % of the System Software category 9.23% 6.55% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 22 23 33
10th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £56,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,875 £71,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £76,250 £66,250
England median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -8.70%

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 325 458 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.37% 8.44% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 247 259 474
10th Percentile £28,971 £30,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,375 £31,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +18.82% -10.53%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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
Birmingham +41 16 £39,000 -32.17% 6
Worcestershire +10 6 £52,500 -25.00% 2
Dudley - 3 £80,000 - 1
Warwickshire +42 1 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Staffordshire -3 1 £50,000 +41.84% 2
Herefordshire - 1 £75,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
1 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (16.67%) RS-232
2 5 (16.67%) RS-485
3 4 (13.33%) 3G
3 4 (13.33%) GPRS
3 4 (13.33%) GSM
3 4 (13.33%) Modbus
3 4 (13.33%) SSL
3 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (10.00%) BGP
4 3 (10.00%) DHCP
4 3 (10.00%) DNS
4 3 (10.00%) Firewall
4 3 (10.00%) IPsec
4 3 (10.00%) Network Security
4 3 (10.00%) OSPF
4 3 (10.00%) VLAN
4 3 (10.00%) VPN
4 3 (10.00%) WAN
4 3 (10.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) Postman
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.33%) Law
4 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Electronics
5 2 (6.67%) Back Office
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
1 7 (23.33%) Support Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Junior
2 5 (16.67%) Junior Support Technician
2 5 (16.67%) Junior Technical Support
2 5 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 5 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Desktop Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support
3 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Firmware Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.33%) IoT
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (40.00%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) Linux
3 4 (13.33%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (13.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 7 (23.33%) Change Management
2 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
2 7 (23.33%) ITSM
2 7 (23.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 7 (23.33%) Problem Management
3 5 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 5 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 4 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (13.33%) Line Management
4 4 (13.33%) Secure Coding
4 4 (13.33%) Service Management
5 3 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.00%) DevOps
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL
5 3 (10.00%) Major Incident Management
5 3 (10.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) C
2 4 (13.33%) C++
3 2 (6.67%) Embedded C++
4 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
4 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.00%) CCNP
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.33%) HNC
3 1 (3.33%) HND
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) MISRA
2 1 (3.33%) Def Stans
2 1 (3.33%) HAZOP
2 1 (3.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) BitLocker
2 5 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) SCCM
2 3 (10.00%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (3.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Apple
1 7 (23.33%) HP
1 7 (23.33%) McAfee
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (23.33%) MobileIron
1 7 (23.33%) Remedy
2 5 (16.67%) VMware
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (10.00%) Dell
3 3 (10.00%) Meraki
3 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (10.00%) SolarWinds
3 3 (10.00%) Zscaler
4 1 (3.33%) EMC