Firmware Jobs in the West Midlands

Firmware
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 232 266
Rank change year-on-year +35 +34 -87
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 67 23 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.84% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 8.07% 3.27% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 43 20 9
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,750 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -3.27% +25.88%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,813 £55,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £110,000 £59,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 830 704 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.44% 11.90% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 679 491 839
10th Percentile £25,243 £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,650 £76,250 £81,500
England median annual salary £49,881 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.31% - -

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 May 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 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
Worcestershire - 19 £60,000 - 6
Warwickshire +40 15 £67,500 - 1
Shropshire - 7 - -
Staffordshire -21 6 £28,000 -51.30% 4
Herefordshire +2 4 £61,500 -44.09%
Birmingham - 4 - - 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 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Simulink
1 1 (1.49%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.43%) GitHub
2 1 (1.49%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.39%) Wireless
2 10 (14.93%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (13.43%) Bluetooth
4 7 (10.45%) BGP
4 7 (10.45%) EIGRP
4 7 (10.45%) HSRP
4 7 (10.45%) LAN
4 7 (10.45%) MPLS
4 7 (10.45%) OSPF
4 7 (10.45%) SD-WAN
4 7 (10.45%) Spanning Tree
4 7 (10.45%) VLAN
4 7 (10.45%) VoIP
4 7 (10.45%) VRRP
4 7 (10.45%) WAN
4 7 (10.45%) Wireshark
4 7 (10.45%) WLAN
5 5 (7.46%) RS-232
5 5 (7.46%) RS-485
5 5 (7.46%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Git
General
1 34 (50.75%) Electronics
2 12 (17.91%) Retail
2 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Automotive
3 10 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (14.93%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (44.78%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (26.87%) Senior
3 16 (23.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 16 (23.88%) Software Engineer
4 13 (19.40%) Electronics Engineer
5 11 (16.42%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 11 (16.42%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) Development Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) Graduate
6 10 (14.93%) Graduate Development Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) Junior
6 10 (14.93%) Junior Electronics Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) Lead
7 8 (11.94%) Team Leader
8 7 (10.45%) Analyst
8 7 (10.45%) Network Analyst
8 7 (10.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (8.96%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) FMCG
2 6 (8.96%) IoT
3 5 (7.46%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.46%) EPoS
3 5 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.46%) Smart Home
4 4 (5.97%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.97%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (5.97%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (5.97%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Linux
2 11 (16.42%) Windows
3 5 (7.46%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (7.46%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) Software Engineering
2 10 (14.93%) Project Planning
2 10 (14.93%) Schematic Capture
3 7 (10.45%) Business Analysis
3 7 (10.45%) Change Management
3 7 (10.45%) Demand Management
3 7 (10.45%) High Availability
3 7 (10.45%) Network Architecture
3 7 (10.45%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (10.45%) Project Delivery
3 7 (10.45%) Release Management
4 6 (8.96%) Agile
5 5 (7.46%) Innovative Thinking
5 5 (7.46%) ITIL
5 5 (7.46%) Mentoring
5 5 (7.46%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (7.46%) SDLC
5 5 (7.46%) Test Automation
5 5 (7.46%) Time Management
5 5 (7.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (40.30%) C
2 16 (23.88%) C++
2 16 (23.88%) Embedded C
3 5 (7.46%) Embedded C++
4 4 (5.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (28.36%) Degree
2 8 (11.94%) CCNP
2 8 (11.94%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (10.45%) CCDP
3 7 (10.45%) CCIE
3 7 (10.45%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 5 (7.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.49%) CCNA
5 1 (1.49%) MCP
5 1 (1.49%) MCSE
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.43%) MISRA
2 5 (7.46%) SLA
3 4 (5.97%) MISRA C
4 1 (1.49%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (1.49%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 40 (59.70%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) EMC
2 7 (10.45%) Cisco
2 7 (10.45%) Ekahau
3 5 (7.46%) Dell
3 5 (7.46%) HP
3 5 (7.46%) IBM
3 5 (7.46%) NetApp
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.49%) SolarWinds