Firmware Jobs in the Thames Valley

Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 178 178
Rank change year-on-year +78 0 +46
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 170 70 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.30% 1.26% 1.53%
As % of the System Software category 17.33% 7.64% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 79 52 42
10th Percentile £31,250 - £35,125
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £37,678 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.36% -28.23% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,750 £45,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £48,750 £59,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 981 916 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.25% 16.45% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 758 615 663
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,063 £29,875 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £48,925 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -2.15% -4.76%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Buckinghamshire +41 97 £51,000 +56.92% 18
Berkshire +31 50 £42,920 -4.62% 13
Oxfordshire 0 23 £57,000 +34.12% 9
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (2.94%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.59%) Apache
2 1 (0.59%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.94%) SaaS
2 3 (1.76%) AWS
3 2 (1.18%) Azure
4 1 (0.59%) Akamai
4 1 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (0.59%) GitHub
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.71%) Wireless
2 7 (4.12%) Firewall
3 6 (3.53%) LAN
3 6 (3.53%) OSPF
4 5 (2.94%) Internet
4 5 (2.94%) RFID
5 3 (1.76%) WAN
6 2 (1.18%) VPN
7 1 (0.59%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.59%) GPRS
7 1 (0.59%) MQTT
7 1 (0.59%) Network Security
7 1 (0.59%) RS-232
7 1 (0.59%) RS-485
7 1 (0.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.94%) Big Data
2 1 (0.59%) MySQL
2 1 (0.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (5.29%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.18%) JIRA
2 2 (1.18%) TestRail
General
1 101 (59.41%) Electronics
2 83 (48.82%) Manufacturing
3 73 (42.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 13 (7.65%) Marketing
6 12 (7.06%) Legal
7 8 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.71%) Automotive
8 6 (3.53%) Finance
8 6 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.35%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.35%) Retail
10 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (46.47%) Electronics Engineer
2 61 (35.88%) Development Engineer
2 61 (35.88%) Graduate
2 61 (35.88%) Graduate Development Engineer
2 61 (35.88%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
2 61 (35.88%) Junior
2 61 (35.88%) Junior Electronics Engineer
3 27 (15.88%) Systems Engineer
4 20 (11.76%) Hardware Engineer
5 16 (9.41%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 15 (8.82%) Embedded Engineer
6 15 (8.82%) Senior
7 13 (7.65%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
7 13 (7.65%) Junior Hardware Engineer
8 11 (6.47%) Firmware Engineer
9 10 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
10 9 (5.29%) Lead
10 9 (5.29%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 8 (4.71%) Firmware Developer
11 8 (4.71%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.53%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.94%) WPF
3 3 (1.76%) Middleware
4 2 (1.18%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.59%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.59%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.59%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 17 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (7.65%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.47%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.88%) IoT
5 5 (2.94%) GNSS
6 4 (2.35%) Robotics
7 2 (1.18%) ASIC
7 2 (1.18%) ASIC Verification
7 2 (1.18%) Verilog
8 1 (0.59%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.59%) FPGA
8 1 (0.59%) Molecular Biology
8 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.59%) Windows
2 16 (9.41%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.06%) Windows Server
4 11 (6.47%) Windows NT
4 11 (6.47%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (6.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (6.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (5.88%) Linux
6 5 (2.94%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.59%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
2 73 (42.94%) Project Planning
3 31 (18.24%) Customer Requirements
4 23 (13.53%) Design for Manufacturing
5 20 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 20 (11.76%) Release Management
6 19 (11.18%) Customer Service
7 18 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (10.59%) Service Management
8 16 (9.41%) ITIL
9 14 (8.24%) UML
10 13 (7.65%) Agile
10 13 (7.65%) Software Testing
11 12 (7.06%) Configuration Management
11 12 (7.06%) Project Management
11 12 (7.06%) Requirements Gathering
11 12 (7.06%) Software Engineering
11 12 (7.06%) Validation
12 11 (6.47%) Code Quality
12 11 (6.47%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (25.88%) C
2 24 (14.12%) C++
3 18 (10.59%) Python
4 10 (5.88%) Embedded C
5 9 (5.29%) C#
6 5 (2.94%) XAML
7 4 (2.35%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.76%) Perl
8 3 (1.76%) SQL
9 2 (1.18%) Bash
9 2 (1.18%) Java
9 2 (1.18%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (1.18%) Tcl
10 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.59%) Korn
10 1 (0.59%) PHP
10 1 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 103 (60.59%) Degree
2 39 (22.94%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.59%) SC Cleared
4 17 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.76%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.59%) CCNA
6 1 (0.59%) CCNP
6 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.65%) QA
2 6 (3.53%) SLA
3 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (0.59%) JTAG
System Software
1 89 (52.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 18 (10.59%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (13.53%) SCCM
2 11 (6.47%) Sysprep
2 11 (6.47%) WSUS
3 7 (4.12%) NetBackup
3 7 (4.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 74 (43.53%) EMC
2 23 (13.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.12%) McAfee
4 6 (3.53%) Extreme Networks
4 6 (3.53%) Juniper
5 5 (2.94%) HP
6 1 (0.59%) Aruba
6 1 (0.59%) Cisco
6 1 (0.59%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.59%) Google
6 1 (0.59%) SAP