Embedded Firmware Jobs

Embedded Firmware
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 821 1027
Rank change year-on-year +276 +206 -182
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 392 135 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 3.24% 0.93% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 258 116 54
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £44,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +19.57%

All System Software Skills
UK

Embedded 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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,116 14,480 31,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.32% 15.42% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,332 9,689 15,669
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,378 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
UK excluding London +164 373 £52,500 -8.70% 82
England +259 331 £52,500 -9.87% 76
South East +114 143 £50,000 -4.76% 19
Work from Home +85 125 £52,500 -19.23% 23
Midlands +66 79 £60,000 +1.69% 16
Scotland -66 50 £52,500 -0.94% 11
West Midlands +14 40 £61,500 +4.24% 5
North of England +41 39 £55,000 +4.76% 7
East Midlands - 39 £52,500 - 11
South West -7 34 £52,500 -11.02% 10
North West +8 31 £55,000 +4.76% 4
East of England -21 23 £53,750 -17.31% 20
London +101 13 £50,000 +3.63% 4
Wales +10 5 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Yorkshire +69 4 £60,000 +41.18% 1
North East - 4 £60,000 - 2

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 11 (2.81%) Simulink
2 4 (1.02%) OrCAD
3 3 (0.77%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.04%) GitHub
2 7 (1.79%) Azure
2 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.02%) AWS
3 4 (1.02%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (12.50%) Wireless
2 15 (3.83%) 5G
3 12 (3.06%) Ethernet
4 11 (2.81%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.55%) Bluetooth
5 10 (2.55%) LTE
6 9 (2.30%) HTTP
7 8 (2.04%) DNS
7 8 (2.04%) Internet
7 8 (2.04%) SD-WAN
7 8 (2.04%) SMTP
7 8 (2.04%) WAN
7 8 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.53%) 5G NR
8 6 (1.53%) 802.11
8 6 (1.53%) MQTT
8 6 (1.53%) Software-Defined Radio
9 5 (1.28%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (1.02%) Modbus
11 3 (0.77%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.26%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (5.61%) Git
2 12 (3.06%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.55%) JIRA
4 3 (0.77%) GCC
4 3 (0.77%) GDB
4 3 (0.77%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.51%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.51%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.26%) CMake
6 1 (0.26%) Phabricator
6 1 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 192 (48.98%) Electronics
2 125 (31.89%) Manufacturing
3 107 (27.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (13.52%) Social Skills
5 27 (6.89%) Automotive
6 21 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (4.85%) Marketing
8 16 (4.08%) Finance
9 13 (3.32%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.32%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.06%) Legal
11 8 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.53%) Police
13 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.77%) Wearables
15 2 (0.51%) Advertising
15 2 (0.51%) Avionics
15 2 (0.51%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.51%) Local Government
15 2 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 185 (47.19%) Embedded Engineer
2 98 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 98 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 87 (22.19%) Software Engineer
4 86 (21.94%) Graduate
5 82 (20.92%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 81 (20.66%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 81 (20.66%) Junior
7 80 (20.41%) Junior Electronics Engineer
8 76 (19.39%) Senior
9 74 (18.88%) Development Engineer
10 71 (18.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 71 (18.11%) Graduate Development Engineer
11 51 (13.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 33 (8.42%) Developer
13 25 (6.38%) Senior Firmware Engineer
14 24 (6.12%) Lead
15 20 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
16 18 (4.59%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
16 18 (4.59%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.83%) Yocto
2 8 (2.04%) Middleware
3 6 (1.53%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.28%) Flask
5 4 (1.02%) .NET
6 2 (0.51%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.51%) POSIX
6 2 (0.51%) Qt
6 2 (0.51%) React
6 2 (0.51%) React Native
6 2 (0.51%) Vulkan
7 1 (0.26%) Django
7 1 (0.26%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.44%) Embedded Systems
2 32 (8.16%) FPGA
3 17 (4.34%) Mobile App
4 16 (4.08%) GNSS
5 15 (3.83%) Device Driver
5 15 (3.83%) IoT
6 12 (3.06%) Analogue Electronics
6 12 (3.06%) VHDL
7 10 (2.55%) Tandem
8 9 (2.30%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.04%) CUDA
9 8 (2.04%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.53%) PCIe
11 5 (1.28%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (1.28%) Robotics
12 3 (0.77%) Arduino
13 2 (0.51%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (0.51%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 66 (16.84%) Linux
2 31 (7.91%) Embedded Linux
3 20 (5.10%) Windows
4 8 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.04%) Unix
5 7 (1.79%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.51%) Android
6 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (34.44%) Software Engineering
2 89 (22.70%) Schematic Capture
3 84 (21.43%) Project Planning
4 46 (11.73%) Computer Science
5 34 (8.67%) Agile
5 34 (8.67%) Mentoring
6 29 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (6.63%) Test Automation
8 22 (5.61%) SDLC
9 20 (5.10%) Software Testing
10 18 (4.59%) FPGA Design
11 17 (4.34%) Configuration Management
11 17 (4.34%) Software Architecture
12 16 (4.08%) B2B
12 16 (4.08%) Signal Processing
13 15 (3.83%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (3.83%) DevOps
14 14 (3.57%) Mathematics
15 13 (3.32%) Digital Marketing
15 13 (3.32%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (48.98%) C
2 103 (26.28%) C++
3 57 (14.54%) Python
4 45 (11.48%) Embedded C
5 16 (4.08%) C#
6 11 (2.81%) Embedded C++
6 11 (2.81%) Java
6 11 (2.81%) MATLAB
7 8 (2.04%) Perl
7 8 (2.04%) Tcl
7 8 (2.04%) VB
8 4 (1.02%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.02%) SQL
9 3 (0.77%) Bash
9 3 (0.77%) Groovy
9 3 (0.77%) Lua
9 3 (0.77%) Rust
10 2 (0.51%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 191 (48.72%) Degree
2 15 (3.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.53%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.28%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.02%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.06%) QA
2 7 (1.79%) MISRA
2 7 (1.79%) MISRA C
3 6 (1.53%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.51%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.51%) ISO 13485
4 2 (0.51%) JTAG
5 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 392 (100.00%) Firmware
2 5 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.02%) Ansible
1 4 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.02%) Podman
2 1 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 89 (22.70%) EMC
2 13 (3.32%) SAP
3 10 (2.55%) Xilinx
4 8 (2.04%) Altera
4 8 (2.04%) Green Hills
4 8 (2.04%) Motorola
4 8 (2.04%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.51%) Facebook
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.51%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.26%) Atmel
6 1 (0.26%) Freescale