Firmware Jobs in the UK excluding London

Firmware
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 377 392
Rank change year-on-year +142 +15 -34
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 899 424 630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.15% 0.76% 0.84%
As % of the System Software category 10.02% 4.82% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 649 314 217
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,075 £31,410
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,969 8,805 12,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.43% 15.73% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 5,592 8,390
10th Percentile £25,613 £25,775 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East +88 280 £50,000 +11.11% 100
Midlands +73 130 £52,500 +16.67% 51
East of England +54 120 £55,000 -15.38% 65
North of England +58 113 £52,500 +63.04% 35
South West +34 107 £61,250 +3.81% 30
Scotland -12 104 £52,500 -3.67% 31
West Midlands +40 67 £60,000 +15.94% 17
North West +14 66 £55,000 +4.76% 26
East Midlands +29 63 £50,000 +81.82% 34
Yorkshire +73 38 £43,750 +35.87% 4
Wales +14 28 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Northern Ireland +31 17 £28,000 -13.85% 3
North East - 9 £55,000 - 5
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.56%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (2.67%) Simulink
2 15 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.22%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.44%) Windchill
6 3 (0.33%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 22 (2.45%) Azure
2 19 (2.11%) AWS
3 14 (1.56%) GitHub
4 12 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (0.89%) OneDrive
5 8 (0.89%) Power Platform
6 6 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (0.67%) SaaS
7 5 (0.56%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.44%) AWS IoT
9 3 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.22%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.22%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.11%) Akamai
11 1 (0.11%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.11%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 119 (13.24%) Wireless
2 46 (5.12%) Ethernet
3 39 (4.34%) TCP/IP
4 30 (3.34%) Bluetooth
5 26 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (2.56%) MQTT
7 22 (2.45%) Firewall
7 22 (2.45%) HTTP
8 20 (2.22%) RS-232
9 19 (2.11%) WAN
10 16 (1.78%) Internet
10 16 (1.78%) LAN
10 16 (1.78%) OSPF
10 16 (1.78%) SD-WAN
11 15 (1.67%) 5G
11 15 (1.67%) DNS
12 14 (1.56%) ZigBee
13 13 (1.45%) Wireshark
14 12 (1.33%) BGP
14 12 (1.33%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.89%) Power BI
2 6 (0.67%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.56%) Big Data
4 3 (0.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.22%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.22%) MySQL
6 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (6.01%) Git
2 27 (3.00%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
4 21 (2.34%) JIRA
5 16 (1.78%) Subversion
6 13 (1.45%) LabVIEW
7 11 (1.22%) Rational Team Concert
8 6 (0.67%) GitLab
8 6 (0.67%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.33%) GCC
10 3 (0.33%) GDB
10 3 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.22%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 2 (0.22%) TestRail
12 1 (0.11%) Phabricator
12 1 (0.11%) Selenium
12 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 384 (42.71%) Electronics
2 210 (23.36%) Social Skills
3 194 (21.58%) Manufacturing
4 139 (15.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (5.56%) Automotive
7 47 (5.23%) Marketing
8 46 (5.12%) Finance
9 38 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 36 (4.00%) Public Sector
11 35 (3.89%) Retail
12 33 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (2.45%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.45%) Legal
15 12 (1.33%) Military
16 9 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.78%) Aviation
18 5 (0.56%) French Language
19 2 (0.22%) Avionics
19 2 (0.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 297 (33.04%) Embedded Engineer
2 194 (21.58%) Software Engineer
3 180 (20.02%) Senior
4 140 (15.57%) Electronics Engineer
5 129 (14.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 128 (14.24%) Firmware Engineer
7 122 (13.57%) Graduate
8 110 (12.24%) Junior
9 88 (9.79%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 85 (9.45%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
11 80 (8.90%) Development Engineer
11 80 (8.90%) Junior Electronics Engineer
12 78 (8.68%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 71 (7.90%) Graduate Development Engineer
14 64 (7.12%) Systems Engineer
15 57 (6.34%) Lead
16 55 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
17 54 (6.01%) Hardware Engineer
18 50 (5.56%) Developer
19 44 (4.89%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.78%) HTML
1 16 (1.78%) Yocto
2 15 (1.67%) Qt
3 14 (1.56%) 802.1X
3 14 (1.56%) CSS
4 13 (1.45%) Node.js
5 12 (1.33%) Flask
5 12 (1.33%) Middleware
6 10 (1.11%) .NET
7 7 (0.78%) Django
7 7 (0.78%) React
7 7 (0.78%) Web Services
8 6 (0.67%) WPF
9 5 (0.56%) FFmpeg
9 5 (0.56%) Flash
9 5 (0.56%) GStreamer
9 5 (0.56%) OpenCV
9 5 (0.56%) REST
10 3 (0.33%) OpenGL
10 3 (0.33%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 101 (11.23%) FPGA
2 77 (8.57%) Embedded Systems
3 58 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 51 (5.67%) IoT
5 46 (5.12%) Data Centre
6 43 (4.78%) Driving Licence
7 38 (4.23%) Algorithms
8 34 (3.78%) Analogue Electronics
8 34 (3.78%) VHDL
9 27 (3.00%) Management Information System
10 24 (2.67%) EPoS
11 21 (2.34%) GNSS
12 19 (2.11%) Mobile App
13 18 (2.00%) Device Driver
14 13 (1.45%) PCIe
14 13 (1.45%) Video\Live Streaming
15 10 (1.11%) ARM Cortex
15 10 (1.11%) Raspberry Pi
15 10 (1.11%) Tandem
15 10 (1.11%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 161 (17.91%) Linux
2 104 (11.57%) Windows
3 58 (6.45%) Embedded Linux
4 27 (3.00%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.78%) Unix
7 15 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (1.56%) FreeRTOS
8 14 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.33%) Windows NT
11 10 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (0.89%) AIX
12 8 (0.89%) Solaris
13 7 (0.78%) Android
14 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.56%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.33%) Debian
16 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
17 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (34.82%) Software Engineering
2 149 (16.57%) Computer Science
3 131 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (12.35%) Schematic Capture
5 84 (9.34%) Project Planning
6 80 (8.90%) Agile
7 64 (7.12%) Software Testing
8 62 (6.90%) Customer Service
9 60 (6.67%) Mentoring
10 58 (6.45%) SDLC
11 54 (6.01%) ITIL
12 50 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
13 49 (5.45%) Mathematics
13 49 (5.45%) Physics
14 48 (5.34%) Validation
15 42 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
16 40 (4.45%) Test Automation
17 39 (4.34%) Artificial Intelligence
17 39 (4.34%) Programme Management
17 39 (4.34%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 352 (39.15%) C
2 177 (19.69%) C++
3 114 (12.68%) Embedded C
4 113 (12.57%) Python
5 50 (5.56%) C#
6 28 (3.11%) SQL
7 27 (3.00%) Embedded C++
7 27 (3.00%) MATLAB
8 23 (2.56%) Java
9 21 (2.34%) Bash
10 19 (2.11%) Perl
11 13 (1.45%) JavaScript
12 10 (1.11%) Tcl
13 8 (0.89%) VB
14 7 (0.78%) Assembly Language
15 6 (0.67%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.56%) Rust
16 5 (0.56%) XAML
17 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 367 (40.82%) Degree
2 103 (11.46%) Security Cleared
3 62 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 33 (3.67%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.56%) SC Cleared
6 22 (2.45%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.22%) CCNP
10 9 (1.00%) CCNA
11 8 (0.89%) HND
11 8 (0.89%) PhD
12 7 (0.78%) CCDP
12 7 (0.78%) CCIE
12 7 (0.78%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.56%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.44%) HNC
14 4 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.67%) SLA
2 32 (3.56%) QA
3 19 (2.11%) MISRA
4 15 (1.67%) JTAG
5 10 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.00%) ISO 13485
6 9 (1.00%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.56%) ISO 26262
9 4 (0.44%) GDPR
9 4 (0.44%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.33%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.33%) ECSS
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.11%) DO-254
12 1 (0.11%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 375 (41.71%) Embedded Firmware
2 31 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.56%) Docker
5 14 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.67%) vSphere
7 5 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.11%) NFS
10 1 (0.11%) pfSense
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (3.00%) SCCM
2 19 (2.11%) Ansible
3 14 (1.56%) WSUS
4 12 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.33%) Sysprep
5 8 (0.89%) SCOM
6 7 (0.78%) Functional Safety
6 7 (0.78%) NetBackup
7 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.44%) Podman
8 4 (0.44%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.33%) Grafana
9 3 (0.33%) Terraform
10 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 115 (12.79%) EMC
2 49 (5.45%) Microsoft
3 35 (3.89%) SAP
4 33 (3.67%) HP
5 31 (3.45%) IBM
6 28 (3.11%) VMware
7 26 (2.89%) NetApp
8 25 (2.78%) Dell
9 21 (2.34%) Xilinx
10 18 (2.00%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.89%) Cisco
12 13 (1.45%) Fortinet
13 11 (1.22%) Veeam
14 10 (1.11%) Altera
14 10 (1.11%) Intel
15 8 (0.89%) Citrix
15 8 (0.89%) Green Hills
15 8 (0.89%) Motorola
15 8 (0.89%) Oracle
16 7 (0.78%) McAfee