Firmware Engineer Jobs in England

Firmware Engineer
UK > England

The median Firmware Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 872 1127
Rank change year-on-year +108 +255 -279
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 99 22 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.027% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.029% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 70 18 25
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,550 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,438 £59,000
90th Percentile £65,250 £69,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% +1.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in England

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in England

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in England

Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the England 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
Midlands -11 27 £52,500 - 8
South East -14 24 £60,000 +20.00% 12
North of England +25 19 £52,500 - 6
East Midlands - 16 £52,500 - 7
East of England +2 14 £40,000 -31.91% 11
South West -31 12 £45,000 -5.26% 12
West Midlands 0 11 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Yorkshire +72 8 £26,500 -44.21% 1
North West -18 8 £52,500 - 5
London - 3 £50,000 -
North East - 3 £60,000 -
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 99 (100.00%) Firmware
2 73 (73.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 59 (59.60%) C
4 56 (56.57%) Electronics
5 38 (38.38%) Manufacturing
6 29 (29.29%) Degree
7 26 (26.26%) C++
8 20 (20.20%) Linux
9 18 (18.18%) Embedded C
10 15 (15.15%) Python
11 14 (14.14%) Software Engineering
12 12 (12.12%) Marketing
12 12 (12.12%) SAP
13 11 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (11.11%) Programme Management
13 11 (11.11%) Telecoms
13 11 (11.11%) Finance
13 11 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
13 11 (11.11%) Yocto
13 11 (11.11%) Schematic Capture
13 11 (11.11%) Public Sector
13 11 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (10.10%) Software Testing
14 10 (10.10%) Embedded Linux
15 9 (9.09%) EMC
15 9 (9.09%) Algorithms
15 9 (9.09%) Computer Science
16 8 (8.08%) IoT
16 8 (8.08%) Project Planning
16 8 (8.08%) Wireless

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.01%) OrCAD
1 1 (1.01%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.04%) AWS
1 4 (4.04%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.08%) Wireless
2 6 (6.06%) Bluetooth
3 5 (5.05%) LoRaWAN
3 5 (5.05%) MQTT
4 4 (4.04%) Ethernet
4 4 (4.04%) LTE
4 4 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.03%) GSM
6 1 (1.01%) 4G
6 1 (1.01%) 5G
6 1 (1.01%) Modbus
6 1 (1.01%) RS-232
6 1 (1.01%) RS-485
6 1 (1.01%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.02%) GCC
1 2 (2.02%) Git
2 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 56 (56.57%) Electronics
2 38 (38.38%) Manufacturing
3 12 (12.12%) Marketing
4 11 (11.11%) Finance
4 11 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.08%) Automotive
6 7 (7.07%) Social Skills
7 3 (3.03%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.02%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Legal
9 1 (1.01%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.11%) Yocto
2 4 (4.04%) Flask
3 2 (2.02%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 8 (8.08%) IoT
3 6 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (5.05%) Device Driver
5 3 (3.03%) FPGA
5 3 (3.03%) VHDL
6 2 (2.02%) Verilog
7 1 (1.01%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (1.01%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.01%) ASIC
7 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.01%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.01%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.20%) Linux
2 10 (10.10%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (4.04%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.14%) Software Engineering
2 11 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
2 11 (11.11%) Programme Management
2 11 (11.11%) Schematic Capture
3 10 (10.10%) Software Testing
4 9 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 8 (8.08%) Project Planning
6 7 (7.07%) Linux Kernel Development
6 7 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.05%) Device Driver Development
7 5 (5.05%) OO
7 5 (5.05%) OOP
7 5 (5.05%) UML
8 4 (4.04%) Code Quality
8 4 (4.04%) Embedded Software Development
9 3 (3.03%) Agile
9 3 (3.03%) Integration Testing
9 3 (3.03%) Mentoring
10 2 (2.02%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 59 (59.60%) C
2 26 (26.26%) C++
3 18 (18.18%) Embedded C
4 15 (15.15%) Python
5 7 (7.07%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.02%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.02%) Lua
6 2 (2.02%) SQL
6 2 (2.02%) VBA
7 1 (1.01%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.01%) C#
7 1 (1.01%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 29 (29.29%) Degree
2 2 (2.02%) HND
3 1 (1.01%) HNC
3 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.01%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.01%) DO-254
1 1 (1.01%) QA
System Software
1 99 (100.00%) Firmware
2 73 (73.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.01%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (12.12%) SAP
2 9 (9.09%) EMC
3 2 (2.02%) Xilinx
4 1 (1.01%) Actel
4 1 (1.01%) Altera
4 1 (1.01%) Atmel
4 1 (1.01%) Freescale
4 1 (1.01%) Intel
4 1 (1.01%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (1.01%) Microsemi
4 1 (1.01%) Microsoft