Firmware Jobs in the Midlands

Firmware
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 274 319
Rank change year-on-year +77 +45 -97
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 122 34 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.01% 0.37% 0.34%
As % of the System Software category 8.87% 2.69% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 91 25 10
10th Percentile £37,500 - £46,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -20.56% +18.89%
75th Percentile £64,125 £58,750 £55,625
90th Percentile £71,250 £110,000 £59,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -11.21% -2.73%

All System Software Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,376 1,264 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.38% 13.94% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 747 1,278
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £56,000 £61,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the Midlands

Firmware
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the Midlands

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the Midlands

Firmware
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
West Midlands +60 70 £60,750 +35.00% 21
East Midlands +23 52 £50,000 +81.82% 30
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) Simulink
2 1 (0.82%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.02%) GitHub
2 5 (4.10%) Azure
3 1 (0.82%) AWS
3 1 (0.82%) AWS IoT
3 1 (0.82%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.39%) Wireless
2 15 (12.30%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (11.48%) Bluetooth
4 7 (5.74%) BGP
4 7 (5.74%) EIGRP
4 7 (5.74%) HSRP
4 7 (5.74%) LAN
4 7 (5.74%) MPLS
4 7 (5.74%) OSPF
4 7 (5.74%) SD-WAN
4 7 (5.74%) Spanning Tree
4 7 (5.74%) VLAN
4 7 (5.74%) VoIP
4 7 (5.74%) VRRP
4 7 (5.74%) WAN
4 7 (5.74%) Wireshark
4 7 (5.74%) WLAN
5 6 (4.92%) ZigBee
6 5 (4.10%) RS-232
6 5 (4.10%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) JIRA
2 3 (2.46%) Git
3 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (50.00%) Electronics
2 21 (17.21%) Manufacturing
3 17 (13.93%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.66%) Automotive
5 11 (9.02%) Retail
6 10 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Finance
8 4 (3.28%) Marketing
8 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (51.64%) Embedded Engineer
2 36 (29.51%) Software Engineer
3 29 (23.77%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 29 (23.77%) Firmware Engineer
4 27 (22.13%) Senior
5 25 (20.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 18 (14.75%) Electronics Engineer
7 13 (10.66%) Development Engineer
8 12 (9.84%) Graduate
8 12 (9.84%) Lead
8 12 (9.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (8.20%) Graduate Development Engineer
9 10 (8.20%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.20%) Junior
9 10 (8.20%) Junior Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.20%) Team Leader
10 7 (5.74%) Analyst
10 7 (5.74%) Design Engineer
10 7 (5.74%) Network Analyst
10 7 (5.74%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) Yocto
2 6 (4.92%) Qt
3 2 (1.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.84%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (9.02%) IoT
3 8 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.74%) FMCG
5 6 (4.92%) Driving Licence
6 5 (4.10%) ARM Cortex
6 5 (4.10%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (4.10%) Smart Home
6 5 (4.10%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (3.28%) Algorithms
7 4 (3.28%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (3.28%) Device Driver
7 4 (3.28%) EPoS
7 4 (3.28%) FPGA
7 4 (3.28%) VHDL
8 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.64%) Arduino
8 2 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 30 (24.59%) Linux
2 19 (15.57%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (8.20%) Windows
4 5 (4.10%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.64%) Debian
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (43.44%) Software Engineering
2 19 (15.57%) Computer Science
3 14 (11.48%) Agile
4 13 (10.66%) Schematic Capture
5 11 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (9.02%) Software Testing
6 10 (8.20%) Project Planning
7 9 (7.38%) Linux Kernel Development
8 8 (6.56%) Test Automation
9 7 (5.74%) Business Analysis
9 7 (5.74%) Change Management
9 7 (5.74%) Demand Management
9 7 (5.74%) High Availability
9 7 (5.74%) Network Architecture
9 7 (5.74%) Network Virtualisation
9 7 (5.74%) Project Delivery
9 7 (5.74%) Release Management
9 7 (5.74%) Validation
10 6 (4.92%) Scrum
11 5 (4.10%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 65 (53.28%) C
2 42 (34.43%) C++
3 21 (17.21%) Embedded C
4 12 (9.84%) C#
5 8 (6.56%) Python
6 5 (4.10%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.46%) Groovy
7 3 (2.46%) Rust
8 2 (1.64%) SQL
9 1 (0.82%) Lua
Qualifications
1 46 (37.70%) Degree
2 8 (6.56%) CCNP
2 8 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.74%) CCDP
3 7 (5.74%) CCIE
3 7 (5.74%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 4 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.46%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.82%) CCNA
6 1 (0.82%) MCP
6 1 (0.82%) MCSE
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.48%) MISRA
2 9 (7.38%) MISRA C
3 4 (3.28%) SLA
4 3 (2.46%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (2.46%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.82%) JTAG
System Software
1 70 (57.38%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (13.93%) EMC
2 7 (5.74%) Cisco
2 7 (5.74%) Ekahau
3 4 (3.28%) Dell
3 4 (3.28%) HP
3 4 (3.28%) IBM
3 4 (3.28%) NetApp
3 4 (3.28%) SAP
4 3 (2.46%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.64%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds