Embedded Firmware Jobs in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded 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 233 174 255
Rank change year-on-year -59 +81 -70
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 49 41 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.72% 0.96% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 7.04% 5.59% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 48 40 6
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,000 £52,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -1.80% +16.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,688
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £54,250
% change year-on-year -8.70% +5.99% +5.34%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

Embedded 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 696 733 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.18% 17.12% 15.02%
Number of salaries quoted 391 357 581
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,900 £27,125
25th Percentile £32,625 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% -4.55% +21.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +35 20 £65,000 +16.07% 2
Aberdeen -10 11 £52,500 +23.53%
Fife - 6 £50,000 -
West Lothian - 3 £70,000 -
Lanarkshire - 2 £40,000 - 2
Dundee - 1 £60,000 - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 2
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Infor M3
Communications & Networking
1 28 (57.14%) Wireless
2 1 (2.04%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.04%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.04%) Modbus
2 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.04%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 21 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (26.53%) Electronics
4 2 (4.08%) Finance
4 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.08%) Marketing
4 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (63.27%) Firmware Engineer
2 24 (48.98%) Embedded Engineer
3 23 (46.94%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 10 (20.41%) Senior
5 7 (14.29%) Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Embedded Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Embedded Software Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Software Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.04%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.04%) Arduino
1 1 (2.04%) ARM Cortex
1 1 (2.04%) FPGA
1 1 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Software Engineering
2 19 (38.78%) Computer Science
3 14 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 12 (24.49%) Mathematics
4 12 (24.49%) Physics
5 7 (14.29%) Coaching
5 7 (14.29%) Performance Management
5 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 7 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (6.12%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.08%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (4.08%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.04%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 31 (63.27%) C
2 21 (42.86%) Embedded C
3 8 (16.33%) Python
4 7 (14.29%) C++
5 1 (2.04%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (44.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) JTAG
System Software
1 49 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (4.08%) SAP