Firmware Jobs in Scotland

Firmware
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 167 204
Rank change year-on-year -24 +37 -41
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 99 52 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.47% 1.14% 0.76%
As % of the System Software category 13.94% 6.81% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 90 46 22
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,563 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -5.22% +21.05%
75th Percentile £60,625 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 710 764 924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.57% 16.68% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 398 377 575
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,950 £27,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £61,949 £72,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,872 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Scotland

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 Firmware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Edinburgh +51 30 £52,500 -6.25% 9
Aberdeen +3 23 £52,500 +23.53% 3
Glasgow -108 11 £57,500 +35.29% 5
Dundee -6 7 £50,000 - 1
Fife - 6 £50,000 - 1
West Lothian -1 5 £70,000 +45.83% 1
Lanarkshire - 4 £40,000 - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 3
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
Firmware
UK

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.01%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.07%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 57 (57.58%) Wireless
2 7 (7.07%) HTTP
2 7 (7.07%) MQTT
3 5 (5.05%) Bluetooth
4 4 (4.04%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.01%) Modbus
5 1 (1.01%) SNMP
5 1 (1.01%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (8.08%) Git
2 1 (1.01%) Subversion
2 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 48 (48.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (24.24%) Electronics
4 11 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 9 (9.09%) Finance
5 9 (9.09%) Marketing
5 9 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.03%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.03%) Automotive
7 2 (2.02%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 60 (60.61%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (35.35%) Firmware Engineer
3 26 (26.26%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 24 (24.24%) Graduate
5 23 (23.23%) Junior
5 23 (23.23%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 17 (17.17%) Senior
7 14 (14.14%) Developer
8 11 (11.11%) Software Engineer
9 9 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 7 (7.07%) Embedded Developer
10 7 (7.07%) Embedded Software Developer
10 7 (7.07%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (7.07%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (7.07%) Software Developer
11 6 (6.06%) Software Manager
12 5 (5.05%) Design Engineer
12 5 (5.05%) Electronics Engineer
12 5 (5.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 5 (5.05%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.07%) CSS
1 7 (7.07%) Django
1 7 (7.07%) Flask
1 7 (7.07%) HTML
1 7 (7.07%) React
2 1 (1.01%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.09%) IoT
2 7 (7.07%) Arduino
2 7 (7.07%) Raspberry Pi
3 3 (3.03%) FPGA
4 2 (2.02%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.02%) VHDL
5 1 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.03%) Linux
1 3 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (1.01%) Android
2 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.01%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (1.01%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (63.64%) Software Engineering
2 52 (52.53%) Computer Science
3 39 (39.39%) Physics
4 38 (38.38%) Mathematics
5 14 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (13.13%) Mentoring
7 9 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (9.09%) Programme Management
7 9 (9.09%) SDLC
8 7 (7.07%) Analytics
8 7 (7.07%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (7.07%) Coaching
8 7 (7.07%) Computer Vision
8 7 (7.07%) Creative Thinking
8 7 (7.07%) Data Analytics
8 7 (7.07%) Front End Development
8 7 (7.07%) Machine Learning
8 7 (7.07%) User Experience
8 7 (7.07%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 64 (64.65%) C
2 53 (53.54%) Embedded C
3 15 (15.15%) Python
4 9 (9.09%) C++
5 7 (7.07%) JavaScript
5 7 (7.07%) SQL
5 7 (7.07%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.01%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.01%) Bash
6 1 (1.01%) C#
6 1 (1.01%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.01%) Perl
Qualifications
1 59 (59.60%) Degree
2 7 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 52 (52.53%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (9.09%) SAP
2 7 (7.07%) NVIDIA
3 4 (4.04%) EMC
4 1 (1.01%) Altera
4 1 (1.01%) Lattice Semiconductor