Firmware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 552 592
Rank change year-on-year +239 +40 -46
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 920 488 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.48% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 7.62% 3.14% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 685 350 330
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £77,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -8.41% +7.00%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,077 15,532 28,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.19% 15.33% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,571 10,270 15,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the UK

Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the UK

Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the UK

Firmware
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
UK excluding London +156 849 £52,500 +7.14% 284
England +256 772 £52,500 +14.75% 290
Work from Home +149 304 £52,500 -12.50% 122
South East +88 269 £51,000 +13.33% 98
Midlands +72 119 £53,750 +26.47% 45
North of England +72 112 £52,500 +61.54% 20
East of England +63 112 £56,500 -13.08% 66
Scotland -17 99 £52,500 -3.67% 25
South West +20 97 £55,000 -8.33% 36
West Midlands +60 69 £61,500 +36.67% 18
London +134 63 £52,500 +27.27% 31
North West +15 63 £55,000 +4.76% 15
East Midlands +20 50 £50,000 +81.82% 27
Yorkshire +97 39 £42,500 +31.99% 4
Wales +8 24 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Northern Ireland +40 17 £28,000 -13.85%
North East - 10 £55,000 - 1

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.65%) Confluence
4 5 (0.54%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.22%) Apache
5 2 (0.22%) IIS
5 2 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.11%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (2.50%) Simulink
2 20 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.09%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.65%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.43%) 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%) LabWindows
1 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 34 (3.70%) Azure
2 21 (2.28%) AWS
2 21 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (1.63%) GitHub
5 8 (0.87%) OneDrive
5 8 (0.87%) Power Platform
6 7 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (0.65%) AWS IoT
7 6 (0.65%) SaaS
8 5 (0.54%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.33%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.33%) IaaS
10 2 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Storage
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 127 (13.80%) Wireless
2 48 (5.22%) Ethernet
3 38 (4.13%) TCP/IP
4 30 (3.26%) Bluetooth
4 30 (3.26%) Firewall
5 27 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (2.72%) MQTT
7 24 (2.61%) LAN
8 23 (2.50%) HTTP
8 23 (2.50%) WAN
9 21 (2.28%) 5G
10 20 (2.17%) DNS
11 18 (1.96%) RS-232
12 17 (1.85%) Internet
13 16 (1.74%) OSPF
13 16 (1.74%) SD-WAN
14 13 (1.41%) Wireshark
15 12 (1.30%) BGP
15 12 (1.30%) LTE
15 12 (1.30%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.87%) Power BI
2 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.54%) Big Data
4 2 (0.22%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.11%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 54 (5.87%) Git
2 44 (4.78%) JIRA
3 28 (3.04%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (1.74%) Subversion
6 13 (1.41%) LabVIEW
7 9 (0.98%) Rational Team Concert
8 6 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.65%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.54%) Selenium
10 4 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.33%) GCC
11 3 (0.33%) GDB
11 3 (0.33%) GitLab
12 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.22%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.22%) Postman
12 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.11%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
General
1 367 (39.89%) Electronics
2 218 (23.70%) Social Skills
3 190 (20.65%) Manufacturing
4 141 (15.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 80 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (6.41%) Finance
7 52 (5.65%) Automotive
8 48 (5.22%) Marketing
9 39 (4.24%) Telecoms
10 37 (4.02%) Public Sector
11 30 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (3.04%) Retail
13 27 (2.93%) Legal
14 17 (1.85%) Aerospace
15 15 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.30%) Military
17 11 (1.20%) Law
18 10 (1.09%) Police
19 7 (0.76%) Aviation
19 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 281 (30.54%) Embedded Engineer
2 183 (19.89%) Software Engineer
3 180 (19.57%) Senior
4 147 (15.98%) Electronics Engineer
5 125 (13.59%) Firmware Engineer
6 122 (13.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 120 (13.04%) Graduate
8 105 (11.41%) Junior
9 87 (9.46%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 84 (9.13%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
11 79 (8.59%) Junior Electronics Engineer
12 78 (8.48%) Development Engineer
12 78 (8.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 71 (7.72%) Graduate Development Engineer
14 68 (7.39%) Systems Engineer
15 54 (5.87%) Developer
15 54 (5.87%) Lead
16 49 (5.33%) Senior Software Engineer
17 44 (4.78%) Hardware Engineer
18 37 (4.02%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.85%) HTML
2 16 (1.74%) Yocto
3 15 (1.63%) CSS
4 14 (1.52%) 802.1X
4 14 (1.52%) Flask
5 13 (1.41%) .NET
5 13 (1.41%) Node.js
5 13 (1.41%) Qt
6 12 (1.30%) Middleware
7 10 (1.09%) React
8 8 (0.87%) Django
9 7 (0.76%) Web Services
10 5 (0.54%) FFmpeg
10 5 (0.54%) Flash
10 5 (0.54%) GStreamer
10 5 (0.54%) OpenCV
10 5 (0.54%) REST
10 5 (0.54%) WPF
11 4 (0.43%) ARM Templates
12 3 (0.33%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 99 (10.76%) FPGA
2 76 (8.26%) Embedded Systems
3 59 (6.41%) IoT
4 57 (6.20%) Data Centre
5 48 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (4.13%) Driving Licence
7 37 (4.02%) Algorithms
8 30 (3.26%) VHDL
9 29 (3.15%) Analogue Electronics
10 23 (2.50%) Management Information System
11 21 (2.28%) GNSS
11 21 (2.28%) Replication
12 18 (1.96%) Device Driver
12 18 (1.96%) Mobile App
13 17 (1.85%) EPoS
14 13 (1.41%) PCIe
14 13 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
15 12 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (1.20%) Raspberry Pi
17 10 (1.09%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 155 (16.85%) Linux
2 121 (13.15%) Windows
3 48 (5.22%) Embedded Linux
4 33 (3.59%) Windows Server
5 26 (2.83%) Windows 10
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (1.74%) Unix
8 15 (1.63%) FreeRTOS
9 12 (1.30%) Windows NT
10 11 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (1.09%) Android
11 10 (1.09%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.87%) AIX
12 8 (0.87%) Solaris
13 4 (0.43%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.22%) Debian
14 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (32.83%) Software Engineering
2 140 (15.22%) Computer Science
3 133 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (11.85%) Schematic Capture
5 85 (9.24%) Agile
6 83 (9.02%) Project Planning
7 76 (8.26%) Software Testing
8 62 (6.74%) ITIL
9 58 (6.30%) Customer Service
10 56 (6.09%) SDLC
11 55 (5.98%) Mathematics
12 54 (5.87%) Mentoring
13 50 (5.43%) Validation
14 49 (5.33%) Physics
15 48 (5.22%) Customer Requirements
16 42 (4.57%) Business Intelligence
16 42 (4.57%) Test Automation
17 41 (4.46%) Artificial Intelligence
17 41 (4.46%) Signal Processing
18 40 (4.35%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 358 (38.91%) C
2 173 (18.80%) C++
3 113 (12.28%) Python
4 112 (12.17%) Embedded C
5 53 (5.76%) C#
6 34 (3.70%) SQL
7 26 (2.83%) Java
8 25 (2.72%) MATLAB
9 22 (2.39%) Embedded C++
10 21 (2.28%) Bash
11 18 (1.96%) Perl
12 15 (1.63%) JavaScript
13 10 (1.09%) RPG
13 10 (1.09%) Tcl
14 8 (0.87%) VB
15 7 (0.76%) Assembly Language
15 7 (0.76%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.54%) XAML
17 3 (0.33%) Groovy
17 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 351 (38.15%) Degree
2 103 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 36 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.48%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.87%) CCNA
8 8 (0.87%) CCNP
8 8 (0.87%) HND
9 7 (0.76%) CCDP
9 7 (0.76%) CCIE
9 7 (0.76%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (0.54%) PhD
11 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.43%) HNC
12 4 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.35%) QA
2 29 (3.15%) SLA
3 18 (1.96%) MISRA
4 15 (1.63%) JTAG
5 11 (1.20%) ISO 13485
6 10 (1.09%) GDPR
6 10 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.09%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (0.65%) PMO
9 5 (0.54%) ISO 26262
10 4 (0.43%) Automotive SPICE
10 4 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
10 4 (0.43%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.33%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.33%) ECSS
11 3 (0.33%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 374 (40.65%) Embedded Firmware
2 38 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 38 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (1.85%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.41%) Docker
7 6 (0.65%) vSphere
8 5 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (3.37%) SCCM
2 23 (2.50%) SCOM
3 19 (2.07%) Ansible
4 16 (1.74%) WSUS
5 12 (1.30%) Sysprep
6 11 (1.20%) Kubernetes
7 7 (0.76%) Functional Safety
7 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.76%) NetBackup
7 7 (0.76%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.43%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 4 (0.43%) Podman
8 4 (0.43%) Terraform
9 3 (0.33%) Grafana
10 2 (0.22%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 122 (13.26%) EMC
2 62 (6.74%) Microsoft
3 47 (5.11%) VMware
4 36 (3.91%) SAP
5 34 (3.70%) IBM
6 33 (3.59%) HP
7 29 (3.15%) NetApp
8 28 (3.04%) Dell
9 25 (2.72%) Veeam
10 22 (2.39%) Cisco
11 20 (2.17%) Xilinx
12 18 (1.96%) Red Hat
13 13 (1.41%) Fortinet
14 12 (1.30%) Citrix
15 9 (0.98%) Altera
15 9 (0.98%) Intel
16 8 (0.87%) Green Hills
16 8 (0.87%) McAfee
16 8 (0.87%) Motorola
16 8 (0.87%) Oracle