Embedded Firmware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 839 1007
Rank change year-on-year +295 +168 -186
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 376 138 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 3.14% 0.90% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 245 117 56
10th Percentile £39,250 £33,750 £44,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +12.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% +15.79%

All System Software Skills
UK

Embedded 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 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
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%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +170 357 £52,500 -11.02% 88
England +293 314 £52,500 -12.50% 81
South East +115 139 £50,000 -9.09% 21
Work from Home +120 122 £52,500 -19.23% 33
Midlands +60 70 £52,500 +45.83% 14
Scotland -52 52 £52,500 -0.94% 11
West Midlands +50 39 £60,750 +68.75% 3
North of England +67 36 £55,000 - 5
South West +1 34 £52,500 -2.33% 8
East Midlands - 31 £52,500 - 11
North West +17 30 £55,000 - 5
East of England -5 22 £65,000 - 29
London +117 13 £50,000 -8.26% 5
Wales +6 4 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Yorkshire +83 3 £60,000 +41.18%
North East - 3 £60,000 -

Embedded 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:

Applications
1 11 (2.93%) Simulink
2 3 (0.80%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.86%) Azure
1 7 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (1.60%) GitHub
3 5 (1.33%) AWS
3 5 (1.33%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.30%) Wireless
2 15 (3.99%) 5G
3 14 (3.72%) Ethernet
4 11 (2.93%) LTE
4 11 (2.93%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.39%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.39%) HTTP
6 8 (2.13%) DNS
6 8 (2.13%) Internet
6 8 (2.13%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.13%) SMTP
6 8 (2.13%) WAN
7 7 (1.86%) MQTT
7 7 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.60%) 5G NR
8 6 (1.60%) 802.11
8 6 (1.60%) LoRaWAN
8 6 (1.60%) Software-Defined Radio
9 4 (1.06%) Modbus
10 2 (0.53%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (6.12%) Git
2 12 (3.19%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.66%) JIRA
4 3 (0.80%) GCC
4 3 (0.80%) GDB
4 3 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.53%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.53%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.53%) Subversion
6 1 (0.27%) CMake
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Phabricator
General
1 186 (49.47%) Electronics
2 122 (32.45%) Manufacturing
3 110 (29.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (14.63%) Social Skills
5 26 (6.91%) Automotive
6 23 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.79%) Marketing
8 16 (4.26%) Finance
9 13 (3.46%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.46%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.19%) Legal
11 8 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.60%) Police
13 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.80%) Wearables
15 2 (0.53%) Advertising
15 2 (0.53%) Avionics
15 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 174 (46.28%) Embedded Engineer
2 97 (25.80%) Firmware Engineer
3 96 (25.53%) Electronics Engineer
4 85 (22.61%) Graduate
5 83 (22.07%) Software Engineer
6 82 (21.81%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 80 (21.28%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
7 80 (21.28%) Junior
8 79 (21.01%) Junior Electronics Engineer
9 74 (19.68%) Development Engineer
9 74 (19.68%) Senior
10 71 (18.88%) Graduate Development Engineer
11 67 (17.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 47 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 33 (8.78%) Developer
14 25 (6.65%) Senior Firmware Engineer
15 22 (5.85%) Lead
16 19 (5.05%) Senior Software Engineer
17 18 (4.79%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
17 18 (4.79%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.99%) Yocto
2 8 (2.13%) Middleware
3 6 (1.60%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.60%) Flask
4 4 (1.06%) .NET
5 2 (0.53%) POSIX
5 2 (0.53%) Qt
5 2 (0.53%) React
5 2 (0.53%) React Native
6 1 (0.27%) Django
6 1 (0.27%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.31%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (7.98%) FPGA
3 17 (4.52%) Mobile App
4 16 (4.26%) GNSS
4 16 (4.26%) IoT
5 15 (3.99%) Device Driver
6 12 (3.19%) VHDL
7 11 (2.93%) Analogue Electronics
8 10 (2.66%) Tandem
9 8 (2.13%) CUDA
9 8 (2.13%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.13%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.86%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.60%) PCIe
12 4 (1.06%) ARM Cortex
12 4 (1.06%) Robotics
13 2 (0.53%) Arduino
13 2 (0.53%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (0.53%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 63 (16.76%) Linux
2 26 (6.91%) Embedded Linux
3 20 (5.32%) Windows
4 8 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.13%) Unix
5 7 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.06%) Android
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (34.84%) Software Engineering
2 88 (23.40%) Schematic Capture
3 83 (22.07%) Project Planning
4 47 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 30 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (7.71%) Agile
7 28 (7.45%) Mentoring
8 26 (6.91%) Test Automation
9 22 (5.85%) SDLC
10 19 (5.05%) Software Testing
11 18 (4.79%) Software Architecture
12 17 (4.52%) Configuration Management
12 17 (4.52%) FPGA Design
12 17 (4.52%) Mathematics
13 16 (4.26%) B2B
13 16 (4.26%) Signal Processing
14 15 (3.99%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (3.99%) DevOps
14 15 (3.99%) Physics
15 13 (3.46%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 194 (51.60%) C
2 102 (27.13%) C++
3 54 (14.36%) Python
4 47 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 16 (4.26%) C#
6 11 (2.93%) Java
6 11 (2.93%) MATLAB
7 10 (2.66%) Embedded C++
8 8 (2.13%) Perl
8 8 (2.13%) Tcl
8 8 (2.13%) VB
9 4 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.06%) SQL
10 3 (0.80%) Bash
10 3 (0.80%) Groovy
10 3 (0.80%) Lua
10 3 (0.80%) Rust
11 2 (0.53%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 183 (48.67%) Degree
2 15 (3.99%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.60%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.06%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.19%) QA
2 7 (1.86%) MISRA
2 7 (1.86%) MISRA C
3 6 (1.60%) GDPR
4 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.53%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) JTAG
System Software
1 376 (100.00%) Firmware
2 5 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.06%) Ansible
1 4 (1.06%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.06%) Podman
2 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 89 (23.67%) EMC
2 13 (3.46%) SAP
3 10 (2.66%) Xilinx
4 8 (2.13%) Altera
4 8 (2.13%) Green Hills
4 8 (2.13%) Motorola
4 8 (2.13%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.53%) Facebook
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.53%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.27%) Atmel
6 1 (0.27%) Freescale