Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in England is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 796 870
Rank change year-on-year +124 +74 +300
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 10 66 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.069% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.073% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 7 47 11
10th Percentile - £39,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% - -9.48%
75th Percentile £58,875 £60,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £75,750 £64,400 £57,500
UK median annual salary £66,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.71% -19.23% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,621 90,711 74,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.63% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23,807 66,089 49,198
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware Engineer in England

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 14 June 2025. 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
Yorkshire +67 6 £46,000 -29.23%
North of England +60 6 £46,000 -23.33%
South East +86 2 - - 2
West Midlands +54 1 £67,500 +12.50%
Midlands +54 1 £67,500 +28.57%
East of England +37 1 - - 2
Embedded Firmware Engineer
UK

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 June 2025, Embedded Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Firmware
2 8 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (80.00%) C
3 7 (70.00%) Electronics
4 6 (60.00%) RS-485
4 6 (60.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (50.00%) Modbus
5 5 (50.00%) CAN bus
5 5 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (50.00%) C++
5 5 (50.00%) Linux
6 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (30.00%) Clean Code
8 2 (20.00%) Wireless
8 2 (20.00%) Wearables
8 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (20.00%) Finance
8 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
8 2 (20.00%) Validation
8 2 (20.00%) Marketing
8 2 (20.00%) Degree
8 2 (20.00%) ZigBee
8 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (20.00%) SAP
8 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) RS-485
2 5 (50.00%) Modbus
3 2 (20.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) ZigBee
4 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (10.00%) MQTT
4 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (70.00%) Electronics
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Wearables
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (50.00%) CAN bus
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (20.00%) Smart Energy
4 1 (10.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (30.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) Design for Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Blocking Code
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
4 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) C
2 5 (50.00%) C++
3 2 (20.00%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Firmware
2 8 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) EMC
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Freescale
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