Embedded Firmware Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 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 465 588 762
Rank change year-on-year +123 +174 -248
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 124 73 80
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the System Software category 2.89% 1.19% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 113 54 40
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £48,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,000 £75,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £66,250 £84,075 £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +7.69%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,285 6,158 12,951
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.69% 14.85% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,422 4,557 7,577
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Embedded Firmware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Firmware trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Firmware.

Embedded Firmware salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Embedded Firmware salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (6.45%) Simulink
2 1 (0.81%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.65%) Azure
1 7 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (4.03%) AWS
2 5 (4.03%) AWS IoT
3 1 (0.81%) GitHub
3 1 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (27.42%) Wireless
2 10 (8.06%) Ethernet
2 10 (8.06%) LTE
3 6 (4.84%) MQTT
4 5 (4.03%) 5G
4 5 (4.03%) 5G NR
4 5 (4.03%) 802.11
4 5 (4.03%) LoRaWAN
4 5 (4.03%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (3.23%) Bluetooth
5 4 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.81%) HTTP
6 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.81%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.84%) JIRA
2 3 (2.42%) GDB
3 2 (1.61%) Git
3 2 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.81%) CMake
4 1 (0.81%) GCC
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
4 1 (0.81%) Phabricator
4 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 51 (41.13%) Electronics
2 43 (34.68%) Social Skills
3 29 (23.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (9.68%) Automotive
5 10 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.65%) Marketing
7 6 (4.84%) Finance
7 6 (4.84%) Police
8 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.03%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Local Government
10 2 (1.61%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 67 (54.03%) Embedded Engineer
2 51 (41.13%) Firmware Engineer
3 36 (29.03%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 36 (29.03%) Software Engineer
4 28 (22.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 23 (18.55%) Senior
6 17 (13.71%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 10 (8.06%) Analyst
8 8 (6.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 8 (6.45%) Test Analyst
9 7 (5.65%) Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Embedded Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Embedded Software Developer
9 7 (5.65%) Software Developer
10 6 (4.84%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) Radio Specialist
11 5 (4.03%) Software Manager
11 5 (4.03%) Technical Specialist
12 4 (3.23%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.26%) Yocto
2 6 (4.84%) Flask
3 5 (4.03%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.81%) Django
4 1 (0.81%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Mobile App
2 10 (8.06%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (6.45%) Device Driver
4 6 (4.84%) IoT
5 5 (4.03%) PCIe
6 2 (1.61%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (1.61%) Tandem
7 1 (0.81%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.52%) Linux
2 11 (8.87%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (51.61%) Software Engineering
2 25 (20.16%) Computer Science
3 23 (18.55%) Mentoring
4 17 (13.71%) Mathematics
4 17 (13.71%) Physics
4 17 (13.71%) SDLC
5 12 (9.68%) DevOps
5 12 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (8.87%) Software Testing
7 10 (8.06%) Backlog Management
7 10 (8.06%) Functional Testing
7 10 (8.06%) Image Processing
7 10 (8.06%) Linux Kernel Development
7 10 (8.06%) Regression Testing
7 10 (8.06%) Scenario Testing
7 10 (8.06%) UML
7 10 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (4.84%) Compatibility Testing
8 6 (4.84%) Performance Testing
8 6 (4.84%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 93 (75.00%) C
2 38 (30.65%) Embedded C
3 36 (29.03%) C++
4 23 (18.55%) Python
5 4 (3.23%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.61%) C#
7 1 (0.81%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.81%) Lua
7 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 44 (35.48%) Degree
2 10 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.42%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.06%) QA
2 4 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) JTAG
System Software
1 124 (100.00%) Firmware
2 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) Ansible
1 1 (0.81%) Grafana
1 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.81%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (4.03%) SAP
2 2 (1.61%) EMC
2 2 (1.61%) Facebook
2 2 (1.61%) Sitecore