Embedded Firmware Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 500 833
Rank change year-on-year +62 +333 -249
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 95 79 79
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.24% 0.10%
As % of the System Software category 2.89% 1.69% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 90 70 36
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,375 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +8.91%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Embedded Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,287 4,676 15,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.77% 14.25% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 3,848 8,000
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 26 July 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 9 (9.47%) OrCAD
2 7 (7.37%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.11%) AWS
1 2 (2.11%) AWS IoT
1 2 (2.11%) Azure
1 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (2.11%) GitHub
1 2 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (22.11%) Wireless
2 9 (9.47%) Bluetooth
3 4 (4.21%) LTE
4 3 (3.16%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.16%) MQTT
5 2 (2.11%) 5G
5 2 (2.11%) 5G NR
5 2 (2.11%) 802.11
5 2 (2.11%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.05%) HTTP
6 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.05%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) GitLab
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
2 1 (1.05%) GDB
2 1 (1.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (36.84%) Electronics
2 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.58%) Automotive
5 9 (9.47%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.16%) Marketing
7 2 (2.11%) Finance
7 2 (2.11%) Police
7 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 55 (57.89%) Embedded Engineer
2 31 (32.63%) Software Engineer
3 30 (31.58%) Firmware Engineer
4 29 (30.53%) Senior
5 28 (29.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 17 (17.89%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 16 (16.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 15 (15.79%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 9 (9.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (9.47%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (7.37%) Developer
10 7 (7.37%) Software Manager
11 5 (5.26%) Embedded Developer
11 5 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Embedded Software Developer
11 5 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) Yocto
2 2 (2.11%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.11%) Flask
2 2 (2.11%) OpenGL
2 2 (2.11%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.89%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (12.63%) IoT
3 10 (10.53%) Device Driver
4 9 (9.47%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.11%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (2.11%) PCIe
6 1 (1.05%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.63%) Linux
2 8 (8.42%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (48.42%) Software Engineering
2 33 (34.74%) Mentoring
3 12 (12.63%) Computer Science
4 9 (9.47%) SDLC
5 7 (7.37%) Coaching
5 7 (7.37%) Performance Management
5 7 (7.37%) Roadmaps
5 7 (7.37%) Technology Roadmap
6 6 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.26%) Agile
7 5 (5.26%) UML
8 4 (4.21%) Design for Manufacturing
8 4 (4.21%) Design for Test
8 4 (4.21%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (4.21%) Mathematics
8 4 (4.21%) Physics
8 4 (4.21%) Schematic Capture
9 3 (3.16%) Backlog Management
9 3 (3.16%) DevOps
9 3 (3.16%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (57.89%) C
2 30 (31.58%) C++
3 19 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 19 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (3.16%) Bash
5 2 (2.11%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.05%) C#
Qualifications
1 38 (40.00%) Degree
2 7 (7.37%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.21%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.05%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.16%) QA
2 1 (1.05%) GDPR
System Software
1 95 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (4.21%) EMC
2 2 (2.11%) SAP
2 2 (2.11%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.05%) Facebook