Hybrid/Remote Firmware Job Trends

Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 299 280
Rank change year-on-year -20 -19 +207
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 68 109 302
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.40% 0.80% 1.01%
As % of the System Software category 5.06% 4.90% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 61 60 257
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,322 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,750 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% +2.44%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 1,343 2,225 4,272
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.95% 16.39% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 949 1,562 3,664
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,125 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firmware and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Firmware job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Firmware
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Firmware over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Firmware salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.29%) Azure
3 6 (8.82%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (4.41%) Amazon S3
4 3 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (4.41%) SaaS
4 3 (4.41%) Serverless
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) AWS IoT
6 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.12%) Bluetooth
2 12 (17.65%) Firewall
3 11 (16.18%) Wireless
4 9 (13.24%) VPN
4 9 (13.24%) WAN
5 8 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (7.35%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (7.35%) DNS
6 5 (7.35%) LAN
6 5 (7.35%) NX-OS
6 5 (7.35%) RS-232
7 4 (5.88%) LTE
7 4 (5.88%) Modbus
7 4 (5.88%) VLAN
7 4 (5.88%) WLAN
8 3 (4.41%) TCP/IP
8 3 (4.41%) Unified Communications
9 2 (2.94%) Network Security
9 2 (2.94%) RFID
9 2 (2.94%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.94%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Eclipse
1 4 (5.88%) Git
1 4 (5.88%) Subversion
2 2 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (45.59%) Electronics
2 21 (30.88%) Finance
3 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.88%) Automotive
5 4 (5.88%) Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (52.94%) Embedded Engineer
2 22 (32.35%) Software Engineer
3 20 (29.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 11 (16.18%) Electronics Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Network Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Senior
6 6 (8.82%) Firmware Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Design Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (7.35%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (7.35%) IT Manager
7 5 (7.35%) Linux Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Software Design Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Network Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) Flash
2 2 (2.94%) Node.js
2 2 (2.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.47%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (13.24%) IoT
3 6 (8.82%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.82%) Raspberry Pi
4 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.94%) FPGA
6 2 (2.94%) PCIe
6 2 (2.94%) Photography
6 2 (2.94%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.47%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.71%) Linux
1 10 (14.71%) Windows
2 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.94%) Android
3 2 (2.94%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.71%) Software Engineering
2 11 (16.18%) Mentoring
3 9 (13.24%) DevOps
4 8 (11.76%) Patch Management
5 7 (10.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 7 (10.29%) Service Delivery
6 6 (8.82%) Agile
6 6 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (8.82%) Embedded Software Development
6 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (8.82%) Software Testing
7 5 (7.35%) Coaching
7 5 (7.35%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (7.35%) Network Architecture
7 5 (7.35%) People Management
7 5 (7.35%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (7.35%) Runbook
7 5 (7.35%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (50.00%) C
2 24 (35.29%) C++
3 20 (29.41%) Embedded C
4 12 (17.65%) Embedded C++
5 10 (14.71%) Python
6 4 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.41%) PHP
8 2 (2.94%) Go
8 2 (2.94%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.35%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) Degree
3 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) CCNP
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) ISO 9001
1 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.41%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 23 (33.82%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (16.18%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.88%) Docker
3 4 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.41%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (4.41%) Puppet
2 3 (4.41%) Terraform
3 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (23.53%) Cisco
2 11 (16.18%) Fortinet
3 9 (13.24%) VMware
4 6 (8.82%) Dell
4 6 (8.82%) EMC
4 6 (8.82%) Microsoft
5 5 (7.35%) CheckPoint
6 4 (5.88%) Atmel
7 3 (4.41%) ConnectWise
7 3 (4.41%) Draytek
7 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.94%) Meraki
9 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.47%) Zscaler