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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 299 321
Rank change year-on-year +40 +22 +196
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 115 167 168
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.87% 0.81%
As % of the System Software category 9.36% 5.95% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 88 99 136
10th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £29,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,850 £80,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 1,229 2,806 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.13% 14.54% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 943 1,730 3,036
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,762 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.33% +1.39% -

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 1 December 2025.

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Acrobat
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.30%) Azure
2 6 (5.22%) AWS
2 6 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.74%) GCP
5 1 (0.87%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.09%) Wireless
2 17 (14.78%) Software-Defined Radio
3 14 (12.17%) RS-232
4 13 (11.30%) Bluetooth
4 13 (11.30%) Firewall
5 8 (6.96%) VPN
6 7 (6.09%) WAN
7 6 (5.22%) DHCP
7 6 (5.22%) DNS
7 6 (5.22%) TCP/IP
7 6 (5.22%) VLAN
7 6 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (5.22%) Wireshark
8 5 (4.35%) Network Security
9 4 (3.48%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (3.48%) LAN
9 4 (3.48%) NX-OS
9 4 (3.48%) WLAN
10 3 (2.61%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.61%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.74%) Big Data
1 2 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Postman
2 1 (0.87%) Git
General
1 58 (50.43%) Electronics
2 31 (26.96%) Finance
3 30 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 9 (7.83%) Automotive
4 9 (7.83%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (6.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.22%) Banking
8 5 (4.35%) Military
9 4 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.48%) Law
10 3 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.87%) Legal
11 1 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (52.17%) Embedded Engineer
2 38 (33.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 38 (33.04%) Software Engineer
3 28 (24.35%) Electronics Engineer
4 13 (11.30%) Firmware Engineer
5 10 (8.70%) Network Engineer
6 9 (7.83%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 9 (7.83%) Senior
7 8 (6.96%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Network Operations Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Help Desk Manager
9 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.35%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Safety Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Design Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.83%) Flash
2 3 (2.61%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.61%) Node.js
3 2 (1.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (32.17%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (14.78%) e-Learning
2 17 (14.78%) MicroBlaze
2 17 (14.78%) RISC-V
3 9 (7.83%) Analogue Electronics
4 8 (6.96%) FPGA
5 7 (6.09%) Data Centre
6 6 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (4.35%) IoT
8 4 (3.48%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.61%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.61%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.61%) Smart Home
9 3 (2.61%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.74%) Device Driver
10 2 (1.74%) Life Science
11 1 (0.87%) Verilog
11 1 (0.87%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 27 (23.48%) Linux
2 17 (14.78%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (8.70%) Windows
4 5 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (47.83%) Software Engineering
2 24 (20.87%) Digital Signal Processing
2 24 (20.87%) Signal Processing
3 23 (20.00%) Agile
4 21 (18.26%) Innovative Thinking
5 11 (9.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (8.70%) Embedded Software Development
6 10 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (7.83%) Computer Science
8 8 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (6.96%) Mentoring
8 8 (6.96%) Server Management
9 7 (6.09%) Software Testing
10 6 (5.22%) ITIL
10 6 (5.22%) Service Delivery
11 5 (4.35%) Coaching
11 5 (4.35%) DevOps
11 5 (4.35%) Patch Management
11 5 (4.35%) People Management
11 5 (4.35%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 74 (64.35%) C
2 57 (49.57%) C++
3 31 (26.96%) Embedded C
4 13 (11.30%) Embedded C++
5 10 (8.70%) Python
6 2 (1.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (28.70%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.87%) Degree
2 24 (20.87%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.96%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.22%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.22%) CCNP
4 6 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.35%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.74%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.87%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.61%) IEC 61508
1 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.74%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.74%) QA
3 1 (0.87%) GxP
System Software
1 51 (44.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.35%) Functional Safety
2 3 (2.61%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (2.61%) Terraform
3 1 (0.87%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 16 (13.91%) EMC
2 15 (13.04%) Cisco
3 8 (6.96%) VMware
4 7 (6.09%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.48%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.48%) Microsoft
6 3 (2.61%) Dell
6 3 (2.61%) Meraki
6 3 (2.61%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.61%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.61%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.74%) Google
8 1 (0.87%) Citrix
8 1 (0.87%) iManage
8 1 (0.87%) Intapp