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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 319 294
Rank change year-on-year -33 -25 +127
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 79 123 319
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 0.79% 0.93%
As % of the System Software category 4.81% 5.53% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 65 71 263
10th Percentile £42,400 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £40,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +5.00%

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 1,644 2,223 4,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.05% 14.28% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 1,334 3,202
10th Percentile £32,050 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.84%
75th Percentile £76,201 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,175 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -10.00%

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 24 June 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 2 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Simulink
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.52%) Azure
2 6 (7.59%) AWS
3 3 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (3.80%) Amazon S3
3 3 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.80%) SaaS
3 3 (3.80%) Serverless
4 1 (1.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (25.32%) Bluetooth
2 18 (22.78%) Firewall
2 18 (22.78%) Wireless
3 16 (20.25%) Modbus
4 10 (12.66%) RS-232
4 10 (12.66%) RS-485
4 10 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (11.39%) Profibus
5 9 (11.39%) ZigBee
6 7 (8.86%) LTE
7 5 (6.33%) VPN
8 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
8 4 (5.06%) WAN
9 3 (3.80%) VLAN
10 2 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (2.53%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (2.53%) DNS
10 2 (2.53%) RFID
10 2 (2.53%) SD-WAN
10 2 (2.53%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Subversion
2 5 (6.33%) Git
3 4 (5.06%) Eclipse
4 2 (2.53%) JIRA
4 2 (2.53%) MLflow
4 2 (2.53%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (2.53%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.27%) LabVIEW
General
1 27 (34.18%) Electronics
2 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 18 (22.78%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.39%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (7.59%) Finance
6 3 (3.80%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.80%) Automotive
7 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.53%) Wearables
8 1 (1.27%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (37.97%) Software Engineer
2 24 (30.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 22 (27.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 20 (25.32%) Senior
5 11 (13.92%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) Lead
8 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.59%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (6.33%) Linux Engineer
11 4 (5.06%) Electronics Engineer
12 3 (3.80%) Administrator
12 3 (3.80%) Consultant
12 3 (3.80%) Head of Engineering
12 3 (3.80%) IT Consultant
12 3 (3.80%) Linux Administrator
12 3 (3.80%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 3 (3.80%) Network Engineer
12 3 (3.80%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) Node.js
1 4 (5.06%) React
2 2 (2.53%) LangChain
2 2 (2.53%) React Native
2 2 (2.53%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.27%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.38%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (18.99%) Data Centre
3 11 (13.92%) Enterprise Storage
3 11 (13.92%) iSeries
3 11 (13.92%) Raspberry Pi
3 11 (13.92%) Replication
4 7 (8.86%) Algorithms
4 7 (8.86%) IoT
5 6 (7.59%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (7.59%) FPGA
6 3 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.53%) CCTV
7 2 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.53%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.53%) PCIe
7 2 (2.53%) Photography
7 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.53%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) FreeRTOS
2 8 (10.13%) Linux
3 4 (5.06%) Windows
4 3 (3.80%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (2.53%) Android
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (49.37%) Software Engineering
2 16 (20.25%) Disaster Recovery
2 16 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (15.19%) TDD
5 11 (13.92%) Mentoring
6 9 (11.39%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (11.39%) Unit Testing
6 9 (11.39%) Validation
7 8 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.13%) DevOps
8 6 (7.59%) Signal Processing
9 5 (6.33%) AI
9 5 (6.33%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (6.33%) Containerisation
9 5 (6.33%) Data Analysis
9 5 (6.33%) Decision-Making
9 5 (6.33%) Digital Signal Processing
10 4 (5.06%) Code Quality
10 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 29 (36.71%) C
2 20 (25.32%) Python
3 16 (20.25%) C++
4 8 (10.13%) Embedded C
5 3 (3.80%) MATLAB
5 3 (3.80%) PHP
6 2 (2.53%) Go
6 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.53%) SQL
6 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.27%) C#
7 1 (1.27%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) Degree
1 8 (10.13%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.33%) DV Cleared
2 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.27%) HND
4 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) ISO 9001
1 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.80%) QA
2 1 (1.27%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.27%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 25 (31.65%) Embedded Firmware
2 13 (16.46%) Hyper-V
2 13 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.06%) Docker
4 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.06%) Puppet
2 3 (3.80%) Terraform
3 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.27%) Ansible
4 1 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 17 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) EMC
3 13 (16.46%) VMware
4 11 (13.92%) Commvault
4 11 (13.92%) HP
4 11 (13.92%) IBM
4 11 (13.92%) Veeam
5 9 (11.39%) Cisco
6 5 (6.33%) Dell
6 5 (6.33%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.06%) Atmel
7 4 (5.06%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.80%) Meraki
9 2 (2.53%) Adobe
9 2 (2.53%) ConnectWise
9 2 (2.53%) Draytek
10 1 (1.27%) CheckPoint