Firmware Jobs with Work from Home Options

Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 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 328 372 594
Rank change year-on-year +44 +222 -134
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 220 221 337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.79% 0.67% 0.43%
As % of the System Software category 6.69% 4.73% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 185 164 156
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £56,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.96% -1.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,375 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 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% - -

Firmware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Firmware trend for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Firmware salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firmware over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Firmware salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.91%) Apache
2 2 (0.91%) Confluence
2 2 (0.91%) nginx
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.91%) OrCAD
1 13 (5.91%) Simulink
2 4 (1.82%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.36%) Azure
2 8 (3.64%) AWS
3 6 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.27%) Mimecast
5 4 (1.82%) Cloudflare
5 4 (1.82%) GitHub
6 3 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.36%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.91%) Akamai
7 2 (0.91%) AWS IoT
7 2 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.91%) IaaS
7 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (19.55%) Wireless
2 10 (4.55%) Ethernet
3 9 (4.09%) Bluetooth
3 9 (4.09%) Firewall
4 8 (3.64%) RS-232
4 8 (3.64%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (3.18%) LAN
6 5 (2.27%) WAN
7 4 (1.82%) BGP
7 4 (1.82%) DHCP
7 4 (1.82%) iSCSI
7 4 (1.82%) LTE
7 4 (1.82%) MQTT
7 4 (1.82%) NetScaler
7 4 (1.82%) OSPF
7 4 (1.82%) RIP
8 3 (1.36%) DNS
8 3 (1.36%) VPN
8 3 (1.36%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.18%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.27%) MySQL
3 4 (1.82%) MariaDB
4 3 (1.36%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.64%) JIRA
2 7 (3.18%) Git
2 7 (3.18%) LabVIEW
2 7 (3.18%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.18%) Rational Team Concert
3 3 (1.36%) GitLab
4 2 (0.91%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.91%) Postman
4 2 (0.91%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.91%) Subversion
4 2 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.45%) GDB
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 83 (37.73%) Electronics
2 68 (30.91%) Social Skills
3 41 (18.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (7.73%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.82%) Marketing
6 13 (5.91%) Automotive
7 12 (5.45%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.18%) Finance
9 4 (1.82%) Aviation
9 4 (1.82%) Military
9 4 (1.82%) Police
10 3 (1.36%) Legal
10 3 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.36%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.91%) French Language
11 2 (0.91%) Local Government
11 2 (0.91%) Retail
12 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (35.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 50 (22.73%) Senior
3 47 (21.36%) Software Engineer
4 37 (16.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 33 (15.00%) Firmware Engineer
6 21 (9.55%) Hardware Engineer
7 20 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 20 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
8 19 (8.64%) Junior
9 17 (7.73%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 17 (7.73%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 15 (6.82%) Graduate
11 14 (6.36%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 13 (5.91%) Developer
12 13 (5.91%) Electronics Engineer
13 11 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (4.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 9 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
14 9 (4.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 8 (3.64%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.82%) XML
1 4 (1.82%) Yocto
2 3 (1.36%) Flask
2 3 (1.36%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.36%) Qt
2 3 (1.36%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.91%) .NET
3 2 (0.91%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.91%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.91%) Azure Blueprints
3 2 (0.91%) QML
4 1 (0.45%) CSS
4 1 (0.45%) Django
4 1 (0.45%) HTML
4 1 (0.45%) OpenCL
4 1 (0.45%) React
4 1 (0.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.18%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (6.82%) IoT
3 13 (5.91%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.45%) Analogue Electronics
5 11 (5.00%) Mobile App
6 10 (4.55%) Device Driver
7 8 (3.64%) Algorithms
7 8 (3.64%) FPGA
8 4 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.82%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.36%) PCIe
9 3 (1.36%) VHDL
10 2 (0.91%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.91%) Social Media
11 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.73%) Linux
2 17 (7.73%) Windows
3 13 (5.91%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.45%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (2.73%) Unix
6 5 (2.27%) AIX
6 5 (2.27%) Solaris
7 4 (1.82%) Debian
7 4 (1.82%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.36%) Android
9 2 (0.91%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.45%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (41.82%) Software Engineering
2 43 (19.55%) Mentoring
3 36 (16.36%) Computer Science
4 30 (13.64%) Physics
5 21 (9.55%) Mathematics
6 19 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (8.64%) Roadmaps
7 16 (7.27%) SDLC
8 15 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (6.36%) Coaching
10 13 (5.91%) Project Management
10 13 (5.91%) Software Testing
11 12 (5.45%) Agile
11 12 (5.45%) Customer Requirements
11 12 (5.45%) Schematic Capture
12 11 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (5.00%) Systems Engineering
13 9 (4.09%) Multithreading
13 9 (4.09%) Performance Management
13 9 (4.09%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (43.18%) C
2 54 (24.55%) C++
3 40 (18.18%) Embedded C
4 29 (13.18%) Python
5 12 (5.45%) SQL
6 7 (3.18%) C#
6 7 (3.18%) Embedded C++
7 6 (2.73%) Bash
7 6 (2.73%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.36%) Rust
9 2 (0.91%) Java
9 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.91%) Korn
9 2 (0.91%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.91%) PHP
9 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.45%) Ada
10 1 (0.45%) Perl
10 1 (0.45%) Ruby
10 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 81 (36.82%) Degree
2 26 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.18%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.82%) CCNA
6 4 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CCNP
8 2 (0.91%) ISEB
8 2 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.91%) MCSA
8 2 (0.91%) MCSE
8 2 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.91%) PhD
8 2 (0.91%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) MCP
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.27%) QA
3 2 (0.91%) MISRA
3 2 (0.91%) SLA
4 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.45%) GDPR
4 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.45%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 95 (43.18%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.73%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.27%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.27%) vSphere
6 4 (1.82%) Docker
6 4 (1.82%) NFS
6 4 (1.82%) pfSense
6 4 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (3.18%) Ansible
2 5 (2.27%) SCCM
3 4 (1.82%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.45%) SCOM
4 1 (0.45%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (6.82%) VMware
2 10 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.18%) Cisco
3 7 (3.18%) EMC
4 6 (2.73%) Oracle
5 5 (2.27%) Aruba
5 5 (2.27%) Citrix
5 5 (2.27%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.82%) CheckPoint
6 4 (1.82%) NetApp
6 4 (1.82%) QNAP
6 4 (1.82%) Synology
6 4 (1.82%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (1.36%) Google
7 3 (1.36%) SAP
8 2 (0.91%) IBM
8 2 (0.91%) Meraki
8 2 (0.91%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.45%) Commvault
9 1 (0.45%) Intel