Firmware Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 303 408
Rank change year-on-year -37 +105 +171
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 139 302 215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.92% 0.61%
As % of the System Software category 5.01% 7.68% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 86 248 153
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -1.32%
75th Percentile £68,938 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £70,375 £79,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 2,772 3,934 4,956
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.18% 11.94% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 2,960 4,057
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,528 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -10.87% +1.97%
75th Percentile £76,840 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,517 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.91% -

Firmware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firmware trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Firmware
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Firmware over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

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 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.91%) AWS
2 10 (7.19%) Azure
3 5 (3.60%) AWS Direct Connect
4 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (25.90%) Wireless
2 30 (21.58%) Software-Defined Radio
3 23 (16.55%) Firewall
4 22 (15.83%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (12.95%) TCP/IP
6 15 (10.79%) WAN
7 11 (7.91%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (7.91%) Modbus
7 11 (7.91%) VPN
8 10 (7.19%) DNS
8 10 (7.19%) LAN
8 10 (7.19%) SD-WAN
9 9 (6.47%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (5.76%) Internet
10 8 (5.76%) WLAN
11 7 (5.04%) NX-OS
11 7 (5.04%) Wireshark
12 6 (4.32%) BGP
12 6 (4.32%) DHCP
12 6 (4.32%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Git
2 6 (4.32%) Subversion
3 3 (2.16%) GDB
4 2 (1.44%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.72%) Appium
5 1 (0.72%) TestRail
5 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (35.25%) Finance
2 33 (23.74%) Electronics
3 23 (16.55%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (6.47%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.32%) Banking
7 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.16%) Military
9 2 (1.44%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.44%) Law
9 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Retail
9 2 (1.44%) Wearables
10 1 (0.72%) Advertising
10 1 (0.72%) Automotive
10 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Marketing
10 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (35.97%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (25.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 35 (25.18%) Senior
2 35 (25.18%) Software Engineer
3 27 (19.42%) Electronics Engineer
4 25 (17.99%) Firmware Engineer
5 15 (10.79%) Network Engineer
5 15 (10.79%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 15 (10.79%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 13 (9.35%) Design Engineer
7 12 (8.63%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) FPGA Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Lead
9 10 (7.19%) Network Operations Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Operations Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.76%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.16%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (2.16%) Node.js
1 3 (2.16%) OpenEmbedded
1 3 (2.16%) REST
1 3 (2.16%) Yocto
2 2 (1.44%) GraphQL
2 2 (1.44%) Middleware
2 2 (1.44%) XML
3 1 (0.72%) .NET
3 1 (0.72%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.72%) SAML
3 1 (0.72%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.90%) Embedded Systems
2 31 (22.30%) MicroBlaze
3 30 (21.58%) e-Learning
4 27 (19.42%) FPGA
4 27 (19.42%) RISC-V
5 13 (9.35%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (8.63%) VHDL
7 10 (7.19%) Analogue Electronics
8 9 (6.47%) Verilog
9 8 (5.76%) Data Centre
9 8 (5.76%) Management Information System
10 7 (5.04%) Device Driver
10 7 (5.04%) Optoelectronics
11 5 (3.60%) Product Ownership
11 5 (3.60%) Virtual Team
12 4 (2.88%) Algorithms
12 4 (2.88%) GNSS
12 4 (2.88%) IoT
12 4 (2.88%) Self-Driving Car
12 4 (2.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 47 (33.81%) Linux
2 35 (25.18%) Embedded Linux
3 25 (17.99%) Windows
4 6 (4.32%) Unix
4 6 (4.32%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.88%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.44%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.72%) Android
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.97%) Software Engineering
2 37 (26.62%) Digital Signal Processing
2 37 (26.62%) Signal Processing
3 30 (21.58%) Agile
3 30 (21.58%) Innovative Thinking
4 21 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (12.95%) Change Management
6 17 (12.23%) Prototyping
7 12 (8.63%) Incident Management
7 12 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (7.91%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (7.91%) FPGA Design
9 10 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (7.19%) Problem Management
10 9 (6.47%) Asset Management
10 9 (6.47%) Major Incident Management
10 9 (6.47%) Mobile Device Management
10 9 (6.47%) Software Architecture
11 8 (5.76%) Network Architecture
11 8 (5.76%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 62 (44.60%) C
2 47 (33.81%) C++
3 14 (10.07%) Embedded C
3 14 (10.07%) Python
4 10 (7.19%) C#
5 5 (3.60%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.16%) Embedded C++
6 3 (2.16%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.44%) Assembly Language
7 2 (1.44%) Bash
7 2 (1.44%) SQL
8 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (32.37%) Security Cleared
2 37 (26.62%) SC Cleared
3 31 (22.30%) Degree
4 8 (5.76%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.16%) CCNP
6 3 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.44%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.72%) MCITP
8 1 (0.72%) MCSA
8 1 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.88%) QA
2 3 (2.16%) JTAG
3 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.72%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.72%) DO-254
4 1 (0.72%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.72%) MISRA
4 1 (0.72%) MISRA C
System Software
1 58 (41.73%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (6.47%) BitLocker
3 6 (4.32%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.47%) SCCM
2 2 (1.44%) Ansible
2 2 (1.44%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 15 (10.79%) Cisco
1 15 (10.79%) Fortinet
1 15 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.63%) CheckPoint
3 10 (7.19%) Meraki
3 10 (7.19%) SolarWinds
4 9 (6.47%) Apple
4 9 (6.47%) EMC
4 9 (6.47%) HP
4 9 (6.47%) Infoblox
4 9 (6.47%) MobileIron
5 6 (4.32%) McAfee
5 6 (4.32%) Remedy
6 5 (3.60%) Dynatrace
6 5 (3.60%) VMware
6 5 (3.60%) Xilinx
7 2 (1.44%) Atmel
7 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.44%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.72%) Freescale