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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 327 340
Rank change year-on-year +54 +13 +200
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 150 171 190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 0.73% 0.75%
As % of the System Software category 7.52% 6.19% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 93 128 155
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £80,000 £81,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -6.25%

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 1,995 2,762 4,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.25% 11.80% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 1,781 3,475
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £78,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -

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 Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Firmware over the 6 months to 13 September 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:

Applications
1 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.67%) Simulink
3 1 (0.67%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.00%) AWS
1 12 (8.00%) Azure
2 5 (3.33%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.33%) GCP
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 48 (32.00%) Wireless
2 41 (27.33%) Software-Defined Radio
3 22 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (13.33%) Firewall
5 11 (7.33%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (7.33%) VPN
6 10 (6.67%) RS-232
6 10 (6.67%) WAN
7 9 (6.00%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (6.00%) TCP/IP
7 9 (6.00%) Wireshark
8 8 (5.33%) Bluetooth
8 8 (5.33%) LAN
8 8 (5.33%) WLAN
9 7 (4.67%) BGP
9 7 (4.67%) IPsec
9 7 (4.67%) NX-OS
9 7 (4.67%) OSPF
9 7 (4.67%) SD-WAN
10 6 (4.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.33%) Big Data
1 2 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (4.00%) Git
2 3 (2.00%) GDB
3 2 (1.33%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.33%) Postman
3 2 (1.33%) Subversion
4 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (36.67%) Finance
2 45 (30.00%) Electronics
3 25 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (6.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.33%) Military
8 4 (2.67%) Banking
8 4 (2.67%) Law
9 3 (2.00%) Automotive
9 3 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.33%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.33%) Retail
11 1 (0.67%) Advertising
11 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.67%) Legal
11 1 (0.67%) Marketing
11 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 61 (40.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 49 (32.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 49 (32.67%) Software Engineer
3 31 (20.67%) Electronics Engineer
4 25 (16.67%) Senior
5 20 (13.33%) Firmware Engineer
6 15 (10.00%) Network Engineer
7 14 (9.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 11 (7.33%) Network Operations Engineer
8 11 (7.33%) Operations Engineer
9 9 (6.00%) Design Engineer
9 9 (6.00%) FPGA Engineer
9 9 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 7 (4.67%) Cisco Engineer
11 7 (4.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 7 (4.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 7 (4.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 7 (4.67%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.00%) Flash
1 3 (2.00%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (2.00%) Node.js
1 3 (2.00%) OpenEmbedded
1 3 (2.00%) Yocto
2 2 (1.33%) XML
3 1 (0.67%) .NET
3 1 (0.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 48 (32.00%) Embedded Systems
2 41 (27.33%) e-Learning
3 38 (25.33%) MicroBlaze
3 38 (25.33%) RISC-V
4 26 (17.33%) FPGA
5 12 (8.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 12 (8.00%) VHDL
6 10 (6.67%) Data Centre
7 9 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (6.00%) Verilog
8 8 (5.33%) Management Information System
9 6 (4.00%) IoT
9 6 (4.00%) Virtual Team
10 4 (2.67%) Device Driver
11 3 (2.00%) Life Science
12 2 (1.33%) Algorithms
12 2 (1.33%) Cloud Native
12 2 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (1.33%) Mobile App
12 2 (1.33%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 48 (32.00%) Linux
2 43 (28.67%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (7.33%) Windows
4 2 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (47.33%) Software Engineering
2 47 (31.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 47 (31.33%) Signal Processing
3 43 (28.67%) Innovative Thinking
4 41 (27.33%) Agile
5 18 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.33%) Change Management
7 12 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (7.33%) Prototyping
9 10 (6.67%) FPGA Design
10 8 (5.33%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (5.33%) Incident Management
10 8 (5.33%) Kalman Filter
10 8 (5.33%) Network Architecture
11 7 (4.67%) Computer Science
11 7 (4.67%) Network Management
11 7 (4.67%) Process Improvement
12 6 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
12 6 (4.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (52.00%) C
2 59 (39.33%) C++
3 21 (14.00%) Embedded C
4 12 (8.00%) Python
5 9 (6.00%) C#
6 5 (3.33%) Embedded C++
7 4 (2.67%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (38.67%) Security Cleared
2 46 (30.67%) SC Cleared
3 33 (22.00%) Degree
4 12 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.33%) CCNP
5 5 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.33%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.67%) HNC
8 1 (0.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.00%) JTAG
1 3 (2.00%) QA
2 2 (1.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.33%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.67%) DO-254
3 1 (0.67%) GxP
System Software
1 63 (42.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (4.00%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.00%) SCCM
2 4 (2.67%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.33%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (1.33%) Terraform
4 1 (0.67%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 16 (10.67%) Cisco
2 15 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 13 (8.67%) EMC
4 12 (8.00%) CheckPoint
5 11 (7.33%) Meraki
5 11 (7.33%) SolarWinds
6 10 (6.67%) Microsoft
7 9 (6.00%) Infoblox
8 6 (4.00%) Apple
8 6 (4.00%) HP
8 6 (4.00%) McAfee
8 6 (4.00%) MobileIron
8 6 (4.00%) Remedy
9 5 (3.33%) Dynatrace
9 5 (3.33%) Xilinx
10 4 (2.67%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.33%) Atmel
11 2 (1.33%) Google
11 2 (1.33%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.33%) VMware