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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 307 316
Rank change year-on-year +36 +9 +147
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 91 139 180
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 0.84% 0.83%
As % of the System Software category 7.49% 5.42% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 71 76 151
10th Percentile £45,750 £47,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

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 1,215 2,566 3,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.10% 15.55% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 875 1,581 3,014
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,875 £81,250 £74,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.62%

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 11 January 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 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Acrobat
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.89%) Azure
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.30%) AWS
5 2 (2.20%) GCP
6 1 (1.10%) AWS IoT
6 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.10%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (24.18%) Wireless
2 12 (13.19%) RS-232
3 11 (12.09%) Bluetooth
3 11 (12.09%) Firewall
3 11 (12.09%) Software-Defined Radio
4 10 (10.99%) VPN
5 9 (9.89%) WAN
6 5 (5.49%) DNS
6 5 (5.49%) VLAN
7 4 (4.40%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (4.40%) DHCP
7 4 (4.40%) LAN
7 4 (4.40%) Network Security
7 4 (4.40%) NX-OS
7 4 (4.40%) SD-WAN
7 4 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.40%) WLAN
8 3 (3.30%) BGP
8 3 (3.30%) OSPF
8 3 (3.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) Big Data
1 2 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Git
General
1 49 (53.85%) Electronics
2 29 (31.87%) Finance
3 24 (26.37%) Social Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Automotive
5 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.40%) Banking
6 4 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.40%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.30%) Law
7 3 (3.30%) Military
8 1 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.10%) Legal
8 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (56.04%) Embedded Engineer
2 29 (31.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 29 (31.87%) Software Engineer
3 21 (23.08%) Electronics Engineer
4 11 (12.09%) Firmware Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Network Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Design Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Senior
7 5 (5.49%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (5.49%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (5.49%) IT Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Software Design Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.89%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 33 (36.26%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (12.09%) e-Learning
2 11 (12.09%) MicroBlaze
2 11 (12.09%) RISC-V
3 8 (8.79%) Analogue Electronics
4 7 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.40%) Algorithms
5 4 (4.40%) FPGA
5 4 (4.40%) IoT
6 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.30%) Smart Home
7 2 (2.20%) Life Science
8 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.10%) Robotics
8 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.10%) Verilog
8 1 (1.10%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.58%) Linux
2 11 (12.09%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (7.69%) Windows
4 6 (6.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.96%) Software Engineering
2 17 (18.68%) Agile
2 17 (18.68%) Digital Signal Processing
2 17 (18.68%) Signal Processing
3 15 (16.48%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (12.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 9 (9.89%) Mentoring
6 8 (8.79%) Embedded Software Development
7 7 (7.69%) Software Testing
8 6 (6.59%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (6.59%) DevOps
8 6 (6.59%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (6.59%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.49%) Coaching
9 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (5.49%) Patch Management
9 5 (5.49%) People Management
9 5 (5.49%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (5.49%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (67.03%) C
2 46 (50.55%) C++
3 27 (29.67%) Embedded C
4 13 (14.29%) Embedded C++
5 7 (7.69%) Python
6 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 16 (17.58%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.38%) Degree
4 5 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.49%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.40%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.30%) CCNP
6 3 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.10%) HNC
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.10%) GxP
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (49.45%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (8.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.10%) Docker
4 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (3.30%) Functional Safety
2 3 (3.30%) Terraform
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.10%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (15.38%) Cisco
2 11 (12.09%) EMC
3 9 (9.89%) VMware
4 8 (8.79%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.40%) CheckPoint
5 4 (4.40%) Dell
5 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
6 3 (3.30%) Meraki
6 3 (3.30%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.30%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.30%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.20%) Google
8 1 (1.10%) Citrix
8 1 (1.10%) ConnectWise
8 1 (1.10%) Draytek
8 1 (1.10%) iManage
8 1 (1.10%) Intapp