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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 279 311
Rank change year-on-year -45 +32 +167
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 69 117 298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.87% 0.92%
As % of the System Software category 4.88% 6.22% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 59 77 256
10th Percentile £45,750 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £64,875 £73,750 £60,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +14.29% +10.53%

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 1,413 1,881 4,255
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.79% 13.98% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 986 1,527 3,497
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,650 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £114,250 £86,550
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 1 May 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 (1.45%) Confluence
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.19%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) AWS
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (4.35%) Amazon S3
3 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (4.35%) SaaS
3 3 (4.35%) Serverless
4 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.45%) GCP
4 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.09%) Firewall
2 14 (20.29%) Bluetooth
3 12 (17.39%) Wireless
4 8 (11.59%) Modbus
4 8 (11.59%) VPN
5 7 (10.14%) WAN
5 7 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (8.70%) RS-232
7 5 (7.25%) TCP/IP
7 5 (7.25%) VLAN
8 4 (5.80%) DNS
8 4 (5.80%) LTE
8 4 (5.80%) Profibus
8 4 (5.80%) RS-485
8 4 (5.80%) ZigBee
9 3 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
9 3 (4.35%) Unified Communications
10 2 (2.90%) LAN
10 2 (2.90%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Subversion
2 4 (5.80%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.80%) Git
3 2 (2.90%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.45%) JIRA
4 1 (1.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 25 (36.23%) Electronics
2 17 (24.64%) Social Skills
3 14 (20.29%) Finance
4 12 (17.39%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.45%) Automotive
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 28 (40.58%) Embedded Engineer
2 24 (34.78%) Software Engineer
3 19 (27.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 16 (23.19%) Senior
5 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Electronics Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Network Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Design Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) IT Manager
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Software Design Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) Head of Engineering
10 3 (4.35%) Head of Software Engineering
10 3 (4.35%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) Node.js
1 2 (2.90%) React
2 1 (1.45%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 20 (28.99%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (17.39%) Data Centre
3 8 (11.59%) IoT
4 7 (10.14%) Enterprise Storage
4 7 (10.14%) iSeries
4 7 (10.14%) Replication
5 6 (8.70%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (8.70%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.35%) FPGA
7 2 (2.90%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.90%) CCTV
7 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.90%) PCIe
7 2 (2.90%) Photography
7 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.90%) Sports Betting
8 1 (1.45%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.49%) Linux
2 8 (11.59%) Windows
3 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.80%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (2.90%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Software Engineering
2 15 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (20.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (11.59%) Mentoring
6 7 (10.14%) DevOps
6 7 (10.14%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (10.14%) TDD
7 6 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (8.70%) Patch Management
8 5 (7.25%) Containerisation
8 5 (7.25%) Network Virtualisation
9 4 (5.80%) Agile
9 4 (5.80%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (5.80%) Load Balancing
9 4 (5.80%) Network Architecture
9 4 (5.80%) Proactive Maintenance
9 4 (5.80%) Software Testing
9 4 (5.80%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (37.68%) C
2 21 (30.43%) C++
3 13 (18.84%) Embedded C
4 12 (17.39%) Python
5 9 (13.04%) Embedded C++
6 4 (5.80%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.35%) PHP
7 3 (4.35%) SQL
8 2 (2.90%) Go
8 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.45%) C#
9 1 (1.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) DV Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.80%) Degree
3 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.90%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) ISO 9001
1 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 19 (27.54%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (14.49%) Hyper-V
2 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
4 5 (7.25%) Docker
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.80%) Puppet
3 3 (4.35%) Terraform
4 2 (2.90%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.45%) Ansible
5 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.84%) Cisco
3 12 (17.39%) VMware
4 11 (15.94%) EMC
5 9 (13.04%) Fortinet
6 7 (10.14%) Commvault
6 7 (10.14%) HP
6 7 (10.14%) IBM
6 7 (10.14%) Veeam
7 6 (8.70%) Dell
8 4 (5.80%) Atmel
8 4 (5.80%) Red Hat
9 3 (4.35%) ConnectWise
9 3 (4.35%) Draytek
9 3 (4.35%) Meraki
10 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.45%) Adobe