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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 277 344
Rank change year-on-year -43 +67 -12
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 140 155 168
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.95% 0.72%
As % of the System Software category 7.45% 7.84% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 95 96 122
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,000 £43,750 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £70,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 1,880 1,977 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.80% 12.17% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,097 1,740
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -5.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%

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 16 September 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 2 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Simulink
2 2 (1.43%) Weka
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (2.86%) AWS
3 3 (2.14%) GCP
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.14%) Wireless
2 21 (15.00%) Bluetooth
2 21 (15.00%) Modbus
3 17 (12.14%) Firewall
4 14 (10.00%) LTE
4 14 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (7.14%) RS-232
5 10 (7.14%) RS-485
6 9 (6.43%) Profibus
6 9 (6.43%) ZigBee
7 8 (5.71%) VPN
8 7 (5.00%) WAN
9 5 (3.57%) LAN
10 4 (2.86%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.86%) VLAN
11 3 (2.14%) SAN
12 2 (1.43%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (1.43%) DHCP
12 2 (1.43%) DNS
12 2 (1.43%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.86%) JIRA
3 3 (2.14%) Git
3 3 (2.14%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.43%) MLflow
4 2 (1.43%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.43%) Subversion
General
1 50 (35.71%) Electronics
1 50 (35.71%) Finance
2 42 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 38 (27.14%) Aerospace
3 38 (27.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (13.57%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.43%) Military
6 9 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.86%) Automotive
9 2 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.43%) Retail
9 2 (1.43%) Wearables
10 1 (0.71%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 45 (32.14%) Software Engineer
2 35 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 30 (21.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 30 (21.43%) Lead
4 26 (18.57%) Senior
5 12 (8.57%) Electronics Engineer
5 12 (8.57%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (7.86%) Consultant
6 11 (7.86%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (6.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 9 (6.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 9 (6.43%) Software Manager
7 9 (6.43%) Software Team Leader
7 9 (6.43%) Team Leader
8 8 (5.71%) Security Consultant
8 8 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
8 8 (5.71%) Senior Security Consultant
9 7 (5.00%) Technical Specialist
10 6 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 6 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.14%) Node.js
1 3 (2.14%) React
1 3 (2.14%) Terraform
2 2 (1.43%) LangChain
2 2 (1.43%) React Native
2 2 (1.43%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.71%) Flash
3 1 (0.71%) JWT
3 1 (0.71%) REST
3 1 (0.71%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.86%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (15.00%) FPGA
3 14 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 14 (10.00%) Raspberry Pi
4 11 (7.86%) Algorithms
4 11 (7.86%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (7.86%) iSeries
4 11 (7.86%) Replication
5 10 (7.14%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (5.71%) VHDL
8 7 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (4.29%) Operational Technology
9 6 (4.29%) Verilog
10 5 (3.57%) IoT
11 4 (2.86%) Management Information System
11 4 (2.86%) Mobile App
12 2 (1.43%) CCTV
12 2 (1.43%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.57%) FreeRTOS
2 9 (6.43%) Linux
3 6 (4.29%) Windows
4 3 (2.14%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.43%) OpenWrt
5 2 (1.43%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.71%) Debian
6 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (44.29%) Software Engineering
2 30 (21.43%) Mentoring
3 26 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (17.14%) Validation
5 20 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (11.43%) Project Delivery
8 15 (10.71%) Configuration Management
8 15 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 14 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (10.00%) Software Architecture
10 13 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (9.29%) Systems Engineering
11 12 (8.57%) Agile
11 12 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
12 11 (7.86%) Performance Management
12 11 (7.86%) Unit Testing
12 11 (7.86%) Verification and Validation
13 10 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 43 (30.71%) C
2 24 (17.14%) C++
3 20 (14.29%) Python
4 15 (10.71%) Embedded C
5 12 (8.57%) MATLAB
6 7 (5.00%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.43%) Ada
7 2 (1.43%) Go
7 2 (1.43%) Rust
7 2 (1.43%) SQL
8 1 (0.71%) C#
8 1 (0.71%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 43 (30.71%) Degree
3 34 (24.29%) SC Cleared
4 32 (22.86%) DV Cleared
5 29 (20.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (5.71%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (5.00%) PhD
8 4 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.14%) HND
10 2 (1.43%) HNC
11 1 (0.71%) CCNA
11 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.86%) NCSC
3 4 (2.86%) NIST
3 4 (2.86%) NIST 800
4 3 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.14%) GDPR
4 3 (2.14%) JTAG
4 3 (2.14%) QA
5 1 (0.71%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.71%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 39 (27.86%) Embedded Firmware
2 16 (11.43%) Hyper-V
3 14 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.71%) Docker
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.43%) Ansible
2 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (13.57%) EMC
2 17 (12.14%) Microsoft
3 14 (10.00%) VMware
4 11 (7.86%) Commvault
4 11 (7.86%) HP
4 11 (7.86%) IBM
4 11 (7.86%) Veeam
5 6 (4.29%) Cisco
6 4 (2.86%) Dell
6 4 (2.86%) Siemens
6 4 (2.86%) Xilinx
7 2 (1.43%) Adobe
7 2 (1.43%) Meraki
7 2 (1.43%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.71%) Altera
8 1 (0.71%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.71%) SonicWALL