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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 300 298
Rank change year-on-year -46 -2 +90
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 106 142 235
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.86% 0.85%
As % of the System Software category 5.86% 6.49% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 83 85 200
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £87,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 1,809 2,189 3,258
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.32% 13.31% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,287 2,468
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,565 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 25 July 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 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Simulink
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.15%) Azure
2 6 (5.66%) AWS
3 3 (2.83%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (2.83%) Amazon S3
3 3 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (2.83%) SaaS
3 3 (2.83%) Serverless
4 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.81%) Bluetooth
1 21 (19.81%) Wireless
2 17 (16.04%) Firewall
2 17 (16.04%) Modbus
3 10 (9.43%) RS-232
3 10 (9.43%) RS-485
3 10 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (8.49%) Profibus
4 9 (8.49%) ZigBee
5 8 (7.55%) LTE
6 5 (4.72%) WAN
7 4 (3.77%) VLAN
8 3 (2.83%) LAN
8 3 (2.83%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.83%) VPN
9 2 (1.89%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.89%) RFID
9 2 (1.89%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.94%) J1939
10 1 (0.94%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.89%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Git
1 4 (3.77%) Subversion
2 2 (1.89%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.89%) JIRA
2 2 (1.89%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.89%) MLflow
2 2 (1.89%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.89%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (34.91%) Electronics
2 27 (25.47%) Social Skills
3 19 (17.92%) Manufacturing
4 17 (16.04%) Finance
5 12 (11.32%) Aerospace
5 12 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (8.49%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.83%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.83%) Automotive
8 2 (1.89%) Military
8 2 (1.89%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.89%) Wearables
9 1 (0.94%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (35.85%) Software Engineer
2 31 (29.25%) Embedded Engineer
3 27 (25.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 24 (22.64%) Senior
5 16 (15.09%) Lead
6 11 (10.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (8.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 9 (8.49%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 8 (7.55%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Consultant
10 6 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.72%) Electronics Engineer
11 5 (4.72%) Linux Engineer
12 4 (3.77%) Hardware Engineer
12 4 (3.77%) Security Consultant
12 4 (3.77%) Senior Consultant
12 4 (3.77%) Senior Security Consultant
12 4 (3.77%) Software Manager
12 4 (3.77%) Software Team Leader
12 4 (3.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.77%) Node.js
1 4 (3.77%) React
2 2 (1.89%) LangChain
2 2 (1.89%) React Native
2 2 (1.89%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.94%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 29 (27.36%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (13.21%) Data Centre
3 12 (11.32%) Raspberry Pi
4 11 (10.38%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (10.38%) FPGA
4 11 (10.38%) iSeries
4 11 (10.38%) Replication
5 10 (9.43%) IoT
6 8 (7.55%) Algorithms
7 7 (6.60%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (4.72%) VHDL
9 4 (3.77%) Mobile App
9 4 (3.77%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.83%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (2.83%) PCIe
10 3 (2.83%) Verilog
11 2 (1.89%) CCTV
11 2 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.38%) FreeRTOS
2 9 (8.49%) Linux
3 4 (3.77%) Windows
4 3 (2.83%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.89%) Android
5 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.94%) Unix
6 1 (0.94%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (49.06%) Software Engineering
2 18 (16.98%) Mentoring
2 18 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.04%) Validation
4 15 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (13.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (12.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (11.32%) TDD
8 11 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (10.38%) Unit Testing
9 10 (9.43%) Decision-Making
10 9 (8.49%) Project Delivery
11 8 (7.55%) DevOps
12 7 (6.60%) AI
12 7 (6.60%) Code Quality
12 7 (6.60%) Collaborative Culture
12 7 (6.60%) Signal Processing
12 7 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (6.60%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (34.91%) C
2 22 (20.75%) Python
3 21 (19.81%) C++
4 11 (10.38%) Embedded C
5 6 (5.66%) MATLAB
6 4 (3.77%) SystemVerilog
7 3 (2.83%) PHP
8 2 (1.89%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.89%) Go
8 2 (1.89%) SQL
8 2 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.94%) Ada
9 1 (0.94%) C#
9 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.94%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (21.70%) Degree
2 20 (18.87%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.21%) DV Cleared
3 14 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.77%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.83%) HND
6 3 (2.83%) PhD
7 2 (1.89%) HNC
8 1 (0.94%) CCNA
8 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.60%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.72%) QA
3 4 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.83%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.89%) JTAG
5 2 (1.89%) NCSC
5 2 (1.89%) NIST
5 2 (1.89%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.94%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.94%) GDPR
6 1 (0.94%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 33 (31.13%) Embedded Firmware
2 15 (14.15%) Hyper-V
3 14 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.77%) Docker
5 2 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.77%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.77%) Puppet
2 3 (2.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.94%) Ansible
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (16.04%) EMC
1 17 (16.04%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.21%) VMware
3 11 (10.38%) Commvault
3 11 (10.38%) HP
3 11 (10.38%) IBM
3 11 (10.38%) Veeam
4 9 (8.49%) Cisco
5 5 (4.72%) Dell
6 4 (3.77%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.89%) Adobe
7 2 (1.89%) Atmel
7 2 (1.89%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.89%) Meraki
7 2 (1.89%) Siemens
7 2 (1.89%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.94%) Altera
8 1 (0.94%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.94%) Draytek