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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 287 303
Rank change year-on-year -57 +16 +82
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 103 142 237
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 0.86% 0.84%
As % of the System Software category 5.71% 6.45% 7.13%
Number of salaries quoted 82 85 202
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,125 £87,500 £73,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,750
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.02% +9.50%

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 1,803 2,200 3,323
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.31% 13.36% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 1,299 2,529
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,875 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.18% +1.75% -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 24 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 (1.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.85%) Simulink
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.56%) Azure
2 6 (5.83%) AWS
3 3 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (2.91%) Amazon S3
3 3 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (2.91%) SaaS
3 3 (2.91%) Serverless
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (20.39%) Bluetooth
1 21 (20.39%) Wireless
2 17 (16.50%) Firewall
2 17 (16.50%) Modbus
3 10 (9.71%) RS-232
3 10 (9.71%) RS-485
3 10 (9.71%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (8.74%) Profibus
4 9 (8.74%) ZigBee
5 8 (7.77%) LTE
6 5 (4.85%) WAN
7 4 (3.88%) VLAN
8 3 (2.91%) LAN
8 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.91%) VPN
9 2 (1.94%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.94%) RFID
9 2 (1.94%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.97%) J1939
10 1 (0.97%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.94%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Git
1 4 (3.88%) Subversion
2 2 (1.94%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.94%) MLflow
2 2 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.94%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (1.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (35.92%) Electronics
2 27 (26.21%) Social Skills
3 19 (18.45%) Manufacturing
4 15 (14.56%) Finance
5 10 (9.71%) Aerospace
5 10 (9.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Automotive
8 2 (1.94%) Military
8 2 (1.94%) Wearables
9 1 (0.97%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Marketing
9 1 (0.97%) Retail
9 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (36.89%) Software Engineer
2 30 (29.13%) Embedded Engineer
3 27 (26.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 22 (21.36%) Senior
5 16 (15.53%) Lead
6 11 (10.68%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (8.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 9 (8.74%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 7 (6.80%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.85%) Consultant
10 5 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
11 4 (3.88%) Electronics Engineer
11 4 (3.88%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (3.88%) Software Manager
11 4 (3.88%) Software Team Leader
11 4 (3.88%) Team Leader
12 3 (2.91%) Firmware Engineer
12 3 (2.91%) Linux Administrator
12 3 (2.91%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.88%) Node.js
1 4 (3.88%) React
2 2 (1.94%) LangChain
2 2 (1.94%) React Native
2 2 (1.94%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.97%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 28 (27.18%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (13.59%) Data Centre
3 12 (11.65%) Raspberry Pi
4 11 (10.68%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (10.68%) iSeries
4 11 (10.68%) Replication
5 10 (9.71%) FPGA
5 10 (9.71%) IoT
6 8 (7.77%) Algorithms
7 7 (6.80%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (3.88%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.88%) VHDL
9 3 (2.91%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.91%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.94%) CCTV
10 2 (1.94%) PCIe
10 2 (1.94%) Photography
10 2 (1.94%) Sports Betting
10 2 (1.94%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.68%) FreeRTOS
2 9 (8.74%) Linux
3 4 (3.88%) Windows
4 3 (2.91%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.91%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.94%) Android
5 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.97%) Unix
6 1 (0.97%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (49.51%) Software Engineering
2 18 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.50%) Mentoring
4 16 (15.53%) Validation
5 15 (14.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (13.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (12.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (11.65%) TDD
9 11 (10.68%) Unit Testing
10 10 (9.71%) Decision-Making
11 9 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (8.74%) Project Delivery
12 8 (7.77%) DevOps
13 7 (6.80%) Code Quality
13 7 (6.80%) Collaborative Culture
13 7 (6.80%) Signal Processing
13 7 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (5.83%) AI
14 6 (5.83%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (34.95%) C
2 22 (21.36%) Python
3 21 (20.39%) C++
4 11 (10.68%) Embedded C
5 6 (5.83%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.91%) PHP
6 3 (2.91%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.94%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.94%) Go
7 2 (1.94%) SQL
7 2 (1.94%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.97%) Ada
8 1 (0.97%) C#
8 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.97%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (20.39%) Degree
2 18 (17.48%) Security Cleared
3 13 (12.62%) DV Cleared
3 13 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.88%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.91%) HND
6 3 (2.91%) PhD
7 2 (1.94%) HNC
8 1 (0.97%) CCNA
8 1 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.83%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.85%) QA
3 4 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.91%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.94%) JTAG
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.97%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.97%) GDPR
6 1 (0.97%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.97%) NCSC
6 1 (0.97%) NIST
6 1 (0.97%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (32.04%) Embedded Firmware
2 15 (14.56%) Hyper-V
3 14 (13.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.88%) Docker
5 2 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.88%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.88%) Puppet
2 3 (2.91%) Terraform
3 1 (0.97%) Ansible
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (16.50%) EMC
1 17 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.59%) VMware
3 11 (10.68%) Commvault
3 11 (10.68%) HP
3 11 (10.68%) IBM
3 11 (10.68%) Veeam
4 9 (8.74%) Cisco
5 5 (4.85%) Dell
6 4 (3.88%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.94%) Adobe
7 2 (1.94%) Atmel
7 2 (1.94%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.94%) Meraki
7 2 (1.94%) Siemens
7 2 (1.94%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.97%) Altera
8 1 (0.97%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.97%) Draytek