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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 298 345
Rank change year-on-year -26 +47 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 138 145 170
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.88% 0.69%
As % of the System Software category 7.28% 7.03% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 90 87 144
10th Percentile £38,000 £37,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £52,500 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -9.09% +0.43%
75th Percentile £72,188 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,500 £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 1,896 2,064 2,864
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.27% 12.46% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,421 1,208 2,029
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -10.71%

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 20 August 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 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Simulink
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.72%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.14%) Azure
2 8 (5.80%) AWS
3 3 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (2.17%) Amazon S3
3 3 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (2.17%) SaaS
3 3 (2.17%) Serverless
4 2 (1.45%) GCP
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.22%) Wireless
2 19 (13.77%) Bluetooth
3 18 (13.04%) Modbus
4 16 (11.59%) Firewall
5 11 (7.97%) LTE
5 11 (7.97%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (7.25%) RS-232
6 10 (7.25%) RS-485
7 9 (6.52%) Profibus
7 9 (6.52%) ZigBee
8 7 (5.07%) WAN
9 6 (4.35%) VPN
10 5 (3.62%) LAN
11 4 (2.90%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.90%) VLAN
12 3 (2.17%) SAN
13 2 (1.45%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (1.45%) DHCP
13 2 (1.45%) DNS
13 2 (1.45%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.17%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.62%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.90%) JIRA
3 2 (1.45%) Git
3 2 (1.45%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.45%) MLflow
3 2 (1.45%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (1.45%) Subversion
General
1 49 (35.51%) Electronics
1 49 (35.51%) Finance
2 40 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 38 (27.54%) Aerospace
3 38 (27.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (13.04%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.52%) Military
6 9 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.62%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.17%) Automotive
9 2 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Wearables
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (0.72%) Marketing
10 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (32.61%) Software Engineer
2 34 (24.64%) Embedded Engineer
3 28 (20.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 27 (19.57%) Lead
4 27 (19.57%) Senior
5 12 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (7.97%) Consultant
7 10 (7.25%) Electronics Engineer
8 9 (6.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 9 (6.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 8 (5.80%) Security Consultant
9 8 (5.80%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (5.80%) Senior Security Consultant
10 7 (5.07%) Software Manager
10 7 (5.07%) Software Team Leader
10 7 (5.07%) Team Leader
10 7 (5.07%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.62%) Node.js
1 5 (3.62%) React
1 5 (3.62%) Terraform
2 2 (1.45%) LangChain
2 2 (1.45%) React Native
2 2 (1.45%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.72%) Flash
3 1 (0.72%) JWT
3 1 (0.72%) REST
3 1 (0.72%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 31 (22.46%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (15.22%) FPGA
3 14 (10.14%) Data Centre
4 11 (7.97%) Algorithms
4 11 (7.97%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (7.97%) iSeries
4 11 (7.97%) Raspberry Pi
4 11 (7.97%) Replication
5 10 (7.25%) IoT
6 9 (6.52%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (5.80%) VHDL
8 7 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (4.35%) Operational Technology
9 6 (4.35%) Verilog
10 4 (2.90%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.90%) Mobile App
11 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.17%) Sports Betting
12 2 (1.45%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.97%) FreeRTOS
2 10 (7.25%) Linux
3 5 (3.62%) Windows
4 3 (2.17%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.45%) OpenWrt
5 2 (1.45%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.72%) Debian
6 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (45.65%) Software Engineering
2 29 (21.01%) Mentoring
3 28 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (15.22%) Validation
5 19 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (10.87%) Configuration Management
7 15 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (9.42%) Decision-Making
8 13 (9.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (9.42%) Project Delivery
8 13 (9.42%) Systems Engineering
9 12 (8.70%) Agile
9 12 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (8.70%) Software Architecture
9 12 (8.70%) TDD
10 11 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (7.97%) Unit Testing
11 10 (7.25%) Code Quality
11 10 (7.25%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 39 (28.26%) C
2 24 (17.39%) Python
3 23 (16.67%) C++
4 12 (8.70%) Embedded C
5 11 (7.97%) MATLAB
6 7 (5.07%) SystemVerilog
7 4 (2.90%) Go
8 3 (2.17%) PHP
8 3 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.45%) Ada
9 2 (1.45%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.45%) Rust
9 2 (1.45%) SQL
10 1 (0.72%) C#
10 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 43 (31.16%) Degree
3 35 (25.36%) SC Cleared
4 33 (23.91%) DV Cleared
5 29 (21.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (5.80%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.07%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (5.07%) PhD
8 3 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.17%) HND
9 2 (1.45%) HNC
10 1 (0.72%) CCNA
10 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.29%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.35%) QA
4 4 (2.90%) NCSC
4 4 (2.90%) NIST
4 4 (2.90%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.17%) GDPR
5 3 (2.17%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.17%) JTAG
6 1 (0.72%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 35 (25.36%) Embedded Firmware
2 16 (11.59%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.90%) Docker
5 2 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.45%) Ansible
2 2 (1.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (13.04%) EMC
2 16 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.42%) VMware
4 11 (7.97%) Commvault
4 11 (7.97%) HP
4 11 (7.97%) IBM
4 11 (7.97%) Veeam
5 7 (5.07%) Cisco
6 5 (3.62%) Dell
7 4 (2.90%) Siemens
7 4 (2.90%) Xilinx
8 2 (1.45%) Adobe
8 2 (1.45%) Meraki
8 2 (1.45%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.72%) Altera
9 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.72%) NVIDIA