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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 300 306
Rank change year-on-year -40 +6 +138
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 72 117 299
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.80% 0.91%
As % of the System Software category 4.88% 5.22% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 66 256
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £53,846 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +2.56% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,125 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +5.00%

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 1,474 2,241 4,140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.78% 15.40% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 1,358 3,333
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,125 £86,000
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 26 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 2 (2.78%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Simulink
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (8.33%) AWS
3 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (4.17%) Amazon S3
4 3 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (4.17%) SaaS
4 3 (4.17%) Serverless
5 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.39%) GCP
5 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.78%) Firewall
2 14 (19.44%) Bluetooth
3 12 (16.67%) Wireless
4 10 (13.89%) Modbus
5 8 (11.11%) VPN
6 7 (9.72%) WAN
6 7 (9.72%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (8.33%) Profibus
7 6 (8.33%) RS-232
7 6 (8.33%) RS-485
7 6 (8.33%) ZigBee
8 5 (6.94%) TCP/IP
8 5 (6.94%) VLAN
9 4 (5.56%) DNS
9 4 (5.56%) LTE
10 3 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
10 3 (4.17%) Unified Communications
11 2 (2.78%) LAN
11 2 (2.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.78%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Subversion
2 4 (5.56%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.56%) Git
3 2 (2.78%) JIRA
3 2 (2.78%) MLflow
3 2 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.78%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (2.78%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 27 (37.50%) Electronics
2 17 (23.61%) Manufacturing
2 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.28%) Finance
4 6 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Automotive
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Wearables
7 1 (1.39%) Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 24 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 19 (26.39%) Senior
3 17 (23.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Electronics Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 6 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Linux Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Network Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (4.17%) Consultant
8 3 (4.17%) Design Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Linux Administrator
8 3 (4.17%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Software Design Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Node.js
1 4 (5.56%) React
2 2 (2.78%) LangChain
2 2 (2.78%) React Native
2 2 (2.78%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.39%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.94%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (19.44%) Data Centre
3 9 (12.50%) Enterprise Storage
3 9 (12.50%) iSeries
3 9 (12.50%) Replication
4 8 (11.11%) IoT
4 8 (11.11%) Raspberry Pi
5 7 (9.72%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (6.94%) FPGA
7 3 (4.17%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.78%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.78%) CCTV
8 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.78%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.78%) PCIe
8 2 (2.78%) Photography
8 2 (2.78%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.78%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.11%) Linux
2 6 (8.33%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (8.33%) Windows
3 3 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.78%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 17 (23.61%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (12.50%) TDD
7 8 (11.11%) DevOps
8 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 6 (8.33%) Unit Testing
9 5 (6.94%) Containerisation
9 5 (6.94%) Network Virtualisation
9 5 (6.94%) Validation
10 4 (5.56%) AI
10 4 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (5.56%) Decision-Making
10 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (5.56%) Network Architecture
10 4 (5.56%) Patch Management
10 4 (5.56%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.94%) C
2 18 (25.00%) C++
3 14 (19.44%) Python
4 10 (13.89%) Embedded C
5 6 (8.33%) Embedded C++
6 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.17%) PHP
7 3 (4.17%) SQL
8 2 (2.78%) Go
8 2 (2.78%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.78%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.39%) C#
9 1 (1.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.72%) Degree
3 5 (6.94%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) ISO 9001
1 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (1.39%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 20 (27.78%) Embedded Firmware
2 12 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 12 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.94%) Docker
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.56%) Puppet
3 3 (4.17%) Terraform
4 2 (2.78%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.39%) Ansible
5 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.06%) EMC
3 12 (16.67%) VMware
4 11 (15.28%) Cisco
5 9 (12.50%) Commvault
5 9 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 9 (12.50%) HP
5 9 (12.50%) IBM
5 9 (12.50%) Veeam
6 6 (8.33%) Dell
7 4 (5.56%) Atmel
7 4 (5.56%) Red Hat
8 3 (4.17%) ConnectWise
8 3 (4.17%) Draytek
8 3 (4.17%) Meraki
9 2 (2.78%) Adobe
9 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint