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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 300 314
Rank change year-on-year -45 +14 +80
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 98 138 256
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.84% 0.88%
As % of the System Software category 5.45% 6.28% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 80 83 218
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £40,625 £45,688
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 £81,250 £87,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

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 1,797 2,198 3,442
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.29% 13.33% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 1,302 2,635
10th Percentile £32,550 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 22 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 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Simulink
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.33%) Azure
2 6 (6.12%) AWS
3 3 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (3.06%) Amazon S3
3 3 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (3.06%) SaaS
3 3 (3.06%) Serverless
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.02%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.43%) Bluetooth
1 21 (21.43%) Wireless
2 18 (18.37%) Firewall
3 17 (17.35%) Modbus
4 10 (10.20%) RS-232
4 10 (10.20%) RS-485
4 10 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (9.18%) Profibus
5 9 (9.18%) ZigBee
6 8 (8.16%) LTE
7 5 (5.10%) VLAN
7 5 (5.10%) WAN
8 4 (4.08%) TCP/IP
8 4 (4.08%) VPN
9 2 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (2.04%) LAN
9 2 (2.04%) RFID
9 2 (2.04%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.02%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.04%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Git
1 4 (4.08%) Subversion
2 2 (2.04%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.04%) JIRA
2 2 (2.04%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.04%) MLflow
2 2 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.04%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (36.73%) Electronics
2 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
3 19 (19.39%) Manufacturing
4 13 (13.27%) Finance
5 9 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.16%) Aerospace
7 7 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.06%) Automotive
9 2 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Military
9 2 (2.04%) Wearables
10 1 (1.02%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Marketing
10 1 (1.02%) Retail
10 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (36.73%) Software Engineer
2 28 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
3 25 (25.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 22 (22.45%) Senior
5 14 (14.29%) Lead
6 11 (11.22%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (9.18%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 9 (9.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 7 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) Consultant
10 5 (5.10%) Linux Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Electronics Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Hardware Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Software Manager
11 4 (4.08%) Software Team Leader
11 4 (4.08%) Team Leader
12 3 (3.06%) Firmware Engineer
12 3 (3.06%) Head of Engineering
12 3 (3.06%) Linux Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) Node.js
1 4 (4.08%) React
2 2 (2.04%) LangChain
2 2 (2.04%) React Native
2 2 (2.04%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.02%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.55%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 12 (12.24%) Raspberry Pi
4 11 (11.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (11.22%) iSeries
4 11 (11.22%) Replication
5 10 (10.20%) IoT
6 9 (9.18%) FPGA
7 8 (8.16%) Algorithms
8 7 (7.14%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
10 3 (3.06%) Cloud Native
10 3 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (3.06%) Operational Technology
10 3 (3.06%) VHDL
11 2 (2.04%) CCTV
11 2 (2.04%) PCIe
11 2 (2.04%) Photography
11 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 2 (2.04%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.22%) FreeRTOS
2 8 (8.16%) Linux
3 5 (5.10%) Windows
4 3 (3.06%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.04%) Android
5 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 17 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (16.33%) Mentoring
3 16 (16.33%) Validation
4 15 (15.31%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (12.24%) TDD
6 11 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (11.22%) Unit Testing
7 9 (9.18%) Decision-Making
7 9 (9.18%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.16%) DevOps
9 7 (7.14%) Code Quality
9 7 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
9 7 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.14%) Signal Processing
10 6 (6.12%) AI
10 6 (6.12%) Data Analysis
10 6 (6.12%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 35 (35.71%) C
2 21 (21.43%) Python
3 20 (20.41%) C++
4 11 (11.22%) Embedded C
5 5 (5.10%) MATLAB
6 3 (3.06%) PHP
7 2 (2.04%) Embedded C++
7 2 (2.04%) Go
7 2 (2.04%) SQL
7 2 (2.04%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (2.04%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.02%) C#
8 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.02%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (19.39%) Degree
2 15 (15.31%) Security Cleared
3 11 (11.22%) DV Cleared
3 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.06%) HND
5 3 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.04%) HNC
6 2 (2.04%) PhD
7 1 (1.02%) CCNA
7 1 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) QA
2 4 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.06%) ISO 9001
3 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.04%) JTAG
5 1 (1.02%) DO-178B
5 1 (1.02%) ISO 13485
5 1 (1.02%) NCSC
5 1 (1.02%) NIST
5 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (33.67%) Embedded Firmware
2 14 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 14 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.08%) Docker
4 2 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.08%) Puppet
2 3 (3.06%) Terraform
3 1 (1.02%) Ansible
3 1 (1.02%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 17 (17.35%) EMC
3 14 (14.29%) VMware
4 11 (11.22%) Commvault
4 11 (11.22%) HP
4 11 (11.22%) IBM
4 11 (11.22%) Veeam
5 10 (10.20%) Cisco
6 5 (5.10%) Dell
7 4 (4.08%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.06%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.04%) Adobe
9 2 (2.04%) Atmel
9 2 (2.04%) Meraki
10 1 (1.02%) Altera
10 1 (1.02%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.02%) Draytek
10 1 (1.02%) Siemens
10 1 (1.02%) Xilinx