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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 285 344
Rank change year-on-year -24 +59 +33
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 137 146 172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.88% 0.69%
As % of the System Software category 7.28% 6.89% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 89 87 147
10th Percentile £37,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -6.25% -2.61%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,500 £77,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% +0.91% +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 1,883 2,118 2,896
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.28% 12.75% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,408 1,236 2,091
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -11.50%

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 13 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 (1.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Simulink
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.73%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.22%) Azure
2 8 (5.84%) AWS
3 3 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (2.19%) Amazon S3
3 3 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (2.19%) SaaS
3 3 (2.19%) Serverless
4 2 (1.46%) GCP
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.33%) Bluetooth
1 21 (15.33%) Wireless
2 18 (13.14%) Modbus
3 16 (11.68%) Firewall
4 11 (8.03%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (7.30%) RS-232
5 10 (7.30%) RS-485
6 9 (6.57%) LTE
6 9 (6.57%) Profibus
6 9 (6.57%) ZigBee
7 6 (4.38%) WAN
8 4 (2.92%) LAN
8 4 (2.92%) VLAN
8 4 (2.92%) VPN
9 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (1.46%) SAN
10 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.73%) J1939
11 1 (0.73%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.19%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.92%) JIRA
3 2 (1.46%) Git
3 2 (1.46%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.46%) MLflow
3 2 (1.46%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (1.46%) Subversion
4 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (35.77%) Electronics
2 47 (34.31%) Finance
3 39 (28.47%) Social Skills
4 38 (27.74%) Aerospace
4 38 (27.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (13.87%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.57%) Military
7 9 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.65%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.19%) Automotive
10 2 (1.46%) Wearables
11 1 (0.73%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Marketing
11 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (32.12%) Software Engineer
2 33 (24.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (21.17%) Senior
4 28 (20.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 26 (18.98%) Lead
6 12 (8.76%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (8.76%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (8.03%) Consultant
8 10 (7.30%) Electronics Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (5.84%) Security Consultant
10 8 (5.84%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (5.84%) Senior Security Consultant
11 7 (5.11%) Technical Specialist
12 6 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.38%) Software Manager
12 6 (4.38%) Software Team Leader
12 6 (4.38%) Team Leader
13 5 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) Node.js
1 5 (3.65%) React
2 2 (1.46%) LangChain
2 2 (1.46%) React Native
2 2 (1.46%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.73%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 30 (21.90%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (16.06%) FPGA
3 14 (10.22%) Data Centre
4 12 (8.76%) Raspberry Pi
5 11 (8.03%) Algorithms
5 11 (8.03%) Enterprise Storage
5 11 (8.03%) iSeries
5 11 (8.03%) Replication
6 10 (7.30%) IoT
7 9 (6.57%) Analogue Electronics
7 9 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (5.84%) VHDL
9 7 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (4.38%) Operational Technology
10 6 (4.38%) Verilog
11 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
11 4 (2.92%) Mobile App
12 3 (2.19%) Cloud Native
12 3 (2.19%) PCIe
12 3 (2.19%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.03%) FreeRTOS
2 10 (7.30%) Linux
3 5 (3.65%) Windows
4 2 (1.46%) Android
4 2 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.46%) VxWorks
4 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (45.26%) Software Engineering
2 29 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (20.44%) Mentoring
4 20 (14.60%) Validation
5 17 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (12.41%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (10.95%) Configuration Management
6 15 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (9.49%) Decision-Making
7 13 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (9.49%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (8.76%) Agile
8 12 (8.76%) Project Delivery
8 12 (8.76%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (8.76%) TDD
9 11 (8.03%) Software Architecture
9 11 (8.03%) Unit Testing
10 10 (7.30%) Low Latency
10 10 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (6.57%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (28.47%) C
2 24 (17.52%) Python
3 23 (16.79%) C++
4 12 (8.76%) Embedded C
5 11 (8.03%) MATLAB
6 7 (5.11%) SystemVerilog
7 3 (2.19%) Go
7 3 (2.19%) PHP
7 3 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.46%) Ada
8 2 (1.46%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.46%) SQL
9 1 (0.73%) C#
9 1 (0.73%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (32.85%) Security Cleared
2 44 (32.12%) Degree
3 36 (26.28%) SC Cleared
4 34 (24.82%) DV Cleared
5 29 (21.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (5.84%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.11%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) PhD
8 3 (2.19%) HND
9 2 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.46%) HNC
10 1 (0.73%) CCNA
10 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.44%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.65%) QA
4 4 (2.92%) NCSC
4 4 (2.92%) NIST
4 4 (2.92%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.19%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.46%) GDPR
6 2 (1.46%) JTAG
7 1 (0.73%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.73%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 35 (25.55%) Embedded Firmware
2 15 (10.95%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.92%) Docker
5 2 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.92%) Terraform
2 3 (2.19%) Puppet
3 1 (0.73%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (13.14%) EMC
2 16 (11.68%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.49%) VMware
4 11 (8.03%) Commvault
4 11 (8.03%) HP
4 11 (8.03%) IBM
4 11 (8.03%) Veeam
5 8 (5.84%) Cisco
6 5 (3.65%) Dell
7 4 (2.92%) Siemens
7 4 (2.92%) Xilinx
8 3 (2.19%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.46%) Adobe
9 2 (1.46%) Meraki
10 1 (0.73%) Altera
10 1 (0.73%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.73%) NVIDIA