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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 272 333
Rank change year-on-year -49 +61 +34
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 139 147 174
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.92% 0.73%
As % of the System Software category 7.35% 7.42% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 93 90 137
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £41,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £67,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £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 1,892 1,980 2,760
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.09% 12.34% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,430 1,114 1,862
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,575 £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% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.71% -5.41%

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 4 September 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 (1.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Simulink
2 2 (1.44%) Weka
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.07%) Azure
2 7 (5.04%) AWS
3 3 (2.16%) GCP
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.72%) SaaS
4 1 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.83%) Wireless
2 19 (13.67%) Bluetooth
2 19 (13.67%) Modbus
3 16 (11.51%) Firewall
4 12 (8.63%) LTE
4 12 (8.63%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (7.19%) RS-232
5 10 (7.19%) RS-485
6 9 (6.47%) Profibus
6 9 (6.47%) ZigBee
7 7 (5.04%) VPN
7 7 (5.04%) WAN
8 5 (3.60%) LAN
9 4 (2.88%) TCP/IP
9 4 (2.88%) VLAN
10 3 (2.16%) SAN
11 2 (1.44%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (1.44%) DHCP
11 2 (1.44%) DNS
11 2 (1.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.16%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.88%) JIRA
3 3 (2.16%) Git
3 3 (2.16%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.44%) MLflow
4 2 (1.44%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.44%) Subversion
General
1 51 (36.69%) Electronics
1 51 (36.69%) Finance
2 41 (29.50%) Social Skills
3 38 (27.34%) Aerospace
3 38 (27.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (13.67%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.47%) Military
6 9 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.88%) Automotive
9 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Retail
9 2 (1.44%) Wearables
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 45 (32.37%) Software Engineer
2 34 (24.46%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (20.86%) Lead
4 28 (20.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 27 (19.42%) Senior
6 13 (9.35%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (8.63%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) Consultant
8 11 (7.91%) Electronics Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Security Consultant
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Security Consultant
10 8 (5.76%) Software Manager
10 8 (5.76%) Software Team Leader
10 8 (5.76%) Team Leader
11 7 (5.04%) Technical Specialist
12 6 (4.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) Node.js
1 5 (3.60%) React
1 5 (3.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.44%) LangChain
2 2 (1.44%) React Native
2 2 (1.44%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.72%) Flash
3 1 (0.72%) JWT
3 1 (0.72%) REST
3 1 (0.72%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.74%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (15.11%) FPGA
3 14 (10.07%) Data Centre
4 12 (8.63%) Raspberry Pi
5 11 (7.91%) Algorithms
5 11 (7.91%) Enterprise Storage
5 11 (7.91%) iSeries
5 11 (7.91%) Replication
6 10 (7.19%) Analogue Electronics
7 9 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (5.76%) IoT
8 8 (5.76%) VHDL
9 7 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (4.32%) Operational Technology
10 6 (4.32%) Verilog
11 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
11 4 (2.88%) Mobile App
12 3 (2.16%) Sports Betting
13 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (1.44%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.91%) FreeRTOS
2 9 (6.47%) Linux
3 5 (3.60%) Windows
4 3 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.44%) OpenWrt
5 2 (1.44%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.72%) Debian
6 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (44.60%) Software Engineering
2 30 (21.58%) Mentoring
3 27 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (16.55%) Validation
5 20 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (10.79%) Configuration Management
7 15 (10.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (10.79%) Project Delivery
8 13 (9.35%) Decision-Making
8 13 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (9.35%) Software Architecture
8 13 (9.35%) Systems Engineering
9 12 (8.63%) Agile
9 12 (8.63%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (7.91%) Unit Testing
10 11 (7.91%) Verification and Validation
11 10 (7.19%) Performance Management
11 10 (7.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 41 (29.50%) C
2 25 (17.99%) C++
3 24 (17.27%) Python
4 13 (9.35%) Embedded C
5 12 (8.63%) MATLAB
6 7 (5.04%) SystemVerilog
7 4 (2.88%) Go
8 3 (2.16%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.44%) Ada
9 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.44%) Rust
9 2 (1.44%) SQL
10 1 (0.72%) C#
10 1 (0.72%) PHP
10 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (32.37%) Security Cleared
2 44 (31.65%) Degree
3 34 (24.46%) SC Cleared
4 32 (23.02%) DV Cleared
5 29 (20.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (5.76%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.04%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) PhD
8 3 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.16%) HND
9 2 (1.44%) HNC
10 1 (0.72%) CCNA
10 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.14%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.88%) NCSC
3 4 (2.88%) NIST
3 4 (2.88%) NIST 800
3 4 (2.88%) QA
4 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.16%) GDPR
4 3 (2.16%) JTAG
5 1 (0.72%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.72%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 37 (26.62%) Embedded Firmware
2 16 (11.51%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.44%) Docker
4 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Ansible
1 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (13.67%) EMC
2 16 (11.51%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.35%) VMware
4 11 (7.91%) Commvault
4 11 (7.91%) HP
4 11 (7.91%) IBM
4 11 (7.91%) Veeam
5 6 (4.32%) Cisco
6 4 (2.88%) Dell
6 4 (2.88%) Siemens
6 4 (2.88%) Xilinx
7 2 (1.44%) Adobe
7 2 (1.44%) Meraki
7 2 (1.44%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.72%) Altera
8 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.72%) Red Hat