Senior Firmware Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Firmware Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Firmware Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £66,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 573 672
Rank change year-on-year +193 +99 +175
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Firmware Engineer 17 19 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.056% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.058% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £136,200 £59,000 -
UK median annual salary £66,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.71% -4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Senior Firmware Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Firmware Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Firmware Engineer.

Senior Firmware Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Firmware Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior Firmware Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) C
1 17 (100.00%) Firmware
2 16 (94.12%) Linux
3 13 (76.47%) C++
3 13 (76.47%) TCP/IP
3 13 (76.47%) Software Architecture
3 13 (76.47%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (70.59%) Finance
4 12 (70.59%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (52.94%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (52.94%) Multithreading
5 9 (52.94%) Device Driver
5 9 (52.94%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (52.94%) Continuous Deployment
5 9 (52.94%) Modbus
5 9 (52.94%) CI/CD
5 9 (52.94%) Product Ownership
6 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (41.18%) Open Source
6 7 (41.18%) Git
6 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (29.41%) Degree
7 5 (29.41%) FPGA
8 4 (23.53%) Tandem
8 4 (23.53%) Subversion
8 4 (23.53%) Mathematics
8 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
8 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
8 4 (23.53%) DNS
8 4 (23.53%) B2B

Senior Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) TCP/IP
2 9 (52.94%) Modbus
3 4 (23.53%) 5G
3 4 (23.53%) DNS
3 4 (23.53%) HTTP
3 4 (23.53%) Internet
3 4 (23.53%) SD-WAN
3 4 (23.53%) SMTP
3 4 (23.53%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Git
2 4 (23.53%) Subversion
3 3 (17.65%) GDB
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Electronics
3 4 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) OpenEmbedded
1 3 (17.65%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Device Driver
1 9 (52.94%) Product Ownership
2 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (29.41%) FPGA
4 4 (23.53%) Algorithms
4 4 (23.53%) GNSS
4 4 (23.53%) MicroBlaze
4 4 (23.53%) Self-Driving Car
4 4 (23.53%) Tandem
5 3 (17.65%) Virtual Team
6 1 (5.88%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (5.88%) Life Science
6 1 (5.88%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Linux
2 12 (70.59%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (23.53%) Unix
3 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Software Architecture
2 9 (52.94%) CI/CD
2 9 (52.94%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (52.94%) Continuous Deployment
2 9 (52.94%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (52.94%) Multithreading
3 7 (41.18%) Open Source
4 4 (23.53%) B2B
4 4 (23.53%) Digital Signal Processing
4 4 (23.53%) Mathematics
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Signal Processing
4 4 (23.53%) Test Assurance
4 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
5 3 (17.65%) Key Management
5 3 (17.65%) Linux Kernel Development
5 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Architectural Design
6 1 (5.88%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C
2 13 (76.47%) C++
3 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) JTAG
System Software
1 17 (100.00%) Firmware
2 13 (76.47%) Embedded Firmware