Firmware Jobs in Kent

Firmware
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 98 111
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 -58
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 6 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.41% 0.087% 0.31%
As % of the System Software category 3.39% 0.43% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £36,750 - £45,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £67,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +42.11% +18.75%
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £62,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -4.55%

All System Software Skills
Kent

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 177 230 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.98% 20.02% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 168 174 166
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £27,875
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +5.19% +1.32%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Kent

Firmware
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Kent.

Salary trend for Firmware in Kent

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Kent over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Kent

Firmware
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dartford -9 2 £82,500 +22.22%
Sandwich - 2 - -
Westerham - 1 - -
Whitstable - 1 £27,500 -
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) OrCAD
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GDB
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Avionics
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Graduate
2 2 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Development Team Leader
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Graduate Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Software Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Development Team Leader
2 2 (33.33%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IoT
1 2 (33.33%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Line Management
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) SAP