Firmware Job Trends in Canterbury

Firmware
Kent > Canterbury

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Canterbury requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Canterbury 3.08% - -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £37,250 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £62,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -36.00% +127.27% -

All System Software Skills
Canterbury

Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Canterbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Canterbury 3.08% 21.74% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £37,250 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £39,747
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% +0.64% -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - £48,348
Kent median annual salary £43,750 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -6.25% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Canterbury.

Firmware job vacancy trend in Canterbury

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Salary Trend in Canterbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Firmware

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Salary Histogram in Canterbury

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Canterbury over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Canterbury

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canterbury 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware