Embedded Firmware Engineer Jobs in Kent

Embedded Firmware Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in Kent is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 107 -
Rank change year-on-year +44 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.14% 0.067% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.072% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +50.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 513 1,383 987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 71.55% 92.94% 85.68%
Number of salaries quoted 319 1,031 550
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,250 £26,975
25th Percentile £30,375 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £59,783 £58,750 £61,162
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in Kent

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer in Kent

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Embedded 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 job ads across the Kent region featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Kernel Development
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
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 (100.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Kernel Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware