Firmware Job Trends in Kent

Firmware
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 59 107
Rank change year-on-year -20 +48 -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 12 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.81% 0.61% 0.26%
As % of the System Software category 11.76% 7.41% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £61,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +127.27% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,750 £28,750
90th Percentile - £71,750 -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% +11.11%

All System Software Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 102 54 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 6.87% 8.21% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 73 42 172
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £23,025
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,100 £67,368
South East median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% +7.37% -1.04%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Kent

Firmware
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Kent over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

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 28 May 2026. 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
Canterbury - 4 £52,500 - 3
Sandwich - 2 £51,250 - 5
Broadstairs - 1 £47,500 -
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (25.00%) RS-232
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.33%) VLAN
2 1 (8.33%) VoIP
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (8.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 11 (91.67%) Electronics
2 5 (41.67%) Aerospace
3 4 (33.33%) Military
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Graduate
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Junior
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Validation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Validation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Verification Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Validation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (8.33%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Validation
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
6 1 (8.33%) Android Development
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Cross-Platform Development
6 1 (8.33%) Internal Audit
6 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Scrum
6 1 (8.33%) SDLC
6 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) C
1 11 (91.67%) C++
2 10 (83.33%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco
1 1 (8.33%) HP
1 1 (8.33%) Meraki
1 1 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
1 1 (8.33%) WatchGuard
1 1 (8.33%) Xamarin