Firmware Jobs in Kent

Firmware
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 102 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 8 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.99% 0.40% -
As % of the System Software category 12.50% 3.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £54,250 £36,750 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £82,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £86,250 -
90th Percentile £70,750 - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £51,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.55% +13.33% -14.29%

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 64 180 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 7.89% 12.03% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 43 170 165
10th Percentile £26,800 £23,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,125 £29,813 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £74,750 £67,500 £61,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -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 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 2025. 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
Margate - 1 £62,500 - 2
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 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Senior
2 5 (62.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Design Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Hardware Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Hardware Design Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA
1 6 (75.00%) VHDL
2 5 (62.50%) Life Science
3 1 (12.50%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Architectural Design
1 5 (62.50%) CAD
1 5 (62.50%) Schematic Capture
2 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (12.50%) Linux Kernel Development
5 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
5 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Statistics
5 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C
2 5 (62.50%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) EMC
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft