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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 65 81
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 14 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.90% 0.41% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 16.28% 3.16% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £30,250 - £29,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £61,250 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +42.86% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,750 £52,188
90th Percentile £58,750 £71,750 £56,875
South East median annual salary £65,000 £57,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.55% +15.50% +17.65%

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 86 95 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.52% 12.91% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 67 80 149
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £25,050
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £33,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.94% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £41,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £64,100 £63,236
South East median annual salary £60,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +29.03% -7.00% +0.50%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -
Sandwich - 3 £45,000 -
Whitstable - 1 £32,500 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
1 3 (21.43%) RS-232
1 3 (21.43%) SAN
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
1 3 (21.43%) VLAN
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
1 3 (21.43%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) DHCP
3 1 (7.14%) DNS
3 1 (7.14%) HTTP
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (7.14%) VoIP
3 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) Postman
2 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded C Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Graduate
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Technical Support
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.14%) CCTV
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (7.14%) FPGA
2 1 (7.14%) IoT
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Validation
3 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 2 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Android Development
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.14%) Telematics
5 1 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C
1 9 (64.29%) C++
2 8 (57.14%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded C
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded C++
4 1 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco
1 3 (21.43%) Dell
2 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) HP
3 1 (7.14%) Meraki
3 1 (7.14%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (7.14%) WatchGuard
3 1 (7.14%) Xamarin