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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 53 | 57 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +4 | +36 |
| Permanent jobs citing Firmware | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Kent | - | 3.30% | 0.96% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 14.97% | 6.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £53,000 | £36,750 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £55,625 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £60,000 | £82,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -27.27% | +26.92% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65,000 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £68,000 | - |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | -4.35% |
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 | 109 | 187 | 78 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent | 12.23% | 22.03% | 14.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75 | 49 | 71 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,750 | £27,100 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,500 | £32,500 | £36,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +5.88% | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £45,000 | £56,250 | £58,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £52,250 | £68,000 | £67,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £40,250 | £56,252 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.45% | +17.19% | -4.00% |
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
Salary Trend in Kent
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Firmware.
