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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 45 59
Rank change year-on-year -40 +14 +36
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 1 27 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.098% 3.70% 0.98%
As % of the System Software category 0.94% 17.53% 9.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £53,125 £36,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -25.76% +24.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,938 £86,250
90th Percentile - £68,375 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 106 154 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.35% 21.10% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 65 31 59
10th Percentile £27,200 £23,500 £29,600
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -8.05%
75th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £56,700 £70,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% -

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 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
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 7 January 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
Sandwich - 1 £55,000 - 4
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Validation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Validation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Verification Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Validation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Verification Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Validation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001