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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 69 69
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 24 1 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.35% 0.13% 1.43%
As % of the System Software category 24.74% 0.82% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +20.83% +118.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 -
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

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 97 122 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.47% 15.93% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 77 86 81
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -26.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £42,188 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,750 £61,375 £67,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £53,909
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.53% +7.82%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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
Whitstable - 5 £32,500 - 2
Canterbury - 4 £52,500 -
Sandwich - 3 £45,000 -
Broadstairs - 1 £47,500 -
Maidstone - 1 £67,500 -
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 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) SAN
1 5 (20.83%) WAN
2 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) HTTP
2 3 (12.50%) LAN
2 3 (12.50%) RS-232
2 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) VLAN
2 3 (12.50%) VPN
3 2 (8.33%) Network Security
4 1 (4.17%) DHCP
4 1 (4.17%) DNS
4 1 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (4.17%) VoIP
4 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
1 3 (12.50%) Postman
2 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (37.50%) Electronics
2 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Advertising
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Electronics Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Technician
4 3 (12.50%) IT Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) PCB Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Security Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Technical Support
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) .NET
2 3 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (12.50%) CCTV
2 3 (12.50%) FPGA
2 3 (12.50%) IoT
2 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.33%) VHDL
4 1 (4.17%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Validation
2 5 (20.83%) Agile
2 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (12.50%) API Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) People Management
4 3 (12.50%) Tech Ops
4 3 (12.50%) Telematics
4 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (4.17%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) C
1 9 (37.50%) C++
2 7 (29.17%) C#
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded C++
3 3 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (12.50%) GDPR
1 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Dell
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Xilinx
4 1 (4.17%) HP
4 1 (4.17%) Meraki
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (4.17%) WatchGuard
4 1 (4.17%) Xamarin