Firmware Engineer Job Trends in Sandwich

Firmware Engineer
Kent > Sandwich

The median Firmware Engineer salary in Sandwich is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sandwich 1.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £52,500 £72,500 -
% change year-on-year -27.59% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sandwich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sandwich. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Sandwich with a recognized job title 60 0 14
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 29 0 1
10th Percentile £27,950 - -
25th Percentile £28,000 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £27,500
75th Percentile £35,000 - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -8.60%

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sandwich

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sandwich region featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sandwich 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
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
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware