Firmware Contracts in Cambridge

Firmware
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 17 32
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 -10
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.52% 6.19% 3.32%
As % of the System Software category 6.25% 37.50% 21.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 5
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile - £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +26.67%
75th Percentile - £494 £500
90th Percentile - £514 £530
Cambridgeshire median daily rate - £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £38.50 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 -
90th Percentile - £51.50 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £57.50 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +27.78% - -

All System Software Skills
Cambridge

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 16 48 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 8.25% 16.49% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 34 34
10th Percentile £144 £200 £231
25th Percentile £208 £313 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -48.33% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £245 £514 £538
90th Percentile £254 £555 £550
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £225 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -50.00% +5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £21.48 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £27.49 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 -
90th Percentile - £50.50 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.16 £15.75 £14.50
% change year-on-year -10.10% +8.62% +11.54%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Cambridge

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue IC Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IC Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) ASIC
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) IC Design
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 1 (100.00%) Tcl
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence
1 1 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics