The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 112 112 92
Rank change year-on-year
0 -20
Contract jobs citing Firmware 4 19 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.184% 0.637% 1.455%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.825% 3.050% 7.950%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 20
Average daily rate £350 £300 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+20.83% -7.69%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
485 623 478
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.28% 20.90% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 276 191
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 68 67
Average hourly rate £33.00 £25.00 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.00% -1.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £13.30 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £48.40 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Firmware
England

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firmware across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England Firmware Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firmware across the East of England region.

East of England Firmware Daily Rate Trend

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firmware across the East of England region.

East of England Firmware Hourly Rate Trend

Firmware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Suffolk +2 3 - -
Bedfordshire +7 1 £350 -
Firmware
England

Firmware
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Firmware also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Firmware.

1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) NetApp
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) JTAG
2 1 (16.67%) NAS
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Physics
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
2 1 (16.67%) SAN

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Firmware also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Firmware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) NAS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
1 1 (16.67%) Physics
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) JTAG
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) NetApp
Ipswich, East Anglia
If you haven't got direct TLS experience, you should have done cryptography programming... You should be a team player, who can work with Embedded Firmware Engineers, Electronics...
Real Staffing
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Embedded, C++, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate requirement...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
C++, Embedded, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Cryptography, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013