Firmware Contracts in the East of England

Firmware
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 77 128
Rank change year-on-year -20 +51 -27
Contract jobs citing Firmware 13 41 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.69% 2.04% 0.66%
As % of the System Software category 8.55% 12.06% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 8
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile £425 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -3.95% +26.67%
75th Percentile £506 £494 £500
90th Percentile - £511 £515
England median daily rate £425 £456 £500
% change year-on-year -6.85% -8.75% +36.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile £54.13 £51.00 -
25th Percentile £58.44 £58.13 £48.50
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +32.65% +5.38%
75th Percentile £75.94 £70.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £78.38 - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +1.52%

All System Software Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 152 340 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.03% 16.92% 16.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 233 301
10th Percentile £175 £176 £140
25th Percentile £225 £243 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £558 £583 £538
90th Percentile £713 £700 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 36 51
10th Percentile - £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.16 £24.62 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.49% +58.84% -15.16%
75th Percentile £15.44 £65.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £26.00
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -5.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire 0 7 £450 - 17
Essex -3 3 - - 6
Cambridgeshire -19 1 - - 36
Norfolk - 1 - - 5
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 6
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (7.69%) Git
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Automotive
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Military
2 1 (7.69%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Digital Hardware Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Control Systems Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) DTV Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analogue Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analogue IC Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IC Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Digital TV
1 3 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (23.08%) STB
2 1 (7.69%) ASIC
2 1 (7.69%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
2 1 (7.69%) Verilog
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Validation
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Open Source
2 3 (23.08%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
3 1 (7.69%) Cryptography
3 1 (7.69%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Hazard Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) IC Design
3 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.69%) Information Assurance
3 1 (7.69%) Key Management
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) MODAF
3 1 (7.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Patch Management
3 1 (7.69%) SABSA
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (7.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 26262
1 1 (7.69%) JSP 440
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Cadence
1 1 (7.69%) Mentor Graphics