Firmware Contracts in Edinburgh

Firmware
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 11 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.35% - 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 9.40% - 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £396
25th Percentile - - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £513
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £388 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -22.50% -2.44% +52.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £55.19 - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £60.75 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.50 - £52.50

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 117 199 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.34% 15.50% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 157 151
10th Percentile £238 £188 £158
25th Percentile £391 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £634 £535 £575
90th Percentile £750 £593 £650
Scotland median daily rate £440 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -7.37% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 10
10th Percentile £55.19 - £17.50
25th Percentile £60.25 - £18.31
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £43.75
75th Percentile £60.75 - £52.50
90th Percentile - - £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
% change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -31.01%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Internet
General
1 4 (36.36%) Electronics
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) French Language
2 1 (9.09%) German Language
2 1 (9.09%) Italian Language
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Verilog
1 5 (45.45%) VHDL
2 4 (36.36%) Device Driver
2 4 (36.36%) IoT
2 4 (36.36%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Configuration Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 4 (36.36%) Code Optimisation
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Deployment
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (36.36%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (36.36%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (36.36%) Device Driver Development
2 4 (36.36%) Line Management
2 4 (36.36%) Memory Management
2 4 (36.36%) Process Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Requirements Management
2 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) CRM
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) MISRA
1 4 (36.36%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Atlassian
1 4 (36.36%) Intel
2 1 (9.09%) Xilinx