The first table below looks at the demand for the Firmware Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firmware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware Engineer
Rank 508 555 558
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 5 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.007% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.008% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £325 - £288
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £288
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £35.75 £37.75 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.29% +2.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.35 £33.95 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.15 £41.55 £37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.75 £37.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-5.29% +6.33%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Firmware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Firmware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Firmware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Firmware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Firmware Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South West - 2 - -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
London - 1 £325 -
North West - 1 - -
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Firmware Engineer in their job title 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 with Firmware Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Firmware
2 8 (61.54%) C
3 4 (30.77%) Electronics
3 4 (30.77%) ZigBee
4 3 (23.08%) Linux
4 3 (23.08%) GPRS
4 3 (23.08%) GSM
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C
5 2 (15.38%) Assembly Language
5 2 (15.38%) UML
5 2 (15.38%) C++
5 2 (15.38%) VHDL
5 2 (15.38%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Xilinx
5 2 (15.38%) IEC 61508
6 1 (7.692%) EMB Igloo
6 1 (7.692%) Degree
6 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.692%) Communications Security
6 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) Android
6 1 (7.692%) Actel
6 1 (7.692%) StarTeam
6 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.692%) Cryptography
6 1 (7.692%) Windows
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft

Firmware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Firmware Engineer in their job title 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 with Firmware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) ZigBee
2 3 (23.08%) GPRS
2 3 (23.08%) GSM
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) StarTeam
General
1 4 (30.77%) Electronics
2 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Firmware
2 2 (15.38%) VHDL
2 2 (15.38%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.692%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 1 (7.692%) Android
2 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) UML
1 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
2 1 (7.692%) Communications Security
2 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
2 1 (7.692%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C
2 3 (23.08%) Embedded C
3 2 (15.38%) Assembly Language
3 2 (15.38%) C++
4 1 (7.692%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
1 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Xilinx
2 1 (7.692%) Actel
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Borland
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