Firmware Contracts in England

Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 510 636
Rank change year-on-year +164 +126 -89
Contract jobs citing Firmware 205 146 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.29% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 5.05% 2.25% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 70 89
10th Percentile £205 £161 £309
25th Percentile £292 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +30.14%
75th Percentile £575 £530 £563
90th Percentile - £577 £626
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +30.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 31 13
10th Percentile £22.71 £40.00 £30.50
25th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £67.38 £63.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.00% +2.04%

All System Software Skills
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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,062 6,495 9,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.96% 13.00% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,825 4,711 7,189
10th Percentile £193 £204 £195
25th Percentile £325 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £634
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £496 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.48% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 237 279
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.37
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.00 £31.44
90th Percentile £75.30 £75.60 £56.01
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +66 79 £525 +162.50% 112
London +144 60 £350 -31.57% 35
North of England +54 35 £490 +30.53% 24
North West +53 30 £514 +14.17% 16
South West +26 14 - - 43
East of England -15 14 £450 - 74
North East - 5 £425 - 1
Midlands +17 3 £550 +15.79% 47
West Midlands +12 2 £550 +6.80% 18
East Midlands +13 1 - - 29
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.32%) Confluence
2 12 (5.85%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.98%) Simulink
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.88%) Azure
2 7 (3.41%) AWS
2 7 (3.41%) GCP
3 5 (2.44%) OpenShift
4 4 (1.95%) SaaS
5 3 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Alexa
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.49%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.49%) Firebase
6 1 (0.49%) GitHub
6 1 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.66%) Firewall
2 26 (12.68%) SNMP
3 25 (12.20%) LAN
4 24 (11.71%) Software-Defined Radio
5 19 (9.27%) BGP
5 19 (9.27%) IPsec
5 19 (9.27%) OSPF
6 18 (8.78%) Wireless
7 17 (8.29%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (6.83%) VPN
9 13 (6.34%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (6.34%) Cisco Firepower
9 13 (6.34%) Cisco ISE
9 13 (6.34%) EIGRP
9 13 (6.34%) HSRP
9 13 (6.34%) NetScaler
10 12 (5.85%) Spanning Tree
11 11 (5.37%) SAN
11 11 (5.37%) VoIP
12 10 (4.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (10.24%) Git
2 19 (9.27%) JIRA
3 15 (7.32%) Eclipse
4 14 (6.83%) Bitbucket
4 14 (6.83%) GoogleTest
4 14 (6.83%) Robot Framework
5 5 (2.44%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.95%) Subversion
7 3 (1.46%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 66 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.71%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (7.80%) Finance
4 14 (6.83%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.39%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.90%) Electronics
6 8 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.95%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.95%) Marketing
8 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Law
9 2 (0.98%) Local Government
9 2 (0.98%) Military
10 1 (0.49%) Automotive
10 1 (0.49%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.49%) Retail
10 1 (0.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 25 (12.20%) Software Engineer
2 24 (11.71%) Hardware Engineer
3 23 (11.22%) Network Engineer
4 21 (10.24%) Build Engineer
4 21 (10.24%) Windows Build Engineer
4 21 (10.24%) Windows Engineer
5 17 (8.29%) Embedded Engineer
5 17 (8.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 13 (6.34%) Developer
7 12 (5.85%) Senior
8 11 (5.37%) Analyst
9 10 (4.88%) Cisco Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) VMware Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) C++ Software Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Consultant
11 8 (3.90%) Firmware Developer
11 8 (3.90%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.80%) CSS
1 16 (7.80%) HTML
2 12 (5.85%) Jinja
3 5 (2.44%) Yocto
4 4 (1.95%) SAML
5 2 (0.98%) Flash
6 1 (0.49%) .NET
6 1 (0.49%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.49%) HTML5
6 1 (0.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.88%) Device Driver
3 8 (3.90%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.90%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (3.90%) VHDL
4 7 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.44%) Digital TV
5 5 (2.44%) FPGA
5 5 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.95%) STB
7 3 (1.46%) CMDB
8 2 (0.98%) FMCG
8 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.98%) Verilog
9 1 (0.49%) ASIC
9 1 (0.49%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.49%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 65 (31.71%) Windows
2 41 (20.00%) Linux
3 38 (18.54%) Windows 10
4 27 (13.17%) Windows Server
5 21 (10.24%) Windows NT
5 21 (10.24%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (10.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (10.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (8.29%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.93%) Unix
8 5 (2.44%) VMS
9 2 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.49%) CentOS
10 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.85%) ITIL
2 40 (19.51%) Customer Service
2 40 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.63%) Software Engineering
4 28 (13.66%) Validation
5 26 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (11.22%) UML
7 22 (10.73%) Software Testing
8 21 (10.24%) Deployment Automation
8 21 (10.24%) Release Management
8 21 (10.24%) Service Management
8 21 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (9.76%) SysML
9 20 (9.76%) Verification and Validation
10 19 (9.27%) Agile
10 19 (9.27%) ITSM
11 18 (8.78%) Customer Requirements
12 17 (8.29%) Change Management
12 17 (8.29%) Service Delivery
12 17 (8.29%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.17%) Python
2 25 (12.20%) C++
3 21 (10.24%) C
4 16 (7.80%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.32%) MATLAB
6 13 (6.34%) Perl
6 13 (6.34%) Tcl
7 10 (4.88%) Java
8 4 (1.95%) Assembly Language
8 4 (1.95%) Bash
8 4 (1.95%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.95%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.46%) Embedded C++
9 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.49%) C#
10 1 (0.49%) Go
10 1 (0.49%) PHP
10 1 (0.49%) Ruby
10 1 (0.49%) SQL
10 1 (0.49%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 72 (35.12%) Security Cleared
2 40 (19.51%) Degree
3 39 (19.02%) DV Cleared
4 33 (16.10%) SC Cleared
5 22 (10.73%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (8.78%) CCNA
6 18 (8.78%) CCNP
7 6 (2.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.95%) MCSE
8 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.95%) PhD
9 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.98%) CCIE
9 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.49%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.71%) QA
2 8 (3.90%) SLA
3 4 (1.95%) JTAG
4 3 (1.46%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.46%) DO-178B
4 3 (1.46%) MISRA
5 2 (0.98%) NCSC
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.49%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 35 (17.07%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (2.93%) Docker
5 6 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.93%) vSphere
6 2 (0.98%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (18.54%) SCCM
2 27 (13.17%) WSUS
3 21 (10.24%) Sysprep
4 18 (8.78%) Ansible
5 13 (6.34%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (3.41%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.93%) Kubernetes
8 5 (2.44%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.44%) Puppet
8 5 (2.44%) Terraform
9 4 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.98%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.49%) SCOM
11 1 (0.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.49%) VxRail
11 1 (0.49%) yum
Vendors
1 54 (26.34%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.07%) Cisco
3 21 (10.24%) Dell
4 19 (9.27%) HP
5 18 (8.78%) VMware
6 16 (7.80%) Google
7 15 (7.32%) Atlassian
7 15 (7.32%) Palo Alto
8 13 (6.34%) Citrix
8 13 (6.34%) SolarWinds
9 9 (4.39%) Isilon
10 8 (3.90%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.93%) F5
11 6 (2.93%) Infoblox
11 6 (2.93%) Xilinx
12 5 (2.44%) Veeam
13 4 (1.95%) IBM
13 4 (1.95%) Okta
13 4 (1.95%) SAP
13 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow