Firmware Contracts in Essex

Firmware
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 26 54
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 4 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 1.83% 4.64% 1.01%
As % of the System Software category 16.00% 24.44% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £500
East of England median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +26.67%

All System Software Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 25 45 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 11.42% 18.99% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 42
10th Percentile £194 £304 £164
25th Percentile £275 £394 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +53.85%
75th Percentile £493 £549 £611
90th Percentile £550 £628 £631
East of England median daily rate £375 £443 £425
% change year-on-year -15.25% +4.12% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £13.15 £22.30 £17.82
25th Percentile £13.59 £23.79 -
Median hourly rate £14.31 £24.62 £18.55
Median % change year-on-year -41.88% +32.72% +0.95%
75th Percentile £15.04 £34.90 £28.41
90th Percentile £15.47 £53.41 -
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year -42.49% +58.84% -15.16%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Essex

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Essex

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Essex

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Essex region over the 6 months to 5 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
Brentwood - 4 £300 -
Firmware
East of England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) DTV Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Digital TV
1 4 (100.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C