The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Hertfordshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank - 79 64
Contract jobs citing Firmware 0 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.102% 0.322%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.474% 1.775%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £110 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+20.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-11.24% +30.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
135 211 169
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 20.87% 21.42% 18.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 92 82
Average daily rate £355 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.23% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £244 £143
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £438 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.00 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.62% -27.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.03 £9.43 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.65 £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Firmware
East of England

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Firmware Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Firmware Daily Rate Trend

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Firmware Hourly Rate Trend