Firmware Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the North West 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 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 116 134 127
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Contract jobs citing Firmware 3 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% 0.063% 0.166%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.560% 0.306% 0.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £450 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +104.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+27.08% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £34.00 - £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+20.83% -9.09%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 536 654 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.13% 20.60% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 322 317
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £200 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 55 65
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £22.43
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -10.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.25 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Firmware
England

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Firmware Hourly Rate Trend

Firmware
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Firmware also 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 that cited Firmware.

1 10 (90.91%) C
2 6 (54.55%) Embedded C
3 5 (45.45%) ZigBee
3 5 (45.45%) C++
4 4 (36.36%) Electronics
5 3 (27.27%) GPRS
5 3 (27.27%) GSM
5 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
6 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 2 (18.18%) Bluetooth
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
7 1 (9.091%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (9.091%) Validation
7 1 (9.091%) DTV
7 1 (9.091%) Embedded C++
7 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
7 1 (9.091%) Linux
7 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (9.091%) STB
7 1 (9.091%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Smart Meter

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Firmware also 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 that cited Firmware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) ZigBee
2 3 (27.27%) GPRS
2 3 (27.27%) GSM
2 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 2 (18.18%) Bluetooth
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (9.091%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (36.36%) Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) DSP Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (9.091%) DTV
2 1 (9.091%) STB
2 1 (9.091%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
1 1 (9.091%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
2 1 (9.091%) Validation
2 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C
2 6 (54.55%) Embedded C
3 5 (45.45%) C++
4 1 (9.091%) Embedded C++
4 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
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