The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Embedded 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 Oxford with a requirement for system software skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills |
13 |
22 |
36 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford |
12.50% |
17.05% |
24.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
7 |
18 |
30 |
| 10th Percentile |
£128 |
- |
£150 |
| 25th Percentile |
£154 |
£300 |
£185 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£375 |
£400 |
£263 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-6.25% |
+52.38% |
-34.38% |
| 75th Percentile |
£488 |
£450 |
£438 |
| 90th Percentile |
£585 |
£492 |
£579 |
| Oxfordshire median daily rate |
£145 |
£375 |
£225 |
| % change year-on-year |
-61.33% |
+66.67% |
-43.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
£35.60 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£65.00 |
- |
£20.00 |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Oxfordshire median hourly rate |
£48.75 |
£55.00 |
£20.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-11.36% |
+175.00% |
- |
