Firmware Contracts in Scotland

Firmware
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 163 156
Rank change year-on-year +49 -7 +4
Contract jobs citing Firmware 17 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.77% 0.035% 0.31%
As % of the System Software category 5.59% 0.23% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £331 - £396
25th Percentile £341 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% -2.44% +52.99%
75th Percentile £441 - £538
90th Percentile £454 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -12.82% +2.63% +32.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £55.19 - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £60.75 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.00% +2.04%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 304 433 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.77% 15.17% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 321 275
10th Percentile £188 £200 £158
25th Percentile £324 £379 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £631 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 17
10th Percentile - £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -31.01%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £48.75
90th Percentile - £55.57 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £53.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.14% +168.75% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Edinburgh - 11 - - 13
Glasgow +6 5 £425 -15.00% 8
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) DHCP
1 4 (23.53%) DNS
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
General
1 4 (23.53%) Banking
1 4 (23.53%) Electronics
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Investment Banking
1 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) French Language
3 1 (5.88%) German Language
3 1 (5.88%) Italian Language
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Field Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Verilog
1 5 (29.41%) VHDL
2 4 (23.53%) Device Driver
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (23.53%) IoT
2 4 (23.53%) PCIe
3 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (23.53%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Agile
1 8 (47.06%) Configuration Management
2 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
2 4 (23.53%) Code Optimisation
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Deployment
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (23.53%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (23.53%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (23.53%) Device Driver Development
2 4 (23.53%) High Availability
2 4 (23.53%) Investment Management
2 4 (23.53%) Line Management
2 4 (23.53%) Memory Management
2 4 (23.53%) Open Source
2 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
2 4 (23.53%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (23.53%) Requirements Management
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
2 4 (23.53%) Wealth Management
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C
1 4 (23.53%) Embedded C
1 4 (23.53%) Perl
1 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) MISRA
1 4 (23.53%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Atlassian
1 4 (23.53%) Intel
2 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Xilinx