Firmware Contracts in the South East

Firmware
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 123 193 236
Rank change year-on-year +70 +43 -46
Contract jobs citing Firmware 78 33 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.41% 0.57% 0.32%
As % of the System Software category 10.04% 3.85% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 21 20
10th Percentile - £158 £363
25th Percentile £205 £161 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £200 £450
Median % change year-on-year +162.50% -55.56% +27.66%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £527
90th Percentile - £694 £541
England median daily rate £425 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -8.11% -2.63% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 0
10th Percentile £48.15 £16.04 -
25th Percentile £51.06 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.25 -
90th Percentile - £58.75 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +2.04%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 777 857 1,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.06% 14.70% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 601 902
10th Percentile £200 £205 £163
25th Percentile £331 £358 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £647 £675 £675
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 46 57
10th Percentile £17.26 £17.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.75 £54.03 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +170.15% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62.81 £69.38 £24.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £67.71
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the South East

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the South East 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
Thames Valley +49 46 £575 +59.72% 45
Berkshire +32 40 £575 +59.72% 13
Hampshire +16 25 £400 -41.82% 20
Surrey +6 6 £375 +117.39% 14
Oxfordshire +6 4 - - 21
Buckinghamshire - 2 - - 11
Kent - 1 - - 3
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (16.67%) Confluence
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 23 (29.49%) Software-Defined Radio
2 18 (23.08%) LAN
3 13 (16.67%) SNMP
4 5 (6.41%) Wireless
5 4 (5.13%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (5.13%) Firewall
5 4 (5.13%) iSCSI
5 4 (5.13%) NAS
5 4 (5.13%) SAN
5 4 (5.13%) SSL
5 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.13%) VLAN
5 4 (5.13%) VoIP
5 4 (5.13%) VPN
Development Applications
1 19 (24.36%) Git
2 17 (21.79%) JIRA
3 14 (17.95%) Eclipse
4 13 (16.67%) Bitbucket
4 13 (16.67%) GoogleTest
4 13 (16.67%) Robot Framework
5 4 (5.13%) Subversion
6 1 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 41 (52.56%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (29.49%) Software Engineer
2 21 (26.92%) Build Engineer
2 21 (26.92%) Windows Build Engineer
2 21 (26.92%) Windows Engineer
3 18 (23.08%) Hardware Engineer
4 15 (19.23%) Embedded Engineer
4 15 (19.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Java Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Java Software Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Break Fix Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Firmware Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Analyst
10 2 (2.56%) C++ Developer
10 2 (2.56%) Developer
10 2 (2.56%) DSP Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Linux Developer
10 2 (2.56%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (19.23%) CSS
1 15 (19.23%) HTML
2 1 (1.28%) Flash
2 1 (1.28%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.97%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.13%) Device Driver
4 3 (3.85%) VHDL
5 2 (2.56%) FMCG
6 1 (1.28%) Digital TV
6 1 (1.28%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 48 (61.54%) Windows
2 39 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 21 (26.92%) Windows NT
3 21 (26.92%) Windows Server
3 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2012
3 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (24.36%) Linux
5 18 (23.08%) Windows 7
6 5 (6.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 39 (50.00%) ITIL
2 27 (34.62%) Software Engineering
3 24 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (28.21%) Software Testing
5 21 (26.92%) Deployment Automation
5 21 (26.92%) Release Management
5 21 (26.92%) Service Management
5 21 (26.92%) User Acceptance Testing
6 20 (25.64%) Validation
7 18 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
7 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (23.08%) Service Delivery
7 18 (23.08%) Software Deployment
8 16 (20.51%) Verification and Validation
9 15 (19.23%) SysML
9 15 (19.23%) UML
10 13 (16.67%) Agile
10 13 (16.67%) Prototyping
10 13 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.64%) C++
2 15 (19.23%) JavaScript
3 10 (12.82%) C
4 9 (11.54%) Java
5 6 (7.69%) MATLAB
5 6 (7.69%) Python
6 4 (5.13%) Assembly Language
6 4 (5.13%) Embedded C
6 4 (5.13%) Shell Script
7 3 (3.85%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (56.41%) Security Cleared
2 39 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 28 (35.90%) Degree
4 5 (6.41%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.13%) CCNA
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.13%) MCSE
5 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.13%) PhD
5 4 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.28%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (28.21%) QA
2 4 (5.13%) JTAG
3 2 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (50.00%) SCCM
2 21 (26.92%) Sysprep
2 21 (26.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (55.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (23.08%) HP
3 13 (16.67%) Atlassian
3 13 (16.67%) Google
4 4 (5.13%) VMware
5 1 (1.28%) Xilinx