Firmware Contracts in the South West

Firmware
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 138 163 164
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -30
Contract jobs citing Firmware 14 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.44% 0.30% 0.30%
As % of the System Software category 3.90% 1.90% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 10
10th Percentile - £360 £147
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% -
75th Percentile - £579 £540
90th Percentile - - £606
England median daily rate £425 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -8.11% -2.63% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £67.13 £51.50 -
25th Percentile £72.84 £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile - £62.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
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 West

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 West with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 359 578 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.34% 15.87% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 439 443
10th Percentile £153 £200 £185
25th Percentile £265 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £575
90th Percentile £700 £725 £649
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 43 20
10th Percentile - £13.69 £15.79
25th Percentile £40.00 £17.38 £36.12
Median hourly rate £68.75 £60.00 £49.49
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +21.24% +23.99%
75th Percentile £86.25 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £78.56 £61.74
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the South West

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the South West

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the South West

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the South West

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +29 11 - - 14
Wiltshire -5 1 - - 2
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) VLAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (21.43%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Law
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
1 8 (57.14%) Firmware Developer
2 2 (14.29%) FPGA Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Device Driver
1 3 (21.43%) FPGA
1 3 (21.43%) VHDL
2 2 (14.29%) CMDB
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
1 3 (21.43%) Device Driver Development
1 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (21.43%) UML
2 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 2 (14.29%) Disk Encryption
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C
2 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Def Stans
1 3 (21.43%) DO-178B
1 3 (21.43%) MISRA
2 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) IBM
1 3 (21.43%) Xilinx