Firmware Contracts in the Thames Valley

Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 149 160
Rank change year-on-year +51 +11 -36
Contract jobs citing Firmware 47 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.72% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the System Software category 13.78% 1.36% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 2 5
10th Percentile - £231 £295
25th Percentile £205 £278 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £360 £375
Median % change year-on-year +59.72% -4.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile - £448 £500
90th Percentile - £497 £514
South East median daily rate £500 £200 £450
% change year-on-year +150.00% -55.56% +27.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £47.50 £20.13 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £25.94 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £36.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +79.31% - -
75th Percentile - £45.94 -
90th Percentile - £51.38 -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £52.25 £57.00
% change year-on-year +19.62% -8.33% +14.00%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 341 369 515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.46% 12.42% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 274 381
10th Percentile £175 £230 £150
25th Percentile £300 £370 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +7.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £594
90th Percentile £650 £675 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 15
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.13 £10.77
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £12.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £13.70
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +301.46% -41.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £20.00
90th Percentile - £83.82 £48.50
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +160.00% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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
Berkshire +28 41 £575 +59.72% 18
Oxfordshire +11 4 - - 21
Buckinghamshire - 2 - - 13
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 19 (40.43%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (40.43%) LAN
2 4 (8.51%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Git
1 4 (8.51%) JIRA
1 4 (8.51%) Subversion
2 1 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 40 (85.11%) Social Skills
2 19 (40.43%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Aerospace
3 4 (8.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (44.68%) Build Engineer
1 21 (44.68%) Windows Build Engineer
1 21 (44.68%) Windows Engineer
2 19 (40.43%) Hardware Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Break Fix Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Consultant
6 1 (2.13%) Lead
6 1 (2.13%) Lead Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (40.43%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.51%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.51%) Device Driver
3 2 (4.26%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 40 (85.11%) Windows
1 40 (85.11%) Windows 10
2 21 (44.68%) Windows NT
2 21 (44.68%) Windows Server
2 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2012
2 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2016
2 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2019
3 19 (40.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (85.11%) Customer Service
1 40 (85.11%) ITIL
2 21 (44.68%) Deployment Automation
2 21 (44.68%) Release Management
2 21 (44.68%) Service Management
2 21 (44.68%) User Acceptance Testing
3 19 (40.43%) Customer Requirements
3 19 (40.43%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (40.43%) Service Delivery
3 19 (40.43%) Software Deployment
3 19 (40.43%) Software Testing
4 5 (10.64%) Validation
5 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
5 4 (8.51%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (8.51%) Signal Processing
5 4 (8.51%) Software Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) Software Optimisation
6 1 (2.13%) SysML
6 1 (2.13%) UML
6 1 (2.13%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) C
2 4 (8.51%) Assembly Language
2 4 (8.51%) C++
2 4 (8.51%) MATLAB
2 4 (8.51%) Python
2 4 (8.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (87.23%) Security Cleared
2 40 (85.11%) DV Cleared
3 23 (48.94%) Degree
4 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
4 4 (8.51%) PhD
5 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (44.68%) QA
2 4 (8.51%) JTAG
System Software
1 21 (44.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.51%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (85.11%) SCCM
2 21 (44.68%) Sysprep
2 21 (44.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (85.11%) Microsoft
2 19 (40.43%) HP