Embedded Firmware Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 435 509
Rank change year-on-year +46 +74 -81
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 7 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.051% 0.010%
As % of the System Software category 0.29% 0.34% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% +100.00%
75th Percentile £575 £494 -
90th Percentile - £498 -
UK median daily rate £550 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +12.82% +8.33% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £56.75 £40.75 -
25th Percentile - £41.88 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £49.38 £53.75
90th Percentile - £51.25 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +30.00% -2.44% +2.50%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,415 3,538 4,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.79% 15.08% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,631 2,553 3,250
10th Percentile £178 £181 £158
25th Percentile £285 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% +7.78% +6.51%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £559
90th Percentile £650 £676 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 185 239
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.25 £13.10
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 £46.11 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.73% +149.22% +5.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.88
90th Percentile £77.40 £72.25 £52.15
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK excluding London

Embedded Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South East +28 5 £550 +18.92% 18
East of England -1 1 - - 23
Scotland - 1 - - 12
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Git
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) Subversion
3 1 (14.29%) CMake
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analogue Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analogue IC Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IC Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Process Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) YAML
1 1 (14.29%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
2 4 (57.14%) Device Driver
3 1 (14.29%) ASIC
3 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
3 1 (14.29%) Verilog
3 1 (14.29%) VHDL
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
2 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (57.14%) Software Optimisation
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (14.29%) IC Design
5 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Physics
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
2 5 (71.43%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) MATLAB
2 5 (71.43%) Python
3 4 (57.14%) Assembly Language
3 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
4 2 (28.57%) Embedded C
5 1 (14.29%) Bash
5 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++
5 1 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (14.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 4 (57.14%) PhD
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cadence
1 1 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics