Firmware Contracts in the UK excluding London

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 Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 346 405
Rank change year-on-year +116 +59 -65
Contract jobs citing Firmware 159 110 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 0.47% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 6.56% 3.10% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 49 60
10th Percentile £205 £161 £261
25th Percentile £338 £208 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +21.62%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £538
90th Percentile - £546 £569
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +29.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 26 6
10th Percentile £47.50 £38.75 £23.13
25th Percentile £51.11 £47.69 £31.81
Median hourly rate £61.50 £56.50 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% +11.33% +2.53%
75th Percentile £67.38 £65.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.00% +2.04%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 2,424 3,545 4,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.81% 15.08% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 2,562 3,279
10th Percentile £178 £181 £158
25th Percentile £281 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £483 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +7.26% +6.16%
75th Percentile £586 £588 £560
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 194 187 240
10th Percentile £14.02 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.98 £46.11 £18.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.51% +151.84% +4.02%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.81
90th Percentile £79.40 £71.50 £51.95
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the UK excluding London

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 Firmware within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 +55 78 £525 +162.50% 102
North of England +53 32 £513 +36.67% 20
North West +48 27 £515 +14.44% 15
Scotland +58 17 £388 -22.50% 26
South West +22 14 - - 37
East of England -21 13 £450 -1.37% 68
North East - 5 £425 - 1
Midlands +17 3 £550 +15.79% 46
West Midlands +18 2 £550 +6.80% 19
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands +13 1 - - 27
Firmware
UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (9.43%) Confluence
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.89%) IaaS
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.63%) AWS
3 1 (0.63%) Azure
3 1 (0.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (16.98%) SNMP
2 25 (15.72%) Software-Defined Radio
3 18 (11.32%) LAN
4 17 (10.69%) Firewall
5 16 (10.06%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (8.18%) BGP
6 13 (8.18%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (8.18%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (8.18%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (8.18%) EIGRP
6 13 (8.18%) HSRP
6 13 (8.18%) IPsec
6 13 (8.18%) NetScaler
6 13 (8.18%) OSPF
7 12 (7.55%) Spanning Tree
8 11 (6.92%) SAN
9 8 (5.03%) VoIP
10 6 (3.77%) VLAN
10 6 (3.77%) Wireless
11 5 (3.14%) InfiniBand
Development Applications
1 22 (13.84%) Git
2 20 (12.58%) JIRA
3 16 (10.06%) Eclipse
4 15 (9.43%) Bitbucket
4 15 (9.43%) GoogleTest
4 15 (9.43%) Robot Framework
5 4 (2.52%) Subversion
6 3 (1.89%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.63%) CMake
7 1 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
General
1 48 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.06%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (7.55%) Electronics
4 10 (6.29%) Aerospace
5 8 (5.03%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.14%) Finance
8 4 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.89%) Banking
9 3 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.26%) Marketing
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) French Language
11 1 (0.63%) German Language
11 1 (0.63%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.63%) Law
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.63%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 32 (20.13%) Hardware Engineer
2 30 (18.87%) Software Engineer
3 22 (13.84%) Embedded Engineer
3 22 (13.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 20 (12.58%) Build Engineer
4 20 (12.58%) Windows Build Engineer
4 20 (12.58%) Windows Engineer
5 19 (11.95%) Network Engineer
6 11 (6.92%) Developer
6 11 (6.92%) Senior
7 10 (6.29%) C++ Software Engineer
8 9 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) Firmware Developer
9 8 (5.03%) Firmware Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) VMware Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) Digital Hardware Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) Java Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) SAN Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) SAN Storage Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.69%) CSS
1 17 (10.69%) HTML
2 12 (7.55%) Jinja
3 5 (3.14%) Yocto
4 2 (1.26%) Flash
5 1 (0.63%) HTML5
5 1 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.58%) Driving Licence
2 13 (8.18%) Device Driver
2 13 (8.18%) VHDL
3 8 (5.03%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.03%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (4.40%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.40%) FPGA
4 7 (4.40%) Verilog
5 5 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.52%) Digital TV
6 4 (2.52%) IoT
6 4 (2.52%) PCIe
7 3 (1.89%) STB
8 2 (1.26%) CMDB
8 2 (1.26%) FMCG
8 2 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.26%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.26%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.63%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 49 (30.82%) Windows
2 36 (22.64%) Linux
2 36 (22.64%) Windows 10
3 20 (12.58%) Windows NT
3 20 (12.58%) Windows Server
3 20 (12.58%) Windows Server 2012
3 20 (12.58%) Windows Server 2016
3 20 (12.58%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (10.06%) Windows 7
5 6 (3.77%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (3.14%) Unix
7 4 (2.52%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (30.82%) ITIL
2 36 (22.64%) Customer Service
2 36 (22.64%) Software Engineering
3 27 (16.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (16.35%) Agile
4 26 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (15.09%) Validation
6 21 (13.21%) Software Testing
7 20 (12.58%) Deployment Automation
7 20 (12.58%) Release Management
7 20 (12.58%) Service Management
7 20 (12.58%) UML
7 20 (12.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 19 (11.95%) Verification and Validation
9 17 (10.69%) Change Management
9 17 (10.69%) SysML
10 16 (10.06%) Customer Requirements
10 16 (10.06%) Service Delivery
10 16 (10.06%) Software Deployment
11 15 (9.43%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.35%) Python
2 24 (15.09%) C++
3 21 (13.21%) C
4 17 (10.69%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.43%) Perl
6 13 (8.18%) Tcl
7 12 (7.55%) MATLAB
8 9 (5.66%) Embedded C
8 9 (5.66%) Java
9 4 (2.52%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.52%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.89%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.63%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 65 (40.88%) Security Cleared
2 37 (23.27%) DV Cleared
3 34 (21.38%) Degree
4 29 (18.24%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.06%) CCNA
5 16 (10.06%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (7.55%) CCNP
7 4 (2.52%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.52%) MCSE
7 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.52%) PhD
7 4 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.26%) HND
9 1 (0.63%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.47%) QA
2 7 (4.40%) MISRA
3 4 (2.52%) JTAG
3 4 (2.52%) MISRA C
4 3 (1.89%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.89%) DO-178B
5 2 (1.26%) SLA
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.63%) NCSC
6 1 (0.63%) NIST
6 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (15.72%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.03%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (22.64%) SCCM
2 20 (12.58%) Sysprep
2 20 (12.58%) WSUS
3 12 (7.55%) Ansible
4 6 (3.77%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.14%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.63%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 41 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.47%) Cisco
3 19 (11.95%) Atlassian
4 18 (11.32%) HP
5 16 (10.06%) Google
6 13 (8.18%) Citrix
6 13 (8.18%) Palo Alto
6 13 (8.18%) SolarWinds
7 10 (6.29%) VMware
8 7 (4.40%) Xilinx
9 6 (3.77%) Isilon
10 5 (3.14%) Dell
10 5 (3.14%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.52%) IBM
11 4 (2.52%) Intel
12 3 (1.89%) EMC
13 2 (1.26%) CheckPoint
13 2 (1.26%) Meraki
13 2 (1.26%) Nortel
13 2 (1.26%) SAP