Firmware Developer Contracts

Firmware Developer
UK

As of 26 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Firmware Developer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 699 859
Rank change year-on-year +132 +160 -188
Contract jobs requiring a Firmware Developer 12 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.002% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £90.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Firmware Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Firmware Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Developer in the UK

Firmware Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware Developer.

Daily rate trend for Firmware Developer in the UK

Firmware Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware Developer in the UK

Firmware Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +121 8 - - 1
UK excluding London +76 8 - - 1
South West - 8 - - 1

Firmware Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Firmware Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Firmware Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Firmware
2 7 (58.33%) FPGA
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) VHDL
3 3 (25.00%) Xilinx
3 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared

Firmware Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (8.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) FPGA
2 3 (25.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Xilinx