The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023
Same period 2022
Rank
107
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware
2
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
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 West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
159
299
446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
8.26%
12.54%
12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted
116
200
314
10th Percentile
£178
£158
£164
25th Percentile
£231
£268
£227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£400
£475
£413
Median % change year-on-year
-15.79%
+15.15%
+17.86%
75th Percentile
£566
£550
£538
90th Percentile
£675
£700
£625
England median daily rate
£488
£525
£525
% change year-on-year
-7.14%
-
+9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
8
24
10th Percentile
£14.41
£14.42
£11.63
25th Percentile
£15.21
£15.98
£13.69
Median hourly rate
£17.80
£17.72
£16.75
Median % change year-on-year
+0.47%
+5.78%
+11.67%
75th Percentile
£20.90
£51.19
£20.00
90th Percentile
£22.61
£52.50
£22.78
England median hourly rate
£21.00
£50.00
£19.00
% change year-on-year
-58.00%
+163.16%
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Embedded Firmware Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Embedded Firmware Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the West Midlands.
Embedded Firmware Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, contractor job vacancies citing Embedded Firmware also mentioned 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 across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Embedded Firmware.
Embedded Firmware Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
