The first table below looks at the demand for the Firmware Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firmware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware Engineer
Rank 94 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.044% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.048% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £288
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.75 £37.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-5.29% +6.33%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1538 2089 1727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.54% 92.80% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 956 785
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 172 146
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.49 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.30% -8.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Firmware Engineer
England

Firmware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firmware Engineer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Firmware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firmware Engineer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Firmware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Firmware Engineer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Firmware Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Firmware Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Borland
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (100.00%) StarTeam
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

Firmware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Firmware Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Firmware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) StarTeam
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Borland
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx