Firmware Contracts in Worcestershire

Firmware
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 26 21
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 1.33% 0.87% 0.93%
As % of the System Software category 11.11% 5.88% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £515 £450
% change year-on-year +6.80% +14.44% +30.91%

All System Software Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 9 17 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 12.00% 14.78% 28.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 27
10th Percentile £337 £453 £134
25th Percentile £494 £463 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £225
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +133.33% +40.63%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £303
90th Percentile - £588 £431
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £458 £400
% change year-on-year -12.57% +14.38% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.54 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% - -
75th Percentile £23.75 £17.33 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.00 £18.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year -13.51% +10.45% +10.74%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Worcestershire

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Worcestershire

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Malvern - 1 £550 - 3
Firmware
West Midlands

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx