The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
33
22
-
Rank change year-on-year
-11
-
-
Contract jobs citing Firmware
2
11
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness
Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Barrow-in-Furness.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
13
19
5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness
8.55%
11.45%
20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted
2
15
5
10th Percentile
£473
£479
-
25th Percentile
£496
£515
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£545
£515
£426
Median % change year-on-year
+5.79%
+20.94%
+158.18%
75th Percentile
£596
£668
£475
90th Percentile
£621
£670
£565
Cumbria median daily rate
£525
£515
£426
% change year-on-year
+1.92%
+20.91%
+0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
0
Median hourly rate
-
£83.55
-
Cumbria median hourly rate
-
£83.55
-
Firmware Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.
Firmware Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Barrow-in-Furness.
Firmware Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing 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 Barrow-in-Furness region with a requirement for Firmware.
Firmware Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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:
