Firmware Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Firmware
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 1.06% - -
As % of the System Software category 3.95% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £488 £600
% change year-on-year +2.56% -18.75% -12.73%

All System Software Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 76 38 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 26.86% 17.67% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 28 10
10th Percentile - £448 £388
25th Percentile £500 £521 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +17.50% -10.11%
75th Percentile £619 £647 £569
90th Percentile £650 £725 £622
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £13.88
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £37.88
90th Percentile - - £45.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £70.00 £56.95
% change year-on-year -30.40% +22.91% +57.10%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Firmware job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Firmware

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Junos
1 3 (100.00%) NX-OS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) SolarWinds