Firmware Contracts in Bristol

Firmware
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 90 98
Rank change year-on-year +20 +8 -25
Contract jobs citing Firmware 11 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.04% 0.25% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 10.68% 2.97% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £192
25th Percentile - - £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £355
75th Percentile - - £465
90th Percentile - - £527
South West median daily rate - £450 £533
% change year-on-year - -15.49% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £67.13 - -
25th Percentile £72.84 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £90.00 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +63.64% - -

All System Software Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 103 101 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 9.77% 8.29% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 75 123
10th Percentile £225 £163 £188
25th Percentile £435 £200 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £641 £569 £575
90th Percentile £725 £660 £638
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 0
10th Percentile £66.11 £38.62 -
25th Percentile £69.09 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -
75th Percentile £90.00 - -
90th Percentile - £65.50 -
South West median hourly rate £68.75 £60.00 £50.64
% change year-on-year +14.58% +18.50% +27.13%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in Bristol over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (27.27%) Electronics
2 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
1 8 (72.73%) Firmware Developer
2 2 (18.18%) FPGA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Device Driver
1 3 (27.27%) FPGA
1 3 (27.27%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
1 3 (27.27%) Device Driver Development
1 3 (27.27%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (27.27%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C
2 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Def Stans
1 3 (27.27%) DO-178B
1 3 (27.27%) MISRA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM
1 3 (27.27%) Xilinx