Firmware Contract Job Trends in Derby

Firmware
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.75% - -
As % of the System Software category 4.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 - £350

All System Software Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 23 10 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 17.29% 13.51% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 15
10th Percentile £351 £229 -
25th Percentile £413 £413 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £550 £160
Median % change year-on-year -19.09% +243.75% +1.27%
75th Percentile £700 - £250
90th Percentile - £610 £413
Derbyshire median daily rate £445 £550 £160
% change year-on-year -19.09% +243.75% -46.67%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Derby

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Firmware

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft