Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Embedded Firmware
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 84 104
Rank change year-on-year -23 +20 +37
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.063% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 0.52% 1.44% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile - - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - £583
England median daily rate £475 £625 £588
% change year-on-year -24.00% +6.38% +56.67%

All System Software Skills
East of England

Embedded 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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 192 139 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.11% 12.01% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 55 157
10th Percentile £185 £183 £168
25th Percentile £213 £226 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £675
90th Percentile £638 £613 £775
England median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 18 39
10th Percentile £12.82 - £14.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -16.92% +282.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £79.68
90th Percentile £91.05 £75.00 £85.24
England median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.15% -18.75% +60.00%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the East of England

Embedded Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire -7 1 - - 5
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) UWB
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PCB Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware