Embedded Firmware Contracts in England

Embedded Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 652 770
Rank change year-on-year +109 +118 -159
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 7 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.026% 0.020%
As % of the System Software category 0.17% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - - £135
25th Percentile £525 £425 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £456 £275
Median % change year-on-year +20.55% +65.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £363
90th Percentile - £506 £415
UK median daily rate £550 £456 £275
% change year-on-year +20.55% +65.91% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 10
10th Percentile - £43.00 -
25th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -3.38% +3.50%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £56.31
90th Percentile - - £58.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +30.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
England

Embedded 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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,067 6,724 9,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.93% 13.20% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,818 4,884 7,209
10th Percentile £190 £203 £198
25th Percentile £313 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £710
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 252 287
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.49 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.50 £48.95 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.08% +157.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £54.69 £65.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £70.20 £75.73 £57.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £51.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -56.31% +157.50% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Firmware in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Firmware in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
South East +22 5 £550 +18.92% 22
West Midlands - 2 - - 5
Midlands - 2 - - 11
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Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
1 4 (57.14%) Subversion
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) DSP Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Process Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Device Driver
2 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
3 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
2 5 (71.43%) Validation
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (57.14%) Software Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 1 (14.29%) Physics
4 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) Python
3 5 (71.43%) C
3 5 (71.43%) MATLAB
4 4 (57.14%) Assembly Language
4 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
5 2 (28.57%) Bash
6 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
6 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 4 (57.14%) PhD
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Firmware