Firmware Contracts in England

Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 338 522
Rank change year-on-year -75 +184 +102
Contract jobs citing Firmware 72 206 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.55% 0.26%
As % of the System Software category 2.33% 5.11% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 128 61
10th Percentile £200 £205 £161
25th Percentile £351 £272 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £535
90th Percentile £675 - £579
UK median daily rate £438 £425 £494
% change year-on-year +2.94% -13.92% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 46 31
10th Percentile £46.82 £22.34 £40.00
25th Percentile £55.59 £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% +11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £83.44 £67.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £90.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.31% +10.00% +10.00%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,088 4,031 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.68% 10.84% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,136 2,794 4,778
10th Percentile £213 £190 £204
25th Percentile £400 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 209 243
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.06 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £58.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.65 £72.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
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 Firmware within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London 0 22 £400 +14.29% 77
South East -11 20 £475 -9.52% 137
East of England +29 13 £575 +27.78% 122
North of England -7 10 £450 -8.07% 62
North West -5 9 £488 -5.11% 25
Midlands +23 5 - - 30
West Midlands +14 3 - - 21
East Midlands +11 2 - - 8
South West +33 1 £150 - 72
North East -4 1 £200 -52.94% 14
Firmware
UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.94%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.39%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.89%) AWS
2 3 (4.17%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) Asana
4 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.39%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) Firewall
2 9 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
3 8 (11.11%) VPN
4 7 (9.72%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (9.72%) DNS
4 7 (9.72%) Network Security
4 7 (9.72%) SAN
4 7 (9.72%) VLAN
5 6 (8.33%) BGP
5 6 (8.33%) DHCP
5 6 (8.33%) Wireless
6 5 (6.94%) ATM
6 5 (6.94%) LAN
6 5 (6.94%) OSPF
6 5 (6.94%) SD-WAN
6 5 (6.94%) SNMP
6 5 (6.94%) WAN
6 5 (6.94%) WLAN
7 4 (5.56%) Cisco Wireless
7 4 (5.56%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Git
2 9 (12.50%) JIRA
3 5 (6.94%) Bitbucket
3 5 (6.94%) Jenkins
3 5 (6.94%) Robot Framework
4 4 (5.56%) GoogleTest
5 2 (2.78%) Eclipse
General
1 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Electronics
3 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.94%) Finance
4 5 (6.94%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.17%) Games
5 3 (4.17%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
7 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.39%) Automotive
7 1 (1.39%) French Language
7 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Military
7 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (13.89%) Firmware Engineer
1 10 (13.89%) Network Engineer
1 10 (13.89%) Senior
2 7 (9.72%) FPGA Engineer
2 7 (9.72%) Storage Engineer
3 6 (8.33%) Architect
4 5 (6.94%) Developer
4 5 (6.94%) EPoS Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Software Test Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Test Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) Administrator
6 3 (4.17%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) FPGA Developer
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Architect
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.78%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) HTML
2 4 (5.56%) CSS
3 2 (2.78%) Node.js
4 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.39%) Laravel
4 1 (1.39%) Redfish
4 1 (1.39%) REST
4 1 (1.39%) RESTful
4 1 (1.39%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (1.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.06%) FPGA
1 13 (18.06%) VHDL
2 12 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 11 (15.28%) Verilog
4 7 (9.72%) IoT
5 6 (8.33%) Device Driver
5 6 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (6.94%) EPoS
6 5 (6.94%) Smartphone
7 4 (5.56%) PCIe
8 3 (4.17%) Digital Signage
9 2 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (2.78%) NHS
10 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.39%) Linux
2 6 (8.33%) Windows
3 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.39%) Android
4 1 (1.39%) CentOS
4 1 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.39%) Rocky
4 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.39%) Unix
4 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.22%) Agile
2 13 (18.06%) Signal Processing
3 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.50%) Change Management
4 9 (12.50%) Migration
5 8 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (9.72%) Problem Management
6 7 (9.72%) Scrum
6 7 (9.72%) SysML
6 7 (9.72%) UML
7 6 (8.33%) Architectural Design
7 6 (8.33%) Cloud Enablement
7 6 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (8.33%) Multithreading
7 6 (8.33%) Patch Management
7 6 (8.33%) Project Management
7 6 (8.33%) SDLC
7 6 (8.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) Python
2 9 (12.50%) C++
3 8 (11.11%) C
3 8 (11.11%) SystemVerilog
4 6 (8.33%) Embedded C
4 6 (8.33%) Tcl
5 4 (5.56%) Java
6 3 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.17%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.78%) SQL
8 1 (1.39%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.39%) Bash
8 1 (1.39%) C-shell
8 1 (1.39%) PHP
8 1 (1.39%) Ruby
8 1 (1.39%) Rust
8 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (9.72%) CCNP
4 7 (9.72%) Degree
5 4 (5.56%) CCNA
5 4 (5.56%) CCSA
5 4 (5.56%) HNC
5 4 (5.56%) HND
6 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.78%) PhD
7 1 (1.39%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) DO-254
2 1 (1.39%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.39%) NCSC
2 1 (1.39%) NIST
2 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.39%) KVM
3 1 (1.39%) QEMU
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.39%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (1.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) Ansible
2 4 (5.56%) NetBackup
3 3 (4.17%) CA Spectrum
3 3 (4.17%) Cisco UCCE
3 3 (4.17%) EMC NetWorker
3 3 (4.17%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.39%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.39%) Nagios
4 1 (1.39%) Plesk
4 1 (1.39%) Puppet
4 1 (1.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (26.39%) Cisco
2 11 (15.28%) Xilinx
3 6 (8.33%) Intel
4 5 (6.94%) Atlassian
4 5 (6.94%) CheckPoint
4 5 (6.94%) EMC
4 5 (6.94%) HP
4 5 (6.94%) Meraki
4 5 (6.94%) SolarWinds
5 4 (5.56%) Brocade
5 4 (5.56%) F5
5 4 (5.56%) Juniper
5 4 (5.56%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.17%) Actel
6 3 (4.17%) Algorithmics
6 3 (4.17%) Altera
6 3 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.17%) Microsemi
6 3 (4.17%) Veritas
7 2 (2.78%) Palo Alto