Firmware Contracts in England

Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 497 627
Rank change year-on-year +151 +130 -79
Contract jobs citing Firmware 195 151 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 4.91% 2.43% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 71 91
10th Percentile £205 £161 £310
25th Percentile £263 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -7.50% +36.05%
75th Percentile £545 £530 £571
90th Percentile £575 £563 £630
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -12.82% - +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 28 12
10th Percentile £22.71 £46.38 £28.38
25th Percentile £49.13 £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +1.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £54.08
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +11.82% +10.00% +1.52%

All System Software Skills
England

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 3,975 6,214 9,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.91% 12.91% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,782 4,491 7,072
10th Percentile £200 £200 £198
25th Percentile £350 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £632
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 220 267
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.49 £13.20
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +166.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £75.60 £76.04 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.52% +170.00% -8.05%

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 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 +65 76 £525 +181.88% 120
London +116 61 £375 -27.88% 41
North of England +40 27 £500 +11.11% 24
North West +31 24 £508 +12.94% 19
South West +6 14 - - 40
East of England -19 13 £450 -1.37% 77
Midlands +19 4 £275 -42.11% 50
East Midlands +9 3 £270 -24.21% 30
North East - 3 £425 -
West Midlands +18 1 £550 +6.80% 20
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 16 (8.21%) Confluence
2 12 (6.15%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (11.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.03%) Simulink
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.64%) Azure
2 7 (3.59%) AWS
2 7 (3.59%) GCP
3 5 (2.56%) OpenShift
4 4 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.05%) SaaS
5 1 (0.51%) Amazon Alexa
5 1 (0.51%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.51%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Storage
5 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.51%) Firebase
5 1 (0.51%) GitHub
5 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (15.90%) Firewall
2 27 (13.85%) SNMP
3 25 (12.82%) Software-Defined Radio
4 23 (11.79%) LAN
5 19 (9.74%) BGP
5 19 (9.74%) IPsec
5 19 (9.74%) OSPF
5 19 (9.74%) Wireless
6 17 (8.72%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (7.18%) VPN
8 13 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
8 13 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
8 13 (6.67%) EIGRP
8 13 (6.67%) HSRP
8 13 (6.67%) NetScaler
9 12 (6.15%) Spanning Tree
10 11 (5.64%) SAN
11 10 (5.13%) VoIP
11 10 (5.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (11.28%) Git
2 20 (10.26%) JIRA
3 16 (8.21%) Eclipse
4 15 (7.69%) Bitbucket
4 15 (7.69%) GoogleTest
4 15 (7.69%) Robot Framework
5 5 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (2.05%) Subversion
7 3 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 63 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.28%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (7.18%) Finance
3 14 (7.18%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.64%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Electronics
6 6 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.03%) Marketing
7 2 (1.03%) Military
7 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.51%) Law
8 1 (0.51%) Local Government
8 1 (0.51%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.51%) Retail
8 1 (0.51%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 25 (12.82%) Software Engineer
2 24 (12.31%) Network Engineer
3 22 (11.28%) Hardware Engineer
4 20 (10.26%) Windows Engineer
5 19 (9.74%) Build Engineer
5 19 (9.74%) Windows Build Engineer
6 17 (8.72%) Embedded Engineer
6 17 (8.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 13 (6.67%) Developer
8 12 (6.15%) Analyst
9 11 (5.64%) C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (5.64%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Cisco Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Senior
10 10 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) VMware Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Firmware Developer
12 8 (4.10%) Firmware Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.21%) CSS
1 16 (8.21%) HTML
2 12 (6.15%) Jinja
3 4 (2.05%) SAML
4 3 (1.54%) Yocto
5 1 (0.51%) .NET
5 1 (0.51%) Flash
5 1 (0.51%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.51%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.74%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.62%) Device Driver
4 8 (4.10%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.10%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (4.10%) VHDL
5 5 (2.56%) FPGA
5 5 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.54%) CMDB
6 3 (1.54%) Digital TV
6 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.54%) STB
7 2 (1.03%) FMCG
7 2 (1.03%) Verilog
8 1 (0.51%) ASIC
8 1 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Replication
8 1 (0.51%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 62 (31.79%) Windows
2 41 (21.03%) Linux
3 34 (17.44%) Windows 10
4 26 (13.33%) Windows Server
5 19 (9.74%) Windows NT
5 19 (9.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (9.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (9.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (7.69%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.08%) VMS
8 5 (2.56%) Unix
9 1 (0.51%) CentOS
9 1 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.13%) ITIL
2 40 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (18.46%) Customer Service
4 29 (14.87%) Software Engineering
5 28 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (13.85%) Validation
7 24 (12.31%) UML
8 21 (10.77%) SysML
9 19 (9.74%) Agile
9 19 (9.74%) Deployment Automation
9 19 (9.74%) ITSM
9 19 (9.74%) Release Management
9 19 (9.74%) Service Management
9 19 (9.74%) Software Testing
9 19 (9.74%) User Acceptance Testing
9 19 (9.74%) Verification and Validation
10 17 (8.72%) Change Management
11 16 (8.21%) Scrum
12 15 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
12 15 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.33%) C++
2 25 (12.82%) Python
3 21 (10.77%) C
4 16 (8.21%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.67%) Perl
5 13 (6.67%) Tcl
6 10 (5.13%) Java
7 8 (4.10%) MATLAB
8 5 (2.56%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.05%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.05%) Embedded C
9 4 (2.05%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.54%) Bash
10 3 (1.54%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.03%) SQL
12 1 (0.51%) C#
12 1 (0.51%) Go
12 1 (0.51%) PHP
12 1 (0.51%) Ruby
12 1 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 64 (32.82%) Security Cleared
2 38 (19.49%) Degree
3 36 (18.46%) DV Cleared
4 29 (14.87%) SC Cleared
5 22 (11.28%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (9.23%) CCNA
6 18 (9.23%) CCNP
7 6 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.05%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.05%) MCSE
9 4 (2.05%) PhD
10 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.03%) CCIE
10 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.51%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.77%) QA
2 8 (4.10%) SLA
3 4 (2.05%) JTAG
4 3 (1.54%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.54%) DO-178B
4 3 (1.54%) MISRA
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.03%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) GDPR
6 1 (0.51%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.59%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.08%) Docker
5 6 (3.08%) vSphere
6 2 (1.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (17.44%) SCCM
2 25 (12.82%) WSUS
3 19 (9.74%) Sysprep
4 18 (9.23%) Ansible
5 7 (3.59%) vCenter Server
6 6 (3.08%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (3.08%) Kubernetes
7 5 (2.56%) Progress Chef
7 5 (2.56%) Puppet
7 5 (2.56%) Terraform
8 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.03%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.51%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.51%) SCOM
10 1 (0.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.51%) VxRail
10 1 (0.51%) yum
Vendors
1 52 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 37 (18.97%) Cisco
3 19 (9.74%) VMware
4 17 (8.72%) Google
5 16 (8.21%) Atlassian
6 15 (7.69%) HP
6 15 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 14 (7.18%) Dell
8 13 (6.67%) Citrix
8 13 (6.67%) SolarWinds
9 6 (3.08%) F5
9 6 (3.08%) Infoblox
9 6 (3.08%) Xilinx
10 5 (2.56%) Veeam
11 4 (2.05%) IBM
11 4 (2.05%) Logitech
11 4 (2.05%) Okta
11 4 (2.05%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.54%) Brocade
12 3 (1.54%) Polycom