Firmware Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Firmware
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.57% - 6.25%
As % of the System Software category 3.57% - 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £560
25th Percentile £675 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.36%
75th Percentile £725 - £643
90th Percentile - - £647
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% -12.73%

All System Software Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 28 30 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 16.00% 30.00% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 20
10th Percentile £371 £523 £261
25th Percentile £423 £551 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £595
90th Percentile £618 £725 £658
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.68% -2.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £77.63 £74.00
25th Percentile - £77.81 £76.25
Median hourly rate - £81.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £85.31 -
90th Percentile - £85.88 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -25.05% +8.33% +150.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Firmware

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mixed Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree