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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Firmware 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 1.18% - 1.35%
As % of the System Software category 9.09% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £595 - £424
25th Percentile £625 - £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £518
75th Percentile £725 - £576
90th Percentile - - £612
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £513 £375
% change year-on-year +17.07% +36.67% -21.05%

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 33 14 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 12.94% 14.89% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 21
10th Percentile £500 £438 -
25th Percentile £508 £551 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -1.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £650 £626 £650
90th Percentile £725 £716 £679
Hampshire median daily rate £588 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £82.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.27% -8.00% +42.86%

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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (66.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mixed Reality
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared