Firmware
South West > Gloucestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 55 | 58 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +3 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Firmware | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | - | 0.22% | 0.82% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 1.10% | 3.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £349 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £422 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £475 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £497 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £514 |
| South West median daily rate | £440 | - | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -14.29% |
All System Software Skills
Gloucestershire
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 Gloucestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 45 | 91 | 112 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 18.52% | 19.91% | 22.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 40 | 69 | 72 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £458 | £364 |
| 25th Percentile | £296 | £519 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.32% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £625 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £900 | £692 | £736 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £538 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.33% | +7.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £40.75 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £72.38 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £78.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +90.10% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £87.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £90.00 |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.25 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.35% | +12.08% | +24.03% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire
Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Gloucestershire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Gloucestershire.