Firmware Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire
Firmware
South West > Gloucestershire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire citing Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 44 | - | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Firmware | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire | 0.86% | - | 0.25% |
| As % of the System Software category | 6.35% | - | 1.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £440 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | +76.00% | -41.18% |
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 citing system software skills in Gloucestershire.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing system software skills | 63 | 86 | 84 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 13.55% | 25.83% | 21.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 52 | 76 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £241 | £225 | £460 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £348 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £686 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £667 | £751 | £734 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.33% | -2.27% |
Firmware Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.
Firmware Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Firmware.
Firmware Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Firmware.
Firmware Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | - | 4 | £500 | - | 8 |
| Firmware South West |
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Firmware Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyper-V | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | KVM | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | VMware Infrastructure | 100.0% | 4 |