Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Embedded Firmware
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 1.96% - -
As % of the System Software category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Surrey median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All System Software Skills
Guildford

Embedded 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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 9 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 17.65% 11.76% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 5
10th Percentile £200 - £230
25th Percentile £215 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.43%
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - £520
Surrey median daily rate £493 £350 £413
% change year-on-year +40.71% -15.15% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% - -
Surrey median hourly rate £97.50 £28.00 £25.15
% change year-on-year +248.21% +11.33% -

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Guildford

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware