Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Embedded Firmware
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.26% - -
As % of the System Software category 1.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £675 - £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - £65.00

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 263 150 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.66% 15.71% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 127 177
10th Percentile £400 £256 £420
25th Percentile £489 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +8.57%
75th Percentile £648 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 26
10th Percentile - £52.10 £17.69
25th Percentile £16.00 £53.66 £26.25
Median hourly rate £32.36 £57.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -43.72% +4.78% -0.23%
75th Percentile £54.44 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £51.50 £57.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.78% +4.52%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Embedded Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth - 5 £440 - 5
Embedded Firmware
South East

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 5 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (100.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware