Firmware Contracts in Hertfordshire

Firmware
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 64 70
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing Firmware 7 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.85% 1.22% 0.38%
As % of the System Software category 12.07% 6.02% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile - - £399
25th Percentile £425 £463 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +13.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £436
90th Percentile - - £437
East of England median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - £57.00 -
25th Percentile - £60.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +42.86% -
75th Percentile - - £49.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - £60.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year - +22.45% +5.38%

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 58 166 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.06% 20.19% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 125 107
10th Percentile £251 £179 £131
25th Percentile £350 £300 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £468 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +3.89% -5.06%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £625
East of England median daily rate £425 £435 £425
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 8
10th Percentile £17.00 £42.09 £14.04
25th Percentile £19.13 £60.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £87.50 £65.50 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.59% +181.72% -3.13%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £24.75
90th Percentile £89.25 - £32.18
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £22.97 £15.50
% change year-on-year -38.34% +48.16% -15.16%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Hertfordshire

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Hertfordshire

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Hertfordshire

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Hatfield - 3 £488 -
Firmware
East of England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Control Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
1 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree