Firmware Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Firmware
East of England > Hertfordshire

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 45 51
Rank change year-on-year -22 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Firmware 11 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.16% 1.97% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 7.69% 12.86% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £245
25th Percentile £389 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £496 - £475
90th Percentile £543 - -
East of England median daily rate £403 £219 £438
% change year-on-year +84.00% -50.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £59.80 - -
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £56.00 -
90th Percentile £73.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £71.00 £88.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year -19.32% +37.50% -1.54%

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 143 70 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 15.13% 15.35% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 41 26
10th Percentile £341 £350 £220
25th Percentile £406 £463 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +22.22% -25.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £800 - £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £343
% change year-on-year -10.00% +45.99% -29.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 0
10th Percentile £65.50 - -
25th Percentile £68.75 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.50 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £74.16 £67.00 -
90th Percentile £90.76 - -
East of England median hourly rate £70.50 £61.50 £22.08
% change year-on-year +14.63% +178.53% -66.03%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Firmware

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in Hertfordshire

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Firmware

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage -12 11 £403 - 9
Firmware
East of England

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) NAS
1 3 (27.27%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Backup Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Storage and Backup Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) RISC-V
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Management
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Change Control
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (27.27%) Release Management
2 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 3 (27.27%) Storage Management
3 2 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Ada
1 6 (54.55%) C
1 6 (54.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) Def Stans
1 6 (54.55%) DO-178B
1 6 (54.55%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) NetApp
1 3 (27.27%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) EMC
3 1 (9.09%) Cadence