Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Embedded Firmware
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 117 133
Rank change year-on-year -48 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.080% 0.050% 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 0.57% 0.39% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £400 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -36.00% +4.17% +29.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 529 256 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.16% 12.79% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 170 195
10th Percentile £180 £160 £150
25th Percentile £306 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +26.67% -8.54%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £500
90th Percentile £653 £700 £600
England median daily rate £500 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 10
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.22 £15.47
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.95 £16.56
Median hourly rate £23.71 £18.13 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.76% -0.66% +2.99%
75th Percentile £25.36 £29.85 £19.78
90th Percentile £32.45 £37.86 £23.73
England median hourly rate £34.00 £30.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.57% -5.38% -15.58%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
West Midlands -46 3 £400 - 1
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Debian
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Python
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC