Firmware Contracts in the North East

Firmware
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.31% 1.48% -
As % of the System Software category 2.50% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% - -
England median daily rate £465 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +9.41% -8.11% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £62.00 £61.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.22% +11.36% +10.00%

All System Software Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 40 40 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 12.50% 11.83% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 31 61
10th Percentile £188 £180 £259
25th Percentile £300 £190 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -29.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £574 £544 £700
90th Percentile £623 £650 £836
England median daily rate £525 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the North East

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the North East

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the North East

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear -5 1 £200 - 12
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration