The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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
24
20
-
Rank change year-on-year
-4
-
-
Contract jobs citing Firmware
1
1
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton
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 Northampton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
16
14
18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton
13.01%
11.02%
13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted
12
10
15
10th Percentile
£357
£339
£163
25th Percentile
£373
£356
£213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£467
£380
£365
Median % change year-on-year
+22.89%
+4.11%
+21.67%
75th Percentile
£528
£497
£519
90th Percentile
£537
£579
£558
Northamptonshire median daily rate
£467
£359
£338
% change year-on-year
+29.99%
+6.44%
+35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
1
Median hourly rate
-
-
£14.52
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
-32.47%
Northamptonshire median hourly rate
-
-
£14.52
% change year-on-year
-
-
-32.47%
Firmware Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton
Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.
Firmware Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Northampton.
Firmware Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Firmware also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northampton region with a requirement for Firmware.
Firmware Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:
