Firmware Contracts in Northern Ireland

Firmware
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Firmware 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.38% - 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £300
75th Percentile - - £313
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +30.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.63 - -
Median hourly rate £31.25 - -
75th Percentile £31.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.00% +2.04%

All System Software Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8 31 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.52% 15.50% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 19
10th Percentile £366 £164 £262
25th Percentile £391 £200 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £491 £650 £550
90th Percentile £519 - £576
UK median daily rate £496 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.48% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £10.47
25th Percentile £30.63 - £10.75
Median hourly rate £31.25 - £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.83%
75th Percentile £31.88 - £13.89
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Northern Ireland

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Northern Ireland

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Northern Ireland

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
County Antrim - 2 - -
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC