Firmware Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Firmware
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.24% - 2.09%
As % of the System Software category 1.12% - 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £600 £327 £463
% change year-on-year +83.49% -29.30% +72.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +23.81%

All System Software Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 89 22 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 21.45% 14.67% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 17 21
10th Percentile - £232 £143
25th Percentile £225 £250 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £275 £400
Median % change year-on-year +34.09% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £519 £538 £525
90th Percentile £592 £585 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.95% -9.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 7
10th Percentile £26.80 £72.86 £34.15
25th Percentile £43.81 £75.66 £48.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £83.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.99% +28.18% -
75th Percentile £54.06 £87.97 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.97 -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.78% +4.52%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Firmware

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Firmware

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Abingdon - 1 £525 - 3
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++