Firmware Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Firmware
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 13 23
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 +22
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 8 12
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.52% 6.56% 4.60%
As % of the System Software category 4.76% 23.53% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 10
10th Percentile - £50.78 £54.63
25th Percentile - £58.56 £55.00
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
75th Percentile - £70.63 £70.00
90th Percentile - £72.75 -
Hampshire median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%

All System Software Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 21 34 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 10.99% 27.87% 19.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 18
10th Percentile £190 £200 £370
25th Percentile £233 £360 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £556
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -24.49% -5.32%
75th Percentile £544 £471 £647
90th Percentile £550 £564 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £503 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -0.74% -3.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 14
10th Percentile £45.00 £50.78 £20.14
25th Percentile £45.21 £58.56 £52.19
Median hourly rate £48.11 £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.02% +2.04% +12.90%
75th Percentile £51.62 £70.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £52.20 £72.75 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -22.05% +4.17% +150.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Firmware

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Firmware

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware