Firmware Contracts in Portsmouth

Firmware
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 36 34
Rank change year-on-year +19 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Firmware 26 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 9.35% 2.43% 3.32%
As % of the System Software category 50.98% 13.95% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - - £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £63 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £375 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% +47.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 1
10th Percentile - £52.75 -
25th Percentile £51.06 £55.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.75 £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% - +10.00%

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 51 43 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 18.35% 17.41% 23.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 26
10th Percentile - £315 £138
25th Percentile £519 £488 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £433
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +15.61% -8.61%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £473
90th Percentile £631 £618 £644
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 10
10th Percentile - £54.75 £12.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £56.25 £15.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.25 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +32.43% -29.39%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £55.82
90th Percentile - £71.50 £67.46
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.70% +167.44% -2.27%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Portsmouth

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Portsmouth

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Portsmouth

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in Portsmouth

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (61.54%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 16 (61.54%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 17 (65.38%) Eclipse
1 17 (65.38%) Git
2 16 (61.54%) Bitbucket
2 16 (61.54%) GoogleTest
2 16 (61.54%) JIRA
2 16 (61.54%) Robot Framework
General
1 8 (30.77%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 24 (92.31%) Software Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 15 (57.69%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Java Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Software Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (65.38%) CSS
1 17 (65.38%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Linux
2 8 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (88.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (65.38%) SysML
3 17 (65.38%) UML
4 16 (61.54%) Agile
4 16 (61.54%) Scrum
5 9 (34.62%) Prototyping
5 9 (34.62%) Validation
5 9 (34.62%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) JavaScript
2 16 (61.54%) C++
3 8 (30.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Atlassian
1 16 (61.54%) Google