Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in Redditch

Embedded Firmware
Worcestershire > Redditch

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Redditch requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Redditch 14.29% - -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Worcestershire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All System Software Skills
Redditch

Embedded 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 Redditch.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Redditch 14.29% - 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +125.35%
Worcestershire median daily rate £650 £700 £400
% change year-on-year -7.14% +75.00% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £45.00 £17.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +162.24% -23.73% +26.98%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Redditch

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Redditch

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Redditch 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC