Embedded Firmware
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 119 | 114 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.063% | 0.053% | - |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.75% | 0.46% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £456 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £450 | £550 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | +12.82% | +21.88% |
All System Software Skills
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 134 | 219 | 352 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 8.40% | 11.69% | 14.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 75 | 165 | 221 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £186 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £275 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £493 | £425 | £479 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.00% | -11.27% | +6.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £28.31 | £15.70 | £52.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £36.09 | £18.55 | £55.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £49.38 | £22.23 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +122.08% | -60.48% | +217.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.34 | £24.18 | £73.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.94 | £49.59 | £78.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £34.00 | £25.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.00% | -50.00% | +127.27% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Embedded Firmware.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Embedded Firmware.
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Contract Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | - | 1 | £438 | - | |
| Embedded Firmware UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:
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