Microsemi Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsemi
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of Microsemi products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsemi over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsemi Corporation.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsemi 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.25% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
UK median daily rate £64 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +27.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £95.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +35.71% +16.67%

All Vendors
Scotland

Microsemi falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 684 645 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 43.35% 37.61% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 362 611
10th Percentile £236 £169 £181
25th Percentile £380 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £652 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 39 37
10th Percentile £17.87 £13.56 £12.35
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.70
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +24.62% +6.83%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.63 £29.60 £68.10
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% -32.58% +73.08%

Microsemi
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Microsemi job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsemi
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsemi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsemi

Microsemi
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsemi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsemi

Microsemi
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 Microsemi within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Edinburgh - 4 £65 - 2
Microsemi
UK

Microsemi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA
1 4 (100.00%) PCIe
1 4 (100.00%) VHDL
2 2 (50.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 4 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Altera
1 4 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (50.00%) Actel
2 2 (50.00%) Intel