Firmware Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Firmware
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -62 - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.21% 1.49% -
As % of the System Software category 1.07% 7.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £358 £464 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £477 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% - -
75th Percentile £373 £572 -
90th Percentile - £620 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £335 £339 £500
% change year-on-year -1.03% -32.30% +66.67%

All System Software Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 187 54 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 20.09% 20.07% 18.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 39 57
10th Percentile £319 £209 £185
25th Percentile £413 £450 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £525 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% +22.09% -18.10%
75th Percentile £538 £611 £588
90th Percentile £631 £651 £615
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £445 £400
% change year-on-year +6.74% +11.25% -5.88%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Firmware

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware