Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Embedded Firmware
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.76% - -
As % of the System Software category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £440 - -

All System Software Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 15 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 11.36% 3.13% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile £181 - £348
25th Percentile £256 - £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £550 £390
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +41.03% -27.44%
75th Percentile £653 - £444
90th Percentile £709 - £525
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +4.76%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Southampton

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) RS-422
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CPLD
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-160
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware