Firmware Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Firmware
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.58% 5.36% -
As % of the System Software category 8.33% 23.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £410 -
25th Percentile £709 £429 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £470 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.66% - -
75th Percentile £726 £497 -
90th Percentile - £519 -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £513 £600
% change year-on-year -2.44% -14.58% -12.73%

All System Software Skills
Southampton

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 12 26 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 6.94% 23.21% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 13
10th Percentile £190 £330 £172
25th Percentile £276 £410 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £440 £200
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +120.00% -61.90%
75th Percentile £660 £494 £650
90th Percentile £680 £550 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £45.00
25th Percentile £56.75 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £58.50 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +115.38%
75th Percentile £60.25 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £79.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -22.05% - +92.31%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Southampton

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Firmware

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Firmware

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%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared