Firmware Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Firmware
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 11 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.41% 4.43% -
As % of the System Software category 12.64% 16.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £389 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 - -
75th Percentile £496 - -
90th Percentile £543 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £403 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £59.80 - -
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £56.00 -
90th Percentile £73.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 -
% change year-on-year +20.37% - -

All System Software Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 87 55 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 19.04% 27.09% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 11
10th Percentile £346 £441 £263
25th Percentile £425 £525 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £345
Median % change year-on-year - +59.42% -19.77%
75th Percentile £694 £575 £519
90th Percentile £825 - £575
Hertfordshire median daily rate £520 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -5.45% +22.22% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 0
10th Percentile £65.50 - -
25th Percentile £68.75 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.50 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £74.16 £67.00 -
90th Percentile £90.76 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.50 £66.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.82% - -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Stevenage over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Firmware

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in Stevenage over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in Stevenage

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) NAS
1 3 (27.27%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Backup Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Storage and Backup Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) RISC-V
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Management
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Change Control
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (27.27%) Release Management
2 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 3 (27.27%) Storage Management
3 2 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Ada
1 6 (54.55%) C
1 6 (54.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) Def Stans
1 6 (54.55%) DO-178B
1 6 (54.55%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) NetApp
1 3 (27.27%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) EMC
3 1 (9.09%) Cadence