Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% - 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 0.98% - 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £675 - £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - £65.00

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 408 209 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.50% 12.49% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 114 192
10th Percentile £303 £250 £283
25th Percentile £406 £330 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +18.56%
75th Percentile £595 £663 £608
90th Percentile £642 £700 £651
South East median daily rate £525 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 10
10th Percentile £21.94 £72.86 £33.62
25th Percentile £33.70 £75.66 £52.12
Median hourly rate £47.54 £83.32 £61.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.94% +34.93% +13.17%
75th Percentile £54.06 £87.97 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.97 £65.47
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.78% +7.07%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Embedded Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 July 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £675 - 2
Embedded Firmware
South East

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
1 4 (100.00%) Product Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamic Code Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 4 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 4 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware