Firmware Contracts in the Thames Valley

Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 99 146
Rank change year-on-year -2 +47 +13
Contract jobs citing Firmware 1 46 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.066% 1.71% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 0.50% 13.29% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 40 2
10th Percentile - - £231
25th Percentile - £205 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £327 £575 £360
Median % change year-on-year -43.13% +59.72% -4.00%
75th Percentile - - £448
90th Percentile - - £497
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £200
% change year-on-year -9.52% +162.50% -55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £47.50 £20.13
25th Percentile - £51.88 £25.94
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year - +79.31% -
75th Percentile - - £45.94
90th Percentile - - £51.38
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 199 346 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.17% 12.88% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 246 265
10th Percentile £250 £175 £230
25th Percentile £363 £310 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +9.25% +6.20%
75th Percentile £638 £608 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 16
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.86
25th Percentile - £46.25 £48.18
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +270.37%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile - - £78.56
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £50.75 £54.03
% change year-on-year +13.30% -6.07% +170.15%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

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 Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Berkshire -8 1 £327 -43.13% 28
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester