Firmware
North East > Tyne and Wear
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 | 36 | 31 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Firmware | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 0.41% | 0.41% | - |
| As % of the System Software category | 2.78% | 3.13% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | - | - |
| North East median daily rate | £200 | £425 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -52.94% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | - |
| North East median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | - |
All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear
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 Tyne and Wear.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 36 | 32 | 85 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 14.75% | 13.17% | 24.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 32 | 23 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £188 | £162 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £204 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £390 | £431 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.51% | -28.17% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £579 | £575 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £838 |
| North East median daily rate | £390 | £425 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.24% | -29.17% | +33.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | - |
| North East median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | - |
Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear
Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.
Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Tyne and Wear.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Tyne and Wear.
Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Tyne and Wear 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | -9 | 1 | £200 | - | 10 |
| Firmware North East |
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Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:
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