Firmware Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Firmware Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 390 437
Rank change year-on-year +64 +47 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 10 9 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.043% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.047% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 12
10th Percentile £411 - -
25th Percentile £484 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £300 £456
Median % change year-on-year +95.83% -34.25% +21.67%
75th Percentile £647 - £500
90th Percentile £664 - £517
UK median daily rate £625 £300 £456
% change year-on-year +108.33% -34.25% -3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile £49.73 - £47.50
25th Percentile £56.81 £47.50 £47.88
Median hourly rate £64.50 £51.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70.31 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £51.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.24% -6.36% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware Engineer in the UK excluding London

Firmware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
East of England +31 5 £638 +112.50% 35
South East +46 3 £550 - 60
Scotland +14 2 £425 - 22
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Firmware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Firmware
1 10 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 9 (90.00%) VHDL
3 7 (70.00%) FPGA
3 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Git
4 6 (60.00%) Verilog
4 6 (60.00%) SystemVerilog
5 4 (40.00%) Tcl
5 4 (40.00%) Signal Processing
6 3 (30.00%) Confluence
6 3 (30.00%) Atlassian
6 3 (30.00%) SysML
6 3 (30.00%) Degree
6 3 (30.00%) JIRA
6 3 (30.00%) Scrum
6 3 (30.00%) Electronics
6 3 (30.00%) Agile
6 3 (30.00%) Linux
6 3 (30.00%) UML
6 3 (30.00%) Python
6 3 (30.00%) Microsemi
6 3 (30.00%) Bitbucket
6 3 (30.00%) Jenkins
6 3 (30.00%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (20.00%) FPGA Design
7 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (20.00%) PCIe

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Git
2 3 (30.00%) Bitbucket
2 3 (30.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) VHDL
2 7 (70.00%) FPGA
3 6 (60.00%) Verilog
4 2 (20.00%) PCIe
5 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Scrum
2 3 (30.00%) SysML
2 3 (30.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) FPGA Design
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) UVM
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (10.00%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SystemVerilog
2 4 (40.00%) Tcl
3 3 (30.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) HNC
3 1 (10.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 3 (30.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (30.00%) Microsemi
3 2 (20.00%) Altera
3 2 (20.00%) Intel
4 1 (10.00%) Actel