The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded 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
96
109
-
Rank change year-on-year
+13
-
-
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware
1
2
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
185
161
299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
13.75%
8.27%
12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted
129
118
200
10th Percentile
£160
£174
£158
25th Percentile
£210
£219
£268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£476
£400
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+19.00%
-15.79%
+15.15%
75th Percentile
£650
£559
£550
90th Percentile
£700
£675
£700
England median daily rate
£525
£494
£525
% change year-on-year
+6.33%
-5.95%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
5
4
8
10th Percentile
-
£14.41
£14.42
25th Percentile
£15.22
£15.21
£15.98
Median hourly rate
£18.13
£17.80
£17.72
Median % change year-on-year
+1.85%
+0.47%
+5.78%
75th Percentile
-
£20.90
£51.19
90th Percentile
£32.44
£22.61
£52.50
England median hourly rate
£27.94
£21.00
£50.00
% change year-on-year
+33.05%
-58.00%
+163.16%
Embedded Firmware Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Embedded Firmware Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the West Midlands.
Embedded Firmware Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Embedded Firmware also mentioned 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 West Midlands region with a requirement for Embedded Firmware.
Embedded Firmware Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
