Firmware Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Firmware
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.49% - -
As % of the System Software category 6.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% +138.10%

All System Software Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 31 19 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 7.54% 10.44% 33.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 43
10th Percentile £163 - £174
25th Percentile £210 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £269 £445
Median % change year-on-year +19.70% -39.55% +53.45%
75th Percentile £600 £288 £475
90th Percentile £638 £322 £588
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.75
Median hourly rate £15.31 - £38.50
75th Percentile - - £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £81.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -25.93% +47.61% +0.58%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firmware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Firmware job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Firmware

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Firmware

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
Crawley - 2 £600 - 5
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft