Firmware Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Firmware
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 3.70% - 1.23%
As % of the System Software category 9.09% - 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +37.50%

All System Software Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 44 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 40.74% 4.76% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 4 8
10th Percentile £525 £127 -
25th Percentile £553 £129 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £190 £256
Median % change year-on-year +233.42% -25.85% -26.79%
75th Percentile £700 £275 £414
90th Percentile £820 £320 £622
West Midlands median daily rate £503 £500 £421
% change year-on-year +0.50% +18.69% +5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.40%
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +73.85% +71.05% +0.74%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Firmware

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Firmware

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Malvern - 2 £575 -
Firmware
West Midlands

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Administrator
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft