Embedded Firmware Contracts with Work from Home Options

Embedded Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 468 624
Rank change year-on-year +127 +156 -143
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 4 9 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.035% 0.018%
As % of the System Software category 0.28% 0.28% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +30.00% -2.44% +2.50%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Embedded Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,452 3,207 5,522
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.46% 12.40% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,058 2,296 4,078
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £633 £625
90th Percentile £677 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 101 104
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £14.28
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.69
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £52.81
90th Percentile £84.57 £78.00 £65.86
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £53.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -57.88% +167.13% -

Embedded Firmware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Firmware trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Firmware.

Embedded Firmware daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Firmware.

Embedded Firmware hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Software Optimisation
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware