Firmware Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 300 405
Rank change year-on-year +23 +105 +128
Contract jobs citing Firmware 24 44 66
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.29% 0.26%
As % of the System Software category 2.06% 3.02% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 32
10th Percentile £403 £262 £463
25th Percentile £435 £300 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £523
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.44% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £484 £563
90th Percentile £638 £522 £587
UK median daily rate £438 £425 £494
% change year-on-year +2.94% -13.92% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 18
10th Percentile £75.25 £46.37 -
25th Percentile £75.63 £60.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +20.93% +7.50%
75th Percentile £88.13 - £59.69
90th Percentile £90.75 £66.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £60.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +1.65% +12.56% +7.50%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,165 1,456 3,181
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.77% 9.54% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 1,062 2,271
10th Percentile £363 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £614 £631
90th Percentile £775 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 35 104
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.30
25th Percentile £52.44 £16.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £46.39 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.19% -28.63% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.06
90th Percentile £92.50 £85.00 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +24.31% -57.88% +167.13%

Firmware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firmware trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Firmware.

Firmware daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Firmware over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Firmware daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Firmware.

Firmware hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Asana
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) NetScaler
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.17%) BGP
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) H.323
3 1 (4.17%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) MGCP
3 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.17%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications
3 1 (4.17%) VLAN
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) VRRP
3 1 (4.17%) WAN
3 1 (4.17%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Electronics
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Military
4 1 (4.17%) Multimedia
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Senior
2 5 (20.83%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Citrix Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Kronos Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.33%) Security Researcher
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (20.83%) Algorithms
2 5 (20.83%) Device Driver
2 5 (20.83%) IoT
3 2 (8.33%) FPGA
3 2 (8.33%) VHDL
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Signage
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
3 2 (8.33%) Android
3 2 (8.33%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Signal Processing
2 6 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Architectural Design
3 5 (20.83%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (20.83%) Cloud Enablement
3 5 (20.83%) Decision-Making
3 5 (20.83%) Device Driver Development
3 5 (20.83%) Multithreading
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) SDLC
4 3 (12.50%) Cryptography
5 2 (8.33%) Data Management
5 2 (8.33%) Migration
5 2 (8.33%) Offensive Security
5 2 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) WFM
6 1 (4.17%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C
2 5 (20.83%) Embedded C
3 3 (12.50%) C++
4 2 (8.33%) Assembly Language
4 2 (8.33%) Java
4 2 (8.33%) Python
4 2 (8.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) JSP 440
1 1 (4.17%) NCSC
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) NIST 800
1 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.17%) KVM
3 1 (4.17%) QEMU
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
1 1 (4.17%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (4.17%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (4.17%) Plesk
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) Citrix
2 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (8.33%) Kronos
2 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
2 2 (8.33%) Xilinx
3 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.17%) EMC
3 1 (4.17%) Meraki
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Rackspace
3 1 (4.17%) Veeam
3 1 (4.17%) Zscaler