Firmware Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Firmware
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Firmware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 63 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Firmware 4 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.54% 0.48% 1.22%
As % of the System Software category 7.02% 5.36% 8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £313 -
Median % change year-on-year +116.00% - -
Scotland median daily rate £675 £413 £388
% change year-on-year +63.64% +6.45% -22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile - - £50.57
25th Percentile - - £60.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +15.70% -
75th Percentile - - £60.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +15.70% -

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 57 56 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.68% 9.03% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 76
10th Percentile £350 £223 £218
25th Percentile £396 £391 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +5.61% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £528 £502
90th Percentile £675 £588 £646
Scotland median daily rate £447 £450 £430
% change year-on-year -0.67% +4.65% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile - - £50.57
25th Percentile - - £60.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +15.70% -
75th Percentile - - £60.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £24.72 £70.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year -64.69% +15.70% +48.72%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firmware

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firmware

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS KMS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA
1 2 (50.00%) PCIe
1 2 (50.00%) PKI
1 2 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 2 (50.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Design
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (50.00%) Key Management
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
1 2 (50.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) FFIEC
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) DO-254
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Altera
1 2 (50.00%) Microsemi
1 2 (50.00%) Thales
1 2 (50.00%) Xilinx