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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 61 77
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 +40
Contract jobs citing Firmware 8 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.38% 0.66% 0.55%
As % of the System Software category 14.55% 7.55% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £216 -
25th Percentile £65 £241 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £313 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.40% - -
75th Percentile £675 £416 -
90th Percentile - £459 -
Scotland median daily rate £370 £425 £480
% change year-on-year -12.94% -11.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - £70.50 £31.12
25th Percentile - £71.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £72.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +19.83% -
75th Percentile - £73.75 £60.75
90th Percentile - £74.50 £61.20
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £72.50 £60.25
% change year-on-year +3.45% +20.33% -

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 55 53 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.50% 8.80% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 62
10th Percentile £346 £177 £201
25th Percentile £466 £332 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% +7.01%
75th Percentile £544 £498 £543
90th Percentile £675 £582 £739
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £506
% change year-on-year +3.33% -11.07% +13.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile - £21.00 £31.12
25th Percentile - £23.05 £60.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.09 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.27% -22.17% +241.42%
75th Percentile - £71.25 £60.75
90th Percentile - £73.50 £61.20
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £47.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year +59.27% -21.52% +250.67%

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

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in Edinburgh

Firmware
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

Firmware
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 5 (62.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) AWS KMS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Ethernet
2 1 (12.50%) RS-232
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA
1 5 (62.50%) PCIe
1 5 (62.50%) VHDL
2 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (25.00%) PKI
2 2 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (25.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA Design
1 5 (62.50%) UVM
2 2 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Key Management
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) MATLAB
1 5 (62.50%) SystemVerilog
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) DO-254
2 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Altera
1 5 (62.50%) Xilinx
2 4 (50.00%) Microsemi
3 2 (25.00%) Actel
3 2 (25.00%) Intel
3 2 (25.00%) Thales
4 1 (12.50%) Siemens
4 1 (12.50%) Sitecore