Firmware
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Firmware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 70 | 100 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +30 | +31 |
| Contract jobs citing Firmware | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | - | 0.49% | 0.095% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 3.85% | 0.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £438 | £750 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.67% | +57.89% | +3.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £75.00 | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | - | £75.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +50.00% | +7.99% |
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 | 49 | 104 | 136 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 7.68% | 12.68% | 12.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 67 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £200 | £221 |
| 25th Percentile | £447 | £240 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £340 | £474 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +47.06% | -28.19% | -0.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £494 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £543 | £564 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £484 | £425 | £477 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.88% | -10.90% | +6.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.23 | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £23.75 | £22.23 | £56.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.83% | -60.48% | +217.44% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
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.
