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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 65 80
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 +35
Contract jobs citing Firmware 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.02% 0.47% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 12.24% 4.69% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £313 -
Median % change year-on-year -79.20% - -
Scotland median daily rate £251 £468 £480
% change year-on-year -46.26% -2.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £60.05
25th Percentile - - £60.13
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.97% +30.67%
75th Percentile - - £61.13
90th Percentile - - £61.35
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +29.59%

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 64 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.36% 10.00% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 64
10th Percentile £170 £173 £203
25th Percentile £441 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £478
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.66% +0.53%
75th Percentile £525 £522 £538
90th Percentile £538 £626 £573
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £506
% change year-on-year +3.33% -11.07% +13.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £15.14 £60.05
25th Percentile - £18.03 £60.13
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.23 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +237.34% -63.25% +241.42%
75th Percentile - £36.89 £61.13
90th Percentile - £59.75 £61.35
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £22.23 £60.00
% change year-on-year +237.34% -62.95% +238.60%

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
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 (83.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) RS-232
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) FPGA
1 5 (83.33%) PCIe
1 5 (83.33%) VHDL
2 2 (33.33%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) FPGA Design
1 5 (83.33%) UVM
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) MATLAB
1 5 (83.33%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) DO-254
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Altera
1 5 (83.33%) Xilinx
2 4 (66.67%) Microsemi
3 2 (33.33%) Actel
3 2 (33.33%) Intel
4 1 (16.67%) Siemens
4 1 (16.67%) Sitecore