Embedded Firmware Contracts in England

Embedded Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 628 770
Rank change year-on-year +104 +142 -154
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 7 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.037% 0.010%
As % of the System Software category 0.18% 0.29% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -
75th Percentile £575 £494 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £488 -
% change year-on-year +12.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 7
10th Percentile £56.75 - -
25th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile - £52.50 £53.38
90th Percentile - - £59.35
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -

All System Software Skills
England

Embedded Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,984 6,252 9,779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.95% 12.90% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 4,511 7,088
10th Percentile £200 £201 £195
25th Percentile £350 £382 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £633
90th Percentile £688 £738 £705
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 220 276
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.49 £13.06
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.49 £14.84
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £18.68
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +167.74% -6.63%
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.19 £28.75
90th Percentile £75.90 £76.04 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +184.21% -11.63%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in England.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Firmware in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Firmware in England.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Firmware in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +25 5 £550 +18.92% 21
London +101 1 £550 +15.79% 5
East of England 0 1 - - 34
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UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Git
2 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) Subversion
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analogue Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analogue IC Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IC Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Process Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
2 4 (57.14%) Device Driver
3 1 (14.29%) ASIC
3 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
3 1 (14.29%) Verilog
3 1 (14.29%) VHDL
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 5 (71.43%) Signal Processing
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Software Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
4 1 (14.29%) IC Design
4 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Physics
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
1 6 (85.71%) C++
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) MATLAB
3 4 (57.14%) Assembly Language
3 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++
4 1 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (14.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 4 (57.14%) PhD
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cadence
1 1 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics