Firmware Contracts in Manchester

Firmware
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 102 135
Rank change year-on-year +9 +33 -34
Contract jobs citing Firmware 4 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.28% 0.28% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 3.01% 1.66% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £280 - -
25th Percentile £286 £425 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £450 £580
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -22.41% -
75th Percentile £416 £475 £586
90th Percentile £467 - £604
North West median daily rate £504 £450 £580
% change year-on-year +12.00% -22.41% +54.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £23.75
% change year-on-year - - -54.55%

All System Software Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 133 301 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.22% 16.87% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 215 285
10th Percentile £281 £266 £159
25th Percentile £363 £375 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £693 £638 £660
North West median daily rate £450 £481 £450
% change year-on-year -6.49% +6.94% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 10
10th Percentile - £14.04 £15.25
25th Percentile - £15.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.00 £20.00 £18.31
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +9.24% -42.44%
75th Percentile - £36.89 £20.10
90th Percentile - £65.00 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 £18.12
% change year-on-year -11.40% +10.41% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Flash
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) NB-IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) ThreadX
1 1 (25.00%) VMS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Meraki
1 2 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Renesas
2 1 (25.00%) VMware