Firmware Contracts in the North of England

Firmware
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 198 237
Rank change year-on-year +39 +39 -60
Contract jobs citing Firmware 27 14 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.58% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 5.01% 1.72% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 9
10th Percentile £365 £425 -
25th Percentile £425 £427 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £580
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -22.41% +54.67%
75th Percentile £515 £469 £586
90th Percentile £523 £475 £604
England median daily rate £400 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -13.51% -7.50% +36.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.63
25th Percentile - - £21.56
Median hourly rate - - £23.75
75th Percentile - - £26.56
90th Percentile - - £27.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +1.52%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 539 815 1,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.61% 14.59% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 601 781
10th Percentile £178 £185 £158
25th Percentile £275 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +15.29% +1.80%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £655 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 34 46
10th Percentile - £14.08 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.06 £16.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.21 £17.57
Median % change year-on-year -33.90% +37.76% -7.53%
75th Percentile £18.56 £60.85 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.21 £65.53 £26.25
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -5.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the North of England

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West +33 24 £508 +12.94% 16
North East - 3 £425 - 1
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 15 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (48.15%) BGP
2 13 (48.15%) Cisco ASA
2 13 (48.15%) Cisco Firepower
2 13 (48.15%) Cisco ISE
2 13 (48.15%) EIGRP
2 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 13 (48.15%) HSRP
2 13 (48.15%) IPsec
2 13 (48.15%) NetScaler
2 13 (48.15%) OSPF
3 12 (44.44%) SNMP
3 12 (44.44%) Spanning Tree
4 6 (22.22%) SAN
5 3 (11.11%) VoIP
6 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.70%) DHCP
7 1 (3.70%) DNS
7 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Electronics
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
2 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.70%) Marketing
2 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Network Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Senior
2 9 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) SAN Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) SAN Storage Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Storage Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) VMware Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) VoIP Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Network Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Server Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Python Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (44.44%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) Device Driver
3 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) VMS
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Change Management
1 13 (48.15%) ITIL
1 13 (48.15%) Network Management
2 12 (44.44%) DevOps
2 12 (44.44%) ITSM
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.41%) Workflow
5 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.70%) Code Quality
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Deep Learning
5 1 (3.70%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (3.70%) Product Breakdown Structure
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Management
5 1 (3.70%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (3.70%) Stress Testing
5 1 (3.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) Python
2 12 (44.44%) Perl
2 12 (44.44%) Tcl
3 1 (3.70%) MATLAB
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
1 13 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 12 (44.44%) CCNA
2 12 (44.44%) CCNP
2 12 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) Ansible
2 6 (22.22%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.70%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 21 (77.78%) Cisco
2 13 (48.15%) Citrix
2 13 (48.15%) Palo Alto
2 13 (48.15%) SolarWinds
3 7 (25.93%) VMware
4 2 (7.41%) Meraki
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.41%) Nortel
5 1 (3.70%) BMC
5 1 (3.70%) Dell
5 1 (3.70%) Isilon
5 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.70%) SAP