Firmware Contracts in the Thames Valley

Firmware
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 144 157
Rank change year-on-year +52 +13 -11
Contract jobs citing Firmware 40 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.51% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the System Software category 12.27% 1.75% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 3 6
10th Percentile - £262 £306
25th Percentile £205 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £438
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +18.86% -20.45%
75th Percentile - £530 £566
90th Percentile - - £631
South East median daily rate £500 £186 £450
% change year-on-year +168.46% -58.61% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £47.50 £20.13 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £25.94 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £36.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +79.31% - -
75th Percentile - £45.94 -
90th Percentile - £51.38 -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £53.75 -
% change year-on-year +16.28% - -

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 326 342 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.34% 11.94% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 249 368
10th Percentile £205 £206 £159
25th Percentile £363 £358 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £481 £460
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% +4.47% +5.14%
75th Percentile £608 £590 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £530 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +6.00% +5.26% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 17
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.77 £12.25
25th Percentile £47.50 £49.94 £13.00
Median hourly rate £58.49 £56.88 £13.70
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +315.15% -37.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £20.00
90th Percentile - £79.68 £67.42
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £55.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.23% +175.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the Thames Valley

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire +21 31 £575 +10.58% 18
Oxfordshire +8 5 - - 14
Buckinghamshire - 4 £425 - 18
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) LAN
2 6 (15.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.50%) Firewall
3 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Git
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
1 4 (10.00%) Subversion
2 1 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (32.50%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Build Engineer
1 17 (42.50%) Windows Build Engineer
1 17 (42.50%) Windows Engineer
2 13 (32.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Break Fix Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) IT Security Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Lead
7 1 (2.50%) Lead Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (10.00%) Device Driver
3 2 (5.00%) FMCG
4 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 30 (75.00%) Windows
1 30 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 17 (42.50%) Windows NT
2 17 (42.50%) Windows Server
2 17 (42.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 17 (42.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 17 (42.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (32.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 30 (75.00%) ITIL
2 17 (42.50%) Deployment Automation
2 17 (42.50%) Release Management
2 17 (42.50%) Service Management
2 17 (42.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (32.50%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (32.50%) Service Delivery
4 13 (32.50%) Software Deployment
4 13 (32.50%) Software Testing
5 5 (12.50%) Validation
6 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.00%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (10.00%) Signal Processing
6 4 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (10.00%) Software Optimisation
7 2 (5.00%) Server Building
7 2 (5.00%) Server Management
7 2 (5.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) C
2 4 (10.00%) Assembly Language
2 4 (10.00%) C++
2 4 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.00%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (77.50%) DV Cleared
3 17 (42.50%) Degree
4 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 4 (10.00%) PhD
4 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (42.50%) QA
2 4 (10.00%) JTAG
3 1 (2.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (42.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (75.00%) SCCM
2 17 (42.50%) Sysprep
2 17 (42.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (77.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (32.50%) HP