Firmware Contracts with Work from Home Options

Firmware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 310 393 539
Rank change year-on-year +83 +146 -75
Contract jobs citing Firmware 37 75 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.30% 0.19%
As % of the System Software category 2.60% 2.46% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 38 44
10th Percentile £262 £448 £398
25th Percentile £300 £471 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +9.47% +41.79%
75th Percentile £478 £563 £558
90th Percentile £515 £587 £585
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -12.82% +2.63% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 9
10th Percentile £38.43 - £43.25
25th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £59.69 £52.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.00% +1.52%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,424 3,052 5,421
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.62% 12.38% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 2,184 4,044
10th Percentile £275 £300 £319
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £683 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 102 94
10th Percentile - £18.13 £14.55
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +165.31% -27.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.95 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.30 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.70% +170.00% -9.09%

Firmware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firmware trend for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firmware.

Firmware daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firmware over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Firmware daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firmware.

Firmware hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firmware over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Firmware hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (24.32%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) OpenShift
2 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.41%) IaaS
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) Amazon Alexa
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Firebase
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (21.62%) BGP
2 8 (21.62%) Firewall
2 8 (21.62%) IPsec
2 8 (21.62%) OSPF
3 7 (18.92%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (18.92%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (18.92%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (18.92%) EIGRP
3 7 (18.92%) HSRP
3 7 (18.92%) NetScaler
3 7 (18.92%) SNMP
4 6 (16.22%) Spanning Tree
5 5 (13.51%) SD-WAN
5 5 (13.51%) Wireless
6 3 (8.11%) VoIP
6 3 (8.11%) WAN
7 2 (5.41%) DHCP
7 2 (5.41%) DNS
8 1 (2.70%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Git
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
2 4 (10.81%) Subversion
3 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.70%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.70%) GoogleTest
3 1 (2.70%) Robot Framework
General
1 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
2 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Electronics
5 1 (2.70%) French Language
5 1 (2.70%) German Language
5 1 (2.70%) Italian Language
5 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
5 1 (2.70%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Network Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Senior
2 4 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Software Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Developer
3 3 (8.11%) Server Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) VoIP Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Analyst
4 2 (5.41%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Implementation Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Lead
4 2 (5.41%) Network Analyst
4 2 (5.41%) Server Specialist
4 2 (5.41%) Technical Leader
5 1 (2.70%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (2.70%) IoT Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) Jinja
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) GStreamer
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Device Driver
1 5 (13.51%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) High Availability
3 7 (18.92%) Change Management
3 7 (18.92%) ITIL
3 7 (18.92%) ITSM
3 7 (18.92%) Network Management
4 6 (16.22%) DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (13.51%) Open Source
5 5 (13.51%) Software Engineering
5 5 (13.51%) Validation
6 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.81%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (10.81%) Server Management
6 4 (10.81%) Signal Processing
6 4 (10.81%) Software Optimisation
7 3 (8.11%) Containerisation
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 3 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 15 (40.54%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) Perl
3 7 (18.92%) C++
4 6 (16.22%) C
4 6 (16.22%) Tcl
5 4 (10.81%) Assembly Language
5 4 (10.81%) MATLAB
5 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) SC Cleared
1 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.92%) CCNP
2 7 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (16.22%) CCNA
4 4 (10.81%) Degree
4 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
4 4 (10.81%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) JTAG
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (10.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (8.11%) Docker
4 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Ansible
2 3 (8.11%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Progress Chef
2 3 (8.11%) Puppet
2 3 (8.11%) Terraform
3 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Cisco
2 9 (24.32%) Dell
2 9 (24.32%) Palo Alto
3 7 (18.92%) Citrix
3 7 (18.92%) SolarWinds
4 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.41%) Google
4 2 (5.41%) Meraki
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.41%) Nortel
5 1 (2.70%) Apple
5 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.70%) F5
5 1 (2.70%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) VMware