Embedded Firmware Contracts

Embedded Firmware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 564 655 830
Rank change year-on-year +91 +175 -119
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 11 27 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.048% 0.009%
As % of the System Software category 0.23% 0.37% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 0
10th Percentile - £400 -
25th Percentile £525 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% - -
75th Percentile £575 £551 -
90th Percentile - £600 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 -
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 7
10th Percentile £47.50 - -
25th Percentile £50.31 £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £61.25 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.50 £52.50
90th Percentile - - £58.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.25 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +22.50% - -

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,701 7,331 11,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.92% 13.08% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,266 5,173 8,348
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £450
% change year-on-year -0.84% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 248 287
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £19.75 £14.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £55.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.04% +189.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £37.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.82 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £48.40 £17.50
% change year-on-year -43.18% +176.57% -3.39%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
UK excluding London +34 10 £550 +15.79% 75
England +75 8 £550 +15.79% 70
South East +15 5 £550 +18.92% 20
Work from Home +103 4 - - 17
East of England -6 2 - - 15
Wales - 2 - - 2
London +94 1 £550 +15.79% 3
Scotland - 1 - - 10

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (36.36%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Git
2 5 (45.45%) JIRA
3 4 (36.36%) Subversion
4 1 (9.09%) CMake
General
1 4 (36.36%) Aerospace
1 4 (36.36%) Electronics
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Software Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Design Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) IC Design Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Analogue Design Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Analogue IC Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Design Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Digital IC Design Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Digital IC Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Process Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) YAML
1 1 (9.09%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Algorithms
2 4 (36.36%) Device Driver
3 2 (18.18%) ASIC
3 2 (18.18%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (18.18%) Smartphone
3 2 (18.18%) Verilog
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Validation
2 5 (45.45%) Signal Processing
2 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 4 (36.36%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (36.36%) Software Optimisation
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) Electronic Design Automation
5 2 (18.18%) IC Design
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
6 1 (9.09%) Physics
6 1 (9.09%) UVM
6 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 6 (54.55%) C++
3 5 (45.45%) MATLAB
4 4 (36.36%) Assembly Language
4 4 (36.36%) Shell Script
5 2 (18.18%) Bash
5 2 (18.18%) Embedded C
5 2 (18.18%) SystemVerilog
5 2 (18.18%) Tcl
6 1 (9.09%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
1 5 (45.45%) PhD
2 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) JTAG
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cadence
1 1 (9.09%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (9.09%) Siemens