Firmware Contracts in Wales

Firmware
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 59 66
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 -10
Contract jobs citing Firmware 3 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.76% 0.34% 1.15%
As % of the System Software category 6.67% 1.90% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £269
25th Percentile £525 £513 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £556
90th Percentile - - £575
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -12.82% -2.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £56.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +7.56% +12.50% +2.04%

All System Software Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 45 105 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 11.39% 17.92% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 86 126
10th Percentile £130 £149 £158
25th Percentile £211 £181 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +6.39% +20.00%
75th Percentile £531 £575 £575
90th Percentile £623 £638 £632
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £14.33 £15.24 £12.79
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.61 £13.62
Median hourly rate £34.59 £16.45 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.31% +9.63% -17.81%
75th Percentile £52.50 £17.38 £21.25
90th Percentile - £17.81 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.92 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.97% +189.03% -5.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Wales

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in Wales

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in Wales

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
South Wales +16 3 £550 +4.76% 3
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (33.33%) 4G
1 1 (33.33%) LTE
1 1 (33.33%) MQTT
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware