Firmware Contracts in England

Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 478 625
Rank change year-on-year +121 +147 -68
Contract jobs citing Firmware 194 158 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the System Software category 4.67% 2.62% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 70 96
10th Percentile £205 £161 £276
25th Percentile £281 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £569 £525 £586
90th Percentile £575 £546 £675
UK median daily rate £440 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -3.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 28 16
10th Percentile £24.18 £35.50 £36.88
25th Percentile £50.91 £47.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £53.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £53.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.56% +7.50% -

All System Software Skills
England

Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,150 6,031 9,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.06% 12.82% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 4,317 6,885
10th Percentile £205 £200 £190
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 208 252
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.01
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £22.40 £50.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.20% +163.16% +2.43%
75th Percentile £58.69 £66.38 £29.00
90th Percentile £74.48 £76.95 £56.61
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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 East +56 72 £463 +148.32% 96
London +115 63 £388 -25.48% 30
North of England +26 26 £504 +12.00% 27
North West +26 24 £504 +12.00% 19
East of England -24 14 £450 - 61
South West +5 13 - - 41
Midlands +13 6 £350 -22.22% 47
East Midlands +5 4 £275 -22.81% 29
West Midlands +16 2 £550 +3.77% 18
Yorkshire +12 2 - - 4
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (10.31%) Confluence
2 7 (3.61%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.03%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.67%) Azure
2 7 (3.61%) AWS
2 7 (3.61%) GCP
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.06%) OpenShift
3 4 (2.06%) SaaS
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon Alexa
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.52%) Azure App Service
4 1 (0.52%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.52%) Azure Storage
4 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.52%) Firebase
4 1 (0.52%) GitHub
4 1 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.49%) Firewall
2 28 (14.43%) SNMP
3 27 (13.92%) Software-Defined Radio
4 21 (10.82%) LAN
4 21 (10.82%) Wireless
5 19 (9.79%) BGP
5 19 (9.79%) IPsec
5 19 (9.79%) OSPF
6 16 (8.25%) VPN
6 16 (8.25%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (6.70%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (6.70%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (6.70%) Cisco ISE
7 13 (6.70%) EIGRP
7 13 (6.70%) HSRP
7 13 (6.70%) NetScaler
8 12 (6.19%) Spanning Tree
9 11 (5.67%) SAN
9 11 (5.67%) WAN
10 9 (4.64%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (13.92%) Git
2 24 (12.37%) JIRA
3 17 (8.76%) Eclipse
4 16 (8.25%) Bitbucket
4 16 (8.25%) GoogleTest
4 16 (8.25%) Robot Framework
5 5 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (2.06%) Subversion
7 3 (1.55%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 51 (26.29%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (7.73%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.70%) Finance
5 12 (6.19%) Aerospace
6 9 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.12%) Electronics
8 5 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.55%) Military
9 3 (1.55%) Wearables
10 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Automotive
11 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.52%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (14.43%) Software Engineer
2 24 (12.37%) Network Engineer
3 22 (11.34%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (10.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (9.79%) Hardware Engineer
6 16 (8.25%) Windows Engineer
7 15 (7.73%) Build Engineer
7 15 (7.73%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (7.73%) Windows Build Engineer
8 14 (7.22%) Analyst
8 14 (7.22%) Senior
9 11 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Cisco Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Developer
10 10 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) VMware Engineer
11 9 (4.64%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) Firmware Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.76%) CSS
1 17 (8.76%) HTML
2 12 (6.19%) Jinja
3 4 (2.06%) SAML
4 3 (1.55%) .NET
4 3 (1.55%) Flash
4 3 (1.55%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.25%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.70%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.64%) Device Driver
4 8 (4.12%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.12%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (4.12%) VHDL
5 7 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.58%) FPGA
6 5 (2.58%) Verilog
7 3 (1.55%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.55%) CMDB
7 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.55%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.55%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.03%) ASIC
8 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.03%) FMCG
8 2 (1.03%) NB-IoT
8 2 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 56 (28.87%) Windows
2 37 (19.07%) Linux
3 27 (13.92%) Windows 10
4 22 (11.34%) Windows Server
5 15 (7.73%) Windows NT
5 15 (7.73%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (7.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (7.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (6.19%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.09%) VMS
8 5 (2.58%) Unix
9 2 (1.03%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.52%) CentOS
10 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.16%) ITIL
2 35 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (16.49%) Software Engineering
4 30 (15.46%) Customer Service
5 29 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (13.40%) Validation
7 25 (12.89%) UML
8 22 (11.34%) SysML
9 19 (9.79%) ITSM
10 18 (9.28%) Agile
11 17 (8.76%) Change Management
11 17 (8.76%) Scrum
12 16 (8.25%) Network Management
12 16 (8.25%) Software Testing
12 16 (8.25%) Verification and Validation
13 15 (7.73%) Deployment Automation
13 15 (7.73%) Release Management
13 15 (7.73%) Service Management
13 15 (7.73%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (6.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.01%) C++
2 28 (14.43%) Python
3 21 (10.82%) C
4 17 (8.76%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.73%) Tcl
6 13 (6.70%) Perl
7 10 (5.15%) Java
8 7 (3.61%) MATLAB
9 6 (3.09%) Embedded C
10 5 (2.58%) Bash
10 5 (2.58%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.06%) Assembly Language
11 4 (2.06%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.06%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (1.55%) Embedded C++
13 2 (1.03%) C#
13 2 (1.03%) SQL
14 1 (0.52%) Go
14 1 (0.52%) PHP
14 1 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 61 (31.44%) Security Cleared
2 36 (18.56%) Degree
3 33 (17.01%) SC Cleared
4 30 (15.46%) DV Cleared
5 23 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (9.79%) CCNA
7 18 (9.28%) CCNP
8 6 (3.09%) PhD
8 6 (3.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.06%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.06%) MCSE
11 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.03%) CCIE
11 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.52%) IBM Certification
12 1 (0.52%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.76%) QA
2 10 (5.15%) SLA
3 6 (3.09%) JTAG
4 3 (1.55%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.55%) DO-178B
4 3 (1.55%) MISRA
4 3 (1.55%) NCSC
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) DO-254
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (11.34%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.64%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.09%) vSphere
6 5 (2.58%) Docker
6 5 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (13.92%) SCCM
2 21 (10.82%) WSUS
3 17 (8.76%) Ansible
4 15 (7.73%) Sysprep
5 7 (3.61%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.06%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (2.06%) Progress Chef
7 4 (2.06%) Puppet
7 4 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.06%) Terraform
8 2 (1.03%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.52%) SCOM
9 1 (0.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.52%) VxRail
9 1 (0.52%) yum
Vendors
1 48 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (19.07%) Cisco
3 20 (10.31%) Atlassian
4 19 (9.79%) VMware
5 18 (9.28%) Google
6 15 (7.73%) Palo Alto
7 13 (6.70%) Citrix
7 13 (6.70%) SolarWinds
8 12 (6.19%) HP
9 8 (4.12%) Dell
10 6 (3.09%) F5
10 6 (3.09%) Infoblox
10 6 (3.09%) Xilinx
11 5 (2.58%) Veeam
12 4 (2.06%) IBM
12 4 (2.06%) Logitech
12 4 (2.06%) Okta
12 4 (2.06%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.55%) Polycom
13 3 (1.55%) Siemens