Embedded Firmware Contracts in Scotland

Embedded Firmware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded 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 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.047% - -
As % of the System Software category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £488 -
% change year-on-year +12.82% - -

All System Software Skills
Scotland

Embedded 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 285 414 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.30% 15.49% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 288 317
10th Percentile £193 £209 £160
25th Percentile £296 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £538
90th Percentile £613 £613 £610
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 12
10th Percentile £18.19 £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £42.22 £29.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -39.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £48.75
90th Percentile - £55.57 £50.57
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Firmware in Scotland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CMake
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware