Firmware Contracts in South Wales

Firmware
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 49 60
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Firmware 4 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.13% 0.45% 1.40%
As % of the System Software category 8.51% 2.22% 9.02%
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% +13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £556
90th Percentile - - £575
Wales median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All System Software Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 47 90 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 13.28% 20.04% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 78 88
10th Percentile £130 £141 £163
25th Percentile £140 £235 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £519 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +9.21% +18.01%
75th Percentile £531 £600 £588
90th Percentile £578 £638 £651
Wales median daily rate £425 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £22.83 £16.40 -
25th Percentile £38.69 £16.67 £12.24
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.25 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +189.81% +38.08% -43.37%
75th Percentile £52.50 £17.73 £12.75
90th Percentile - £17.95 -
Wales median hourly rate £50.00 £17.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year +189.81% +15.02% -30.23%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in South Wales

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Firmware in South Wales

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in South Wales

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
Torfaen - 3 - - 1
Cardiff - 1 £550 - 3
Firmware
Wales

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 (25.00%) 4G
1 1 (25.00%) LTE
1 1 (25.00%) MQTT
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Firmware