Firmware Contracts in the UK excluding London

Firmware
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 248 315 398
Rank change year-on-year +67 +83 -50
Contract jobs citing Firmware 157 115 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.51% 0.35%
As % of the System Software category 6.18% 3.36% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 52 61
10th Percentile £205 £161 £158
25th Percentile £325 £255 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £452
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -0.44% +20.53%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £538
90th Percentile - £530 £586
UK median daily rate £440 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -3.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 20 9
10th Percentile £47.50 £16.15 £25.00
25th Percentile £51.06 £51.25 £48.48
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.25 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £51.50
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £53.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.56% +7.50% -

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,540 3,419 4,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.91% 15.07% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 2,407 3,261
10th Percentile £185 £181 £158
25th Percentile £313 £305 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £553
90th Percentile £650 £688 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 165 226
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £17.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +144.72% -1.73%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £23.69
90th Percentile £78.80 £75.00 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Firmware in the UK excluding London

Firmware
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the UK excluding London 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% 97
North of England +26 26 £504 +12.00% 27
North West +26 24 £504 +12.00% 19
Scotland +67 20 £613 +28.95% 29
East of England -24 14 £450 - 61
South West +5 13 - - 41
Midlands +13 6 £350 -22.22% 47
Wales +23 4 £550 +4.76% 10
East Midlands +5 4 £275 -22.81% 29
West Midlands +16 2 £550 +3.77% 18
Yorkshire +12 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (12.74%) Confluence
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.55%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.27%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.64%) AWS
2 1 (0.64%) Azure
2 1 (0.64%) GCP
2 1 (0.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (17.83%) SNMP
2 27 (17.20%) Software-Defined Radio
3 20 (12.74%) Firewall
4 15 (9.55%) LAN
4 15 (9.55%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (8.28%) BGP
5 13 (8.28%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (8.28%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (8.28%) Cisco ISE
5 13 (8.28%) EIGRP
5 13 (8.28%) HSRP
5 13 (8.28%) IPsec
5 13 (8.28%) NetScaler
5 13 (8.28%) OSPF
6 12 (7.64%) Spanning Tree
7 11 (7.01%) SAN
8 9 (5.73%) Wireless
9 7 (4.46%) VLAN
10 6 (3.82%) Internet
10 6 (3.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (17.20%) Git
2 25 (15.92%) JIRA
3 17 (10.83%) Eclipse
4 16 (10.19%) Bitbucket
4 16 (10.19%) GoogleTest
4 16 (10.19%) Robot Framework
5 4 (2.55%) Subversion
6 3 (1.91%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.64%) CMake
7 1 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.83%) Electronics
3 12 (7.64%) Aerospace
3 12 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (4.46%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.82%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.55%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.91%) Wearables
9 1 (0.64%) Automotive
9 1 (0.64%) Banking
9 1 (0.64%) Finance
9 1 (0.64%) French Language
9 1 (0.64%) German Language
9 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.64%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.64%) Military
9 1 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (20.38%) Software Engineer
2 27 (17.20%) Embedded Engineer
3 26 (16.56%) Hardware Engineer
4 24 (15.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 20 (12.74%) Network Engineer
6 16 (10.19%) Windows Engineer
7 15 (9.55%) Build Engineer
7 15 (9.55%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (9.55%) Windows Build Engineer
8 12 (7.64%) Firmware Engineer
8 12 (7.64%) Senior
9 9 (5.73%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (5.10%) Developer
10 8 (5.10%) VMware Engineer
11 7 (4.46%) Analyst
11 7 (4.46%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 7 (4.46%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (4.46%) Firmware Developer
11 7 (4.46%) Java Engineer
11 7 (4.46%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.83%) CSS
1 17 (10.83%) HTML
2 12 (7.64%) Jinja
3 3 (1.91%) Flash
4 2 (1.27%) .NET
4 2 (1.27%) JSON
5 1 (0.64%) YAML
5 1 (0.64%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.19%) Driving Licence
2 12 (7.64%) Device Driver
2 12 (7.64%) VHDL
3 9 (5.73%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.73%) Verilog
4 8 (5.10%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.46%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (4.46%) FPGA
6 5 (3.18%) IoT
7 4 (2.55%) PCIe
8 3 (1.91%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.91%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.91%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.91%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.91%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.27%) ASIC
9 2 (1.27%) CMDB
9 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (26.75%) Windows
2 35 (22.29%) Linux
3 27 (17.20%) Windows 10
4 16 (10.19%) Windows Server
5 15 (9.55%) Windows NT
5 15 (9.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (9.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (9.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.64%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.18%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (2.55%) Unix
8 4 (2.55%) VxWorks
9 3 (1.91%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.11%) ITIL
2 37 (23.57%) Software Engineering
3 29 (18.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (17.83%) Customer Service
5 24 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (14.01%) Agile
6 22 (14.01%) Validation
7 21 (13.38%) UML
8 18 (11.46%) SysML
9 17 (10.83%) Change Management
10 16 (10.19%) Network Management
10 16 (10.19%) Scrum
10 16 (10.19%) Software Testing
11 15 (9.55%) Deployment Automation
11 15 (9.55%) Release Management
11 15 (9.55%) Service Management
11 15 (9.55%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (9.55%) Verification and Validation
12 13 (8.28%) Service Delivery
13 12 (7.64%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.47%) C++
2 23 (14.65%) Python
3 22 (14.01%) C
4 17 (10.83%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.55%) Tcl
6 13 (8.28%) Perl
7 12 (7.64%) Embedded C
8 9 (5.73%) Java
9 7 (4.46%) MATLAB
10 4 (2.55%) Assembly Language
10 4 (2.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.55%) SystemVerilog
11 3 (1.91%) Bash
11 3 (1.91%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.64%) C#
12 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (36.31%) Security Cleared
2 31 (19.75%) Degree
3 30 (19.11%) DV Cleared
4 27 (17.20%) SC Cleared
5 17 (10.83%) CCNA
5 17 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (7.64%) CCNP
7 6 (3.82%) PhD
8 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.55%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.55%) MCSE
9 4 (2.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.27%) HND
11 1 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.64%) IBM Certification
11 1 (0.64%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.83%) QA
2 7 (4.46%) MISRA
3 6 (3.82%) JTAG
4 4 (2.55%) MISRA C
4 4 (2.55%) SLA
5 3 (1.91%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.91%) DO-178B
5 3 (1.91%) NCSC
6 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.64%) DO-254
7 1 (0.64%) GDPR
7 1 (0.64%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.64%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.64%) NIST
7 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (4.46%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.55%) vSphere
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (17.20%) SCCM
2 15 (9.55%) Sysprep
2 15 (9.55%) WSUS
3 12 (7.64%) Ansible
4 6 (3.82%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.64%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 38 (24.20%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.92%) Cisco
3 23 (14.65%) Atlassian
4 17 (10.83%) Google
5 13 (8.28%) Citrix
5 13 (8.28%) Palo Alto
5 13 (8.28%) SolarWinds
6 12 (7.64%) HP
7 11 (7.01%) VMware
8 6 (3.82%) Xilinx
9 4 (2.55%) IBM
9 4 (2.55%) Intel
10 3 (1.91%) Brocade
10 3 (1.91%) EMC
10 3 (1.91%) Siemens
11 2 (1.27%) Broadcom
11 2 (1.27%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.27%) Meraki
11 2 (1.27%) Nortel
11 2 (1.27%) Renesas