Embedded Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in England is £503 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 526 687
Rank change year-on-year +114 +161 -160
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 121 121 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.26% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 54 19
10th Percentile £335 £384 £398
25th Percentile £425 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +14.71% +13.33%
75th Percentile £556 £560 £494
90th Percentile £575 £593 £545
UK median daily rate £503 £488 £425
% change year-on-year +3.08% +14.71% +10.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 40 43
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,813 46,135 67,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.65% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,418 32,774 48,161
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,361 1,875
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.52 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.52
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.02 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
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 Embedded Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
East of England 0 41 £550 +10.00% 40
South East +39 36 £450 -1.37% 68
South West +24 30 £538 +19.44% 56
North of England +28 6 - - 24
North East - 6 - - 5
Midlands +21 4 £498 -16.96% 34
East Midlands - 3 £505 - 19
London +68 2 £650 +33.33% 20
West Midlands +15 1 £492 -18.08% 15
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Embedded Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 116 (95.87%) Software Engineering
2 82 (67.77%) C
3 51 (42.15%) Embedded C
4 38 (31.40%) C++
5 35 (28.93%) Validation
6 31 (25.62%) Linux
7 26 (21.49%) IBM
7 26 (21.49%) Aerospace
8 25 (20.66%) Automotive
8 25 (20.66%) Electronics
9 22 (18.18%) FreeRTOS
10 18 (14.88%) ARM Cortex
10 18 (14.88%) Lauterbach
10 18 (14.88%) Configuration Management
11 17 (14.05%) SC Cleared
11 17 (14.05%) Security Cleared
12 16 (13.22%) Firmware
12 16 (13.22%) Degree
13 14 (11.57%) Test Automation
13 14 (11.57%) Git
14 13 (10.74%) Software-Defined Radio
14 13 (10.74%) Embedded Software Development
14 13 (10.74%) Verification and Validation
14 13 (10.74%) Ada
14 13 (10.74%) UML
15 12 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (9.92%) Rational Rhapsody
16 11 (9.09%) Python
16 11 (9.09%) Embedded C++
17 10 (8.26%) MATLAB

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
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 4 (3.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Simulink
2 3 (2.48%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.74%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (4.13%) J1939
3 4 (3.31%) SNMP
3 4 (3.31%) Wireless
4 1 (0.83%) 4G
4 1 (0.83%) 5G
Development Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Git
2 12 (9.92%) Rational Rhapsody
3 9 (7.44%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (6.61%) JIRA
5 4 (3.31%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.31%) Eclipse
5 4 (3.31%) Subversion
6 3 (2.48%) GoogleTest
6 3 (2.48%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.83%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.83%) CMake
7 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.83%) PVCS
7 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (21.49%) Aerospace
2 25 (20.66%) Automotive
2 25 (20.66%) Electronics
3 6 (4.96%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.13%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.31%) Military
6 3 (2.48%) Aviation
6 3 (2.48%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.65%) Wearables
8 1 (0.83%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) CSS
1 3 (2.48%) HTML
2 1 (0.83%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.88%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (5.79%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.96%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.13%) CAN bus
5 4 (3.31%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.31%) IoT
6 1 (0.83%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (25.62%) Linux
2 22 (18.18%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.31%) SafeRTOS
4 3 (2.48%) Windows
5 1 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (95.87%) Software Engineering
2 35 (28.93%) Validation
3 18 (14.88%) Configuration Management
4 14 (11.57%) Test Automation
5 13 (10.74%) Embedded Software Development
5 13 (10.74%) UML
5 13 (10.74%) Verification and Validation
6 12 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (7.44%) SDLC
7 9 (7.44%) Systems Engineering
7 9 (7.44%) Test Scripting
8 8 (6.61%) Code Quality
9 7 (5.79%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.79%) Scrum
10 6 (4.96%) Agile
11 4 (3.31%) Defect Tracking
11 4 (3.31%) FMEA
11 4 (3.31%) Signal Processing
11 4 (3.31%) Software Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 82 (67.77%) C
2 51 (42.15%) Embedded C
3 38 (31.40%) C++
4 13 (10.74%) Ada
5 11 (9.09%) Embedded C++
5 11 (9.09%) Python
6 10 (8.26%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.31%) Assembly Language
7 4 (3.31%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.48%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.65%) Java
9 2 (1.65%) SQL
9 2 (1.65%) VB
10 1 (0.83%) Bash
10 1 (0.83%) C#
10 1 (0.83%) Fortran
10 1 (0.83%) Perl
10 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.05%) SC Cleared
1 17 (14.05%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.22%) Degree
3 9 (7.44%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.31%) PhD
5 3 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.61%) AUTOSAR
2 7 (5.79%) JTAG
System Software
1 16 (13.22%) Firmware
2 4 (3.31%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (21.49%) IBM
2 18 (14.88%) Lauterbach
3 5 (4.13%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.48%) Google
4 3 (2.48%) MathWorks
5 2 (1.65%) QNX
6 1 (0.83%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.83%) Twitter