Embedded Software Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 578 727
Rank change year-on-year +153 +149 -180
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 113 77 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.15% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.16% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 16
10th Percentile £425 - £393
25th Percentile £463 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £556 £560 £472
90th Percentile £575 £575 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £494 £425
% change year-on-year +1.27% +16.18% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 36 26
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £48.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.47 £58.56
90th Percentile £89.00 £83.50 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

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 34,279 47,758 67,889
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,753 33,910 48,235
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,409 1,903
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +8 41 £550 +10.00% 34
South East +46 34 £475 +4.29% 55
South West +35 26 £550 +10.00% 48
North of England +37 6 - - 14
North East - 6 - - 3
Midlands +26 2 £492 -18.08% 23
London +94 1 - - 14
West Midlands +29 1 £492 -18.08% 13
East Midlands - 1 - - 10
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 76 (67.26%) C
3 48 (42.48%) Embedded C
4 34 (30.09%) Validation
5 33 (29.20%) C++
6 27 (23.89%) Linux
7 25 (22.12%) IBM
8 24 (21.24%) Electronics
9 23 (20.35%) Aerospace
10 22 (19.47%) Automotive
11 21 (18.58%) FreeRTOS
12 18 (15.93%) SC Cleared
12 18 (15.93%) Security Cleared
13 17 (15.04%) Lauterbach
13 17 (15.04%) Degree
13 17 (15.04%) Configuration Management
13 17 (15.04%) ARM Cortex
14 16 (14.16%) Firmware
15 15 (13.27%) Verification and Validation
16 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (12.39%) Test Automation
17 13 (11.50%) Ada
17 13 (11.50%) UML
18 12 (10.62%) Software-Defined Radio
18 12 (10.62%) Embedded Software Development
18 12 (10.62%) Rational Rhapsody
18 12 (10.62%) Git
19 11 (9.73%) Rational DOORS
19 11 (9.73%) Python
20 10 (8.85%) Test Scripting

Embedded Software 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 2 (1.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Simulink
1 3 (2.65%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.62%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (4.42%) J1939
3 4 (3.54%) Wireless
4 3 (2.65%) SNMP
5 1 (0.88%) NFC
5 1 (0.88%) PPP
Development Applications
1 12 (10.62%) Git
1 12 (10.62%) Rational Rhapsody
2 11 (9.73%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (6.19%) JIRA
4 4 (3.54%) Eclipse
4 4 (3.54%) Subversion
5 3 (2.65%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.65%) GoogleTest
6 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.77%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.77%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.88%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.88%) PVCS
7 1 (0.88%) TestRail
7 1 (0.88%) Valgrind
General
1 24 (21.24%) Electronics
2 23 (20.35%) Aerospace
3 22 (19.47%) Automotive
4 6 (5.31%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.54%) Military
5 4 (3.54%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.65%) Aviation
6 3 (2.65%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Wearables
8 1 (0.88%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.77%) CSS
1 2 (1.77%) HTML
2 1 (0.88%) JSON
2 1 (0.88%) REST
2 1 (0.88%) Web Services
2 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.04%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (6.19%) Algorithms
3 6 (5.31%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.42%) CAN bus
5 4 (3.54%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.54%) IoT
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 27 (23.89%) Linux
2 21 (18.58%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.54%) SafeRTOS
3 4 (3.54%) Windows
4 2 (1.77%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (30.09%) Validation
3 17 (15.04%) Configuration Management
4 15 (13.27%) Verification and Validation
5 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (12.39%) Test Automation
6 13 (11.50%) UML
7 12 (10.62%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (8.85%) Test Scripting
9 8 (7.08%) Code Quality
9 8 (7.08%) Computer Science
9 8 (7.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (7.08%) SDLC
9 8 (7.08%) Systems Engineering
10 6 (5.31%) Scrum
11 4 (3.54%) Agile
11 4 (3.54%) Customer Service
11 4 (3.54%) Defect Tracking
11 4 (3.54%) Signal Processing
11 4 (3.54%) Software Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 76 (67.26%) C
2 48 (42.48%) Embedded C
3 33 (29.20%) C++
4 13 (11.50%) Ada
5 11 (9.73%) Python
6 8 (7.08%) Embedded C++
7 7 (6.19%) MATLAB
8 4 (3.54%) Assembly Language
8 4 (3.54%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.65%) Java
9 3 (2.65%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.77%) C#
10 2 (1.77%) SQL
10 2 (1.77%) VB
11 1 (0.88%) Bash
11 1 (0.88%) Perl
11 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (15.93%) SC Cleared
1 18 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 17 (15.04%) Degree
3 10 (8.85%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) JTAG
2 5 (4.42%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 16 (14.16%) Firmware
2 4 (3.54%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 25 (22.12%) IBM
2 17 (15.04%) Lauterbach
3 5 (4.42%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.65%) Google
4 3 (2.65%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.88%) Twitter