Embedded C Contracts in the South East

Embedded C
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 208 255
Rank change year-on-year +27 +47 -56
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 19 18 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.31% 0.077%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.59% 1.11% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £425 £335 -
25th Percentile £453 £369 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £670 £475 -
90th Percentile £783 - -
England median daily rate £503 £460 £410
% change year-on-year +9.24% +12.20% +15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile - £44.75 £41.48
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £54.06 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.45 £58.75 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.82% +25.00% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
South East

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,196 1,615 2,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.65% 27.71% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 1,151 1,367
10th Percentile £325 £333 £339
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £684 £700 £650
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 90 87
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £60.07 £55.00 £43.64
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% +26.03% +5.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £75.00 £65.52
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hampshire +6 13 £735 +126.15% 4
Thames Valley +2 2 £450 - 12
Oxfordshire -1 2 £450 - 2
Surrey - 2 £525 - 4
Kent - 1 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £475 - 2
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) J1939
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (42.11%) Automotive
1 8 (42.11%) Electronics
2 2 (10.53%) Aviation
3 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (52.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) FPGA Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Design Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Verification Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Process Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) VHDL Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Algorithms
1 6 (31.58%) VHDL
2 5 (26.32%) FPGA
3 2 (10.53%) CAN bus
3 2 (10.53%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Software Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) FPGA Design
3 4 (21.05%) Validation
3 4 (21.05%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.53%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (10.53%) Open Source
5 2 (10.53%) Signal Processing
5 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.26%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.26%) Mathematics
6 1 (5.26%) Physics
6 1 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C
2 7 (36.84%) C++
2 7 (36.84%) Embedded C++
3 2 (10.53%) MATLAB
3 2 (10.53%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Firmware
2 1 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Xilinx