Embedded Engineer Contracts in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in the South East is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 208 243
Rank change year-on-year +44 +35 -50
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 36 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.33% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £369 £415 -
25th Percentile £425 £425 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £456 £405
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +12.65% +8.00%
75th Percentile £513 £503 £413
90th Percentile £525 £575 -
England median daily rate £500 £463 £425
% change year-on-year +8.11% +8.82% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 3 13
10th Percentile £45.00 £42.25 £42.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £54.88 £47.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.53% -9.52% +15.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £55.86 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £60.12 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,114 5,511 7,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.54% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,843 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 238 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
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 Engineer 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 +20 22 - - 14
Thames Valley +3 6 £450 - 30
Oxfordshire +1 6 £450 - 11
Sussex - 4 - -
Surrey +13 2 £500 -20.00% 10
West Sussex - 1 £325 - 6
Middlesex - 1 £450 -
Embedded Engineer
England

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 South East region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (41.67%) Firmware
2 15 (41.67%) C
3 12 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 12 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
4 10 (27.78%) Embedded C
4 10 (27.78%) C++
5 9 (25.00%) Electronics
5 9 (25.00%) Validation
5 9 (25.00%) Git
6 8 (22.22%) Automotive
6 8 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (19.44%) Python
7 7 (19.44%) JIRA
8 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 6 (16.67%) Degree
8 6 (16.67%) Master's Degree
9 5 (13.89%) Verification and Validation
9 5 (13.89%) Linux
10 4 (11.11%) UML
10 4 (11.11%) PhD
10 4 (11.11%) Eclipse
10 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
10 4 (11.11%) MATLAB
10 4 (11.11%) Wireless
10 4 (11.11%) Assembly Language
10 4 (11.11%) Windows
10 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
10 4 (11.11%) Device Driver
10 4 (11.11%) Scrum

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (11.11%) Wireless
3 3 (8.33%) SNMP
4 2 (5.56%) J1939
5 1 (2.78%) 802.11
5 1 (2.78%) NFC
5 1 (2.78%) PPP
5 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Git
2 7 (19.44%) JIRA
3 4 (11.11%) Eclipse
3 4 (11.11%) Subversion
4 3 (8.33%) Bitbucket
4 3 (8.33%) GoogleTest
5 2 (5.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (5.56%) Robot Framework
6 1 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (2.78%) TestRail
6 1 (2.78%) Valgrind
6 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 9 (25.00%) Electronics
3 8 (22.22%) Automotive
4 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.56%) Aviation
5 2 (5.56%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) CSS
1 2 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.78%) JSON
2 1 (2.78%) REST
2 1 (2.78%) Web Services
2 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 4 (11.11%) Device Driver
2 2 (5.56%) CAN bus
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.78%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Linux
2 4 (11.11%) Windows
3 2 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (25.00%) Validation
3 8 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 5 (13.89%) Verification and Validation
6 4 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (11.11%) Scrum
6 4 (11.11%) Signal Processing
6 4 (11.11%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (11.11%) UML
7 3 (8.33%) OOD
7 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.33%) Prototyping
8 2 (5.56%) Clean Code
8 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
8 2 (5.56%) Design Patterns
8 2 (5.56%) SOLID
8 2 (5.56%) Storyboarding
8 2 (5.56%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) C
2 10 (27.78%) C++
2 10 (27.78%) Embedded C
3 7 (19.44%) Python
4 4 (11.11%) Assembly Language
4 4 (11.11%) MATLAB
4 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
5 3 (8.33%) Java
5 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.56%) C#
6 2 (5.56%) Perl
7 1 (2.78%) Bash
7 1 (2.78%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
1 6 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 4 (11.11%) PhD
3 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) JTAG
2 2 (5.56%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 15 (41.67%) Firmware
2 4 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Google
2 2 (5.56%) Atlassian