Embedded Software Development Contracts in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Embedded Software Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Software Development over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 - 157
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £387
25th Percentile - - £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £405
Median % change year-on-year - - +752.63%
75th Percentile - - £413
90th Percentile - - £414
South East median daily rate £575 £563 £405
% change year-on-year +2.22% +38.89% +81.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £80.00 £48.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year +66.39% -12.58% +37.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Embedded Software Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,304 2,613 3,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.94% 91.78% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,296 1,814 2,089
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 63 84
10th Percentile £14.17 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £64.15 £66.21 £24.06
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £64.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Embedded Software Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Development in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Development in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Development in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Development in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Development in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Development
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Berkshire - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 3
Embedded Software Development
South East

Embedded Software Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) 802.1X
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) SOLID
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) YAGNI
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) AUTOSAR
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Atmel
2 1 (33.33%) QNX