Embedded Systems Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 375 475
Rank change year-on-year -1 +100 -67
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 25 55 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.24% 0.095%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.76% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 17
10th Percentile £109 £368 £378
25th Percentile £381 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £506 £563 £525
90th Percentile £541 £595 £530
UK median daily rate £425 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -20.93% +10.26% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £35.50 £44.25 -
25th Percentile £47.31 £48.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -7.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.19 £48.75
90th Percentile £59.75 £63.38 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -7.32%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,066 7,275 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.45% 32.06% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,573 4,875 6,837
10th Percentile £210 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 764 409 422
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.36 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.81 £62.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £74.40 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South West +3 8 £425 +6.25% 26
East of England -18 6 £488 +2.63% 30
South East +7 5 £70 -87.83% 42
North West - 2 £331 - 9
North of England - 2 £331 - 11
Wales - 2 £550 - 1
Scotland +49 1 - - 11
West Midlands +15 1 £550 - 10
Midlands +14 1 £550 - 14
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (12.00%) 4G
2 3 (12.00%) DVB
3 2 (8.00%) 5G
3 2 (8.00%) Wireless
4 1 (4.00%) DHCP
4 1 (4.00%) DNS
4 1 (4.00%) LTE
4 1 (4.00%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (32.00%) Aerospace
2 7 (28.00%) Electronics
3 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
4 2 (8.00%) Military
4 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.00%) Advertising
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Software Integration Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Software Validation Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Validation Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Designer
6 1 (4.00%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) UI Designer
6 1 (4.00%) UI Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (4.00%) Ionic Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) PCIe
2 3 (12.00%) FPGA
3 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (4.00%) Digital TV
3 1 (4.00%) VHDL
3 1 (4.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) SafeRTOS
3 1 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Unix
3 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (36.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Validation
3 7 (28.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (24.00%) SDLC
5 4 (16.00%) Agile
6 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Verification and Validation
7 2 (8.00%) Battery Management
7 2 (8.00%) Code Quality
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (8.00%) Mathematics
7 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (8.00%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (8.00%) User Experience
7 2 (8.00%) UX Design
7 2 (8.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) C
2 6 (24.00%) Python
3 4 (16.00%) C++
4 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (8.00%) C#
5 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (8.00%) Perl
5 2 (8.00%) SQL
5 2 (8.00%) VB
6 1 (4.00%) Bash
6 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 14 (56.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.00%) Xilinx