Embedded C++ Software Engineer Contracts

Embedded C++ Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded C++ Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 593 707 857
Rank change year-on-year +114 +150 -174
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded C++ Software Engineer 7 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.016% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £428 -
25th Percentile £475 £433 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% - -
75th Percentile £525 £473 -
90th Percentile - £474 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £456 -
% change year-on-year +9.59% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £77.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +40.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £72.25 - £56.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £77.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.08% +40.00% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C++ Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded C++ Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C++ Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
UK excluding London +56 7 £500 +9.59% 11
England +115 4 £500 +9.59% 11
South East +24 3 £500 - 2
Scotland - 3 - -
Work from Home - 2 £500 - 2
East of England +12 1 - - 1

Embedded C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Embedded C++ 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 featuring Embedded C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Embedded C++
4 3 (42.86%) UML
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Git
5 2 (28.57%) JIRA
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Kanban
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) GoogleTest
5 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
5 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
5 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
5 2 (28.57%) Storyboarding
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) OOD
5 2 (28.57%) Eclipse
5 2 (28.57%) C#
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (28.57%) Aerospace

Embedded C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) NFC
1 1 (14.29%) PPP
1 1 (14.29%) SNMP
1 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
2 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
2 2 (28.57%) Eclipse
2 2 (28.57%) GoogleTest
2 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (14.29%) Robot Framework
3 1 (14.29%) TestRail
3 1 (14.29%) Valgrind
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (14.29%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) OOD
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) SOLID
3 2 (28.57%) Storyboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Front End Development
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Memory Management
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Embedded C++
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Atlassian