Embedded Software Engineer Contracts

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 459 637 774
Rank change year-on-year +178 +137 -172
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 127 85 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.14% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.15% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 17
10th Percentile £425 £422 £394
25th Percentile £463 £425 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +16.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £556 £560 £450
90th Percentile £575 £571 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £438
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 36 25
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £44.00
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +21.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.68 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +20.88%

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
UK excluding London +122 119 £500 - 180
England +161 115 £500 - 174
Work from Home +136 42 £500 +15.61% 76
East of England +13 42 £550 +10.00% 31
South East +39 34 £475 - 50
South West +43 27 £550 +10.00% 47
Scotland +24 7 - - 19
North of England +38 6 - - 13
North East - 6 - - 3
Midlands +26 2 £492 -14.52% 25
London +93 1 - - 13
West Midlands +27 1 £492 -14.52% 14
Wales +18 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 11

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Embedded 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 127 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 83 (65.35%) C
3 55 (43.31%) Embedded C
4 38 (29.92%) C++
5 35 (27.56%) Linux
5 35 (27.56%) Validation
6 28 (22.05%) Electronics
7 26 (20.47%) IBM
8 24 (18.90%) Aerospace
9 22 (17.32%) Automotive
9 22 (17.32%) Configuration Management
9 22 (17.32%) FreeRTOS
10 20 (15.75%) Firmware
11 19 (14.96%) SC Cleared
11 19 (14.96%) Security Cleared
12 18 (14.17%) Lauterbach
12 18 (14.17%) ARM Cortex
13 17 (13.39%) Degree
14 16 (12.60%) Verification and Validation
15 15 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (11.81%) Test Automation
16 13 (10.24%) Ada
16 13 (10.24%) UML
17 12 (9.45%) Embedded C++
17 12 (9.45%) Embedded Software Development
17 12 (9.45%) Software-Defined Radio
17 12 (9.45%) Rational Rhapsody
17 12 (9.45%) Rational DOORS
17 12 (9.45%) Git
18 11 (8.66%) Test Scripting

Embedded 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 2 (1.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Simulink
1 3 (2.36%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (3.94%) J1939
3 4 (3.15%) Internet
3 4 (3.15%) Wireless
4 3 (2.36%) SNMP
5 1 (0.79%) NFC
5 1 (0.79%) PPP
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Git
1 12 (9.45%) Rational DOORS
1 12 (9.45%) Rational Rhapsody
2 7 (5.51%) JIRA
3 4 (3.15%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.15%) Subversion
4 3 (2.36%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.36%) GoogleTest
5 2 (1.57%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.57%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.57%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.79%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.79%) PVCS
6 1 (0.79%) TestRail
6 1 (0.79%) Valgrind
General
1 28 (22.05%) Electronics
2 24 (18.90%) Aerospace
3 22 (17.32%) Automotive
4 6 (4.72%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.15%) Military
5 4 (3.15%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.36%) Aviation
6 3 (2.36%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.57%) Wearables
8 1 (0.79%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) CSS
1 2 (1.57%) HTML
2 1 (0.79%) JSON
2 1 (0.79%) REST
2 1 (0.79%) Web Services
2 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.17%) ARM Cortex
2 8 (6.30%) Device Driver
2 8 (6.30%) IoT
3 7 (5.51%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.72%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.94%) CAN bus
6 4 (3.15%) PCIe
6 4 (3.15%) Verilog
6 4 (3.15%) VHDL
7 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 35 (27.56%) Linux
2 22 (17.32%) FreeRTOS
3 9 (7.09%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (3.15%) SafeRTOS
4 4 (3.15%) VxWorks
4 4 (3.15%) Windows
5 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (27.56%) Validation
3 22 (17.32%) Configuration Management
4 16 (12.60%) Verification and Validation
5 15 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (11.81%) Test Automation
6 13 (10.24%) UML
7 12 (9.45%) Embedded Software Development
8 11 (8.66%) Test Scripting
9 8 (6.30%) Agile
9 8 (6.30%) Code Quality
9 8 (6.30%) Computer Science
9 8 (6.30%) Defect Tracking
9 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (6.30%) SDLC
9 8 (6.30%) Systems Engineering
10 6 (4.72%) Scrum
11 5 (3.94%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (3.94%) Memory Management
12 4 (3.15%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (65.35%) C
2 55 (43.31%) Embedded C
3 38 (29.92%) C++
4 13 (10.24%) Ada
5 12 (9.45%) Embedded C++
6 11 (8.66%) Python
7 7 (5.51%) MATLAB
8 4 (3.15%) Assembly Language
8 4 (3.15%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.36%) Java
9 3 (2.36%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.57%) C#
10 2 (1.57%) SQL
10 2 (1.57%) VB
11 1 (0.79%) Bash
11 1 (0.79%) Perl
11 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (14.96%) SC Cleared
1 19 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.39%) Degree
3 10 (7.87%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) JTAG
2 5 (3.94%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (3.15%) MISRA
3 4 (3.15%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 20 (15.75%) Firmware
2 4 (3.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.72%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (20.47%) IBM
2 18 (14.17%) Lauterbach
3 9 (7.09%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.15%) Intel
5 3 (2.36%) Google
5 3 (2.36%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.79%) Twitter
195 Embedded Software Engineer jobs Nationwide