Real Time Engineer Contracts

Real-Time Engineer
UK

As of 4 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Real-Time Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 713 837
Rank change year-on-year +130 +124 -146
Contract jobs requiring a Real Time Engineer 8 5 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.008% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.009% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £584
25th Percentile - £813 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £825 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +26.92% -
75th Percentile - £838 £734
90th Percentile - - £766
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 13
10th Percentile £57.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - £60.00

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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
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 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Real Time Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Real Time Engineer in the UK

Real Time Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Real Time Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Real Time Engineer in the UK

Real Time Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Real Time Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Real Time Engineer in the UK

Real Time Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Real Time Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +113 8 - - 2
UK excluding London +73 8 - - 1
East of England +16 7 - - 1
South East - 1 - -

Real Time Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Real Time 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 Real Time Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) C
1 7 (87.50%) C++
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematical Modelling
2 6 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 6 (75.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 6 (75.00%) Simulink
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) ADSL
3 1 (12.50%) GSM
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) DSL
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) LTE
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
3 1 (12.50%) Aviation
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) Twitter
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery

Real Time 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:

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) ADSL
1 1 (12.50%) DSL
1 1 (12.50%) GSM
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) LTE
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematical Modelling
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
1 7 (87.50%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Twitter