Embedded Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Embedded Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £496 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 423 587
Rank change year-on-year +115 +164 -138
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 35 43 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.17% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.18% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 14
10th Percentile £476 £400 £398
25th Percentile £478 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £440 £438
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% +0.57% +23.24%
75th Percentile £518 £475 £516
90th Percentile £522 £496 £538
UK median daily rate £503 £488 £425
% change year-on-year +3.08% +14.71% +10.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 16 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £48.00 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,835 23,454 42,149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.29% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,295 16,589 30,493
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 534 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £64.14 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.76 £68.65
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Embedded Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Engineer.

Embedded Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Engineer.

Embedded Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Embedded Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Embedded 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 28 (80.00%) C
3 22 (62.86%) Embedded C
4 19 (54.29%) Automotive
5 15 (42.86%) Validation
6 14 (40.00%) Electronics
7 13 (37.14%) C++
8 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
8 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (22.86%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (22.86%) Degree
9 8 (22.86%) Test Scripting
9 8 (22.86%) Verification and Validation
10 7 (20.00%) Algorithms
10 7 (20.00%) MATLAB
11 6 (17.14%) Embedded C++
11 6 (17.14%) Git
11 6 (17.14%) Functional Safety
12 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
12 5 (14.29%) AUTOSAR
12 5 (14.29%) J1939
12 5 (14.29%) CAN bus
12 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
12 5 (14.29%) Python
12 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
12 5 (14.29%) Aerospace
13 4 (11.43%) Device Driver
13 4 (11.43%) Subversion
13 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
13 4 (11.43%) Wireless

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (8.57%) Simulink
1 3 (8.57%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) J1939
2 4 (11.43%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (17.14%) Git
3 4 (11.43%) JIRA
3 4 (11.43%) Subversion
4 1 (2.86%) ClearCase
4 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.86%) PVCS
4 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (54.29%) Automotive
2 14 (40.00%) Electronics
3 5 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 5 (14.29%) CAN bus
3 4 (11.43%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (42.86%) Validation
3 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
4 8 (22.86%) Test Scripting
4 8 (22.86%) Verification and Validation
5 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 4 (11.43%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (11.43%) Signal Processing
6 4 (11.43%) Software Optimisation
7 3 (8.57%) FMEA
8 1 (2.86%) Clean Code
8 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.86%) Customer Service
8 1 (2.86%) Design Patterns
8 1 (2.86%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 1 (2.86%) Kanban
8 1 (2.86%) SOLID
8 1 (2.86%) Storyboarding
8 1 (2.86%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (80.00%) C
2 22 (62.86%) Embedded C
3 13 (37.14%) C++
4 7 (20.00%) MATLAB
5 6 (17.14%) Embedded C++
6 5 (14.29%) Python
7 4 (11.43%) Assembly Language
7 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.86%) Bash
8 1 (2.86%) C#
8 1 (2.86%) Perl
8 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 4 (11.43%) PhD
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (11.43%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (11.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) MathWorks
2 1 (2.86%) Atlassian