Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Embedded Systems
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.01% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - -
East of England median daily rate £274 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -49.12% +10.26% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% +80.56% -31.43%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 91 54 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 30.64% 38.85% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 27 74
10th Percentile £313 £440 £263
25th Percentile £400 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +14.29% +6.33%
75th Percentile £628 £694 £538
90th Percentile £675 £700 £560
East of England median daily rate £458 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -8.35% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 11
10th Percentile £62.25 £29.89 -
25th Percentile £64.50 £40.09 £15.39
Median hourly rate £80.00 £74.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +368.65% -72.30%
75th Percentile - £86.63 £17.10
90th Percentile - £90.25 £18.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +22.73% -15.38%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Systems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 February 2026. 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
Luton - 3 £72 - 5
Embedded Systems
East of England

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared