Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Systems
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 36 46
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% 0.98% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.77% 3.26% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £251 -
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -2.56% - +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.50
Median hourly rate - - £36.00
75th Percentile - - £36.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 - £36.00
% change year-on-year - - -31.43%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 130 92 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 34.67% 30.16% 24.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 54 69
10th Percentile £184 £313 £233
25th Percentile £335 £415 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -3.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £569 £588
90th Percentile £710 £650 £655
East of England median daily rate £454 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -9.20% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 21
10th Percentile £23.00 £17.30 £22.00
25th Percentile £26.42 £20.75 £35.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.30% -58.18% +41.03%
75th Percentile £46.25 £42.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £48.75 £56.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £23.00 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -65.93% +22.73% -14.06%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Embedded Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Embedded Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) UWB
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PCB Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware