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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +23
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 2 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.55% 0.50% 1.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.52% 2.33% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.46%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £495
East of England median daily rate £475 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.05 - -
Median hourly rate £23.10 - -
75th Percentile £24.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £23.10 - -

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 132 86 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 36.26% 21.66% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 38 79
10th Percentile £251 £308 £225
25th Percentile £382 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +13.16% -
75th Percentile £659 £631 £556
90th Percentile £738 £650 £613
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.25 £22.00
25th Percentile £20.51 £46.25 £37.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% -4.17% +116.22%
75th Percentile £61.56 £64.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £69.75 £75.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -29.17% -4.00% +53.45%

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
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
Peterborough - 1 - -
Embedded Systems
East of England

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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
1 1 (50.00%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) MQTT
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
1 1 (50.00%) UWB
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) CANoe
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) PCB Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (50.00%) Power Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware