Hardware-in-the-Loop Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.045% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £625 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Hardware-in-the-Loop falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,981 1,625 1,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.91% 94.09% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,080 1,214
10th Percentile £366 £321 £370
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £766 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 18
10th Percentile £16.98 £17.08 £15.40
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.75 £20.88
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -14.05% +19.09%
75th Percentile £32.05 £56.75 £107.13
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in the City of London

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft