Hardware-in-the-Loop Contracts in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 92 116
Rank change year-on-year +5 +24 +16
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 10 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.79% 0.68% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.82% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £266 - -
25th Percentile £286 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - -
75th Percentile £369 - -
90th Percentile £399 - -
England median daily rate £413 £360 -
% change year-on-year +14.58% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile £24.59 £50.70 -
25th Percentile £28.41 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £62.50 -
90th Percentile - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £67.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.52% -11.54% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,114 1,349 1,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.41% 83.63% 87.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 516 970
10th Percentile £200 £200 £226
25th Percentile £364 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £704
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 501 356
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.98 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +5.50%
75th Percentile £65.94 £60.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £81.88 £70.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the East of England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
Hertfordshire +7 5 - - 8
Cambridgeshire +4 5 £320 - 1
Hardware-in-the-Loop
England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (40.00%) Simulink
2 2 (20.00%) Stateflow
3 1 (10.00%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) CANoe
General
1 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Automotive
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Test Automation Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) FPGA
1 3 (30.00%) PCIe
1 3 (30.00%) SCADA
1 3 (30.00%) State Machine
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 5 (50.00%) Multithreading
4 4 (40.00%) Validation
5 3 (30.00%) Concurrent Programming
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Data Acquisition
5 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Memory Management
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Test Planning
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
5 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA