Embedded Software Development Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Embedded Software Development
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 1.28% 1.10% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £698 - £551

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Sussex

Embedded Software Development 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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 87 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 82.05% 95.60% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 61 48
10th Percentile £156 £300 £293
25th Percentile £294 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -20.83%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £650 £650 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £515
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 5
10th Percentile £12.55 - -
25th Percentile £12.60 £51.25 £23.63
Median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.48% +107.92% -54.09%
75th Percentile £17.75 £53.75 £51.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Embedded Software Development
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Hastings - 1 - - 1
Embedded Software Development
South East

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Rust