Embedded Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 563 707
Rank change year-on-year +145 +144 -179
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 123 110 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.22% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.23% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 46 20
10th Percentile £355 £390 £398
25th Percentile £431 £425 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £547 £537 £472
90th Percentile £575 £568 £541
UK median daily rate £500 £469 £425
% change year-on-year +6.67% +10.29% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 39 40
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.25 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.11 £55.63
90th Percentile £90.00 £79.60 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,448 47,601 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,861 33,797 48,247
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,402 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.95 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
East of England -1 42 £550 +10.00% 52
South East +38 38 £450 -1.37% 72
South West +31 29 £538 +19.44% 65
North of England +32 6 - - 20
North East - 6 - - 4
Midlands +27 4 £498 -16.96% 37
East Midlands - 3 £505 - 23
London +87 2 £650 +36.84% 20
West Midlands +24 1 £492 -18.08% 14
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Embedded Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 118 (95.93%) Software Engineering
2 82 (66.67%) C
3 50 (40.65%) Embedded C
4 41 (33.33%) C++
5 37 (30.08%) Validation
6 31 (25.20%) Linux
7 26 (21.14%) Automotive
8 25 (20.33%) Electronics
8 25 (20.33%) Aerospace
8 25 (20.33%) IBM
9 21 (17.07%) FreeRTOS
10 17 (13.82%) Lauterbach
10 17 (13.82%) Degree
10 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
10 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
10 17 (13.82%) Firmware
10 17 (13.82%) Configuration Management
10 17 (13.82%) ARM Cortex
11 16 (13.01%) Test Automation
12 15 (12.20%) Git
12 15 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (12.20%) Verification and Validation
13 14 (11.38%) UML
14 13 (10.57%) Python
14 13 (10.57%) Ada
14 13 (10.57%) Software-Defined Radio
14 13 (10.57%) Embedded Software Development
15 12 (9.76%) Rational Rhapsody
15 12 (9.76%) Embedded C++
16 11 (8.94%) Rational DOORS

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.88%) Simulink
2 3 (2.44%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (4.07%) J1939
3 4 (3.25%) SNMP
3 4 (3.25%) Wireless
4 1 (0.81%) 802.11
4 1 (0.81%) NFC
4 1 (0.81%) PPP
4 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) Git
2 12 (9.76%) Rational Rhapsody
3 11 (8.94%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (7.32%) JIRA
5 5 (4.07%) Bitbucket
5 5 (4.07%) Eclipse
6 4 (3.25%) GoogleTest
6 4 (3.25%) Subversion
7 3 (2.44%) Robot Framework
8 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.63%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.81%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.81%) CMake
9 1 (0.81%) PVCS
9 1 (0.81%) TestRail
9 1 (0.81%) Valgrind
General
1 26 (21.14%) Automotive
2 25 (20.33%) Aerospace
2 25 (20.33%) Electronics
3 6 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.07%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.25%) Military
5 4 (3.25%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.44%) Aviation
7 2 (1.63%) Wearables
8 1 (0.81%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.44%) CSS
1 3 (2.44%) HTML
2 1 (0.81%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.81%) JSON
2 1 (0.81%) REST
2 1 (0.81%) Web Services
2 1 (0.81%) XML
2 1 (0.81%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.82%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (5.69%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.07%) CAN bus
5 4 (3.25%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.25%) IoT
6 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (25.20%) Linux
2 21 (17.07%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.25%) SafeRTOS
3 4 (3.25%) Windows
4 2 (1.63%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (95.93%) Software Engineering
2 37 (30.08%) Validation
3 17 (13.82%) Configuration Management
4 16 (13.01%) Test Automation
5 15 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (12.20%) Verification and Validation
6 14 (11.38%) UML
7 13 (10.57%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (8.13%) Test Scripting
9 9 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (7.32%) SDLC
9 9 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
10 8 (6.50%) Code Quality
10 8 (6.50%) Computer Science
10 8 (6.50%) Scrum
11 6 (4.88%) Agile
12 4 (3.25%) FMEA
12 4 (3.25%) OOD
12 4 (3.25%) Signal Processing
12 4 (3.25%) Software Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 82 (66.67%) C
2 50 (40.65%) Embedded C
3 41 (33.33%) C++
4 13 (10.57%) Ada
4 13 (10.57%) Python
5 12 (9.76%) Embedded C++
6 10 (8.13%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.25%) Assembly Language
7 4 (3.25%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.25%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.44%) Java
9 2 (1.63%) C#
9 2 (1.63%) Perl
9 2 (1.63%) SQL
9 2 (1.63%) VB
10 1 (0.81%) Bash
10 1 (0.81%) Fortran
10 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.81%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 17 (13.82%) Degree
1 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
1 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.13%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) AUTOSAR
2 7 (5.69%) JTAG
3 1 (0.81%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 17 (13.82%) Firmware
2 4 (3.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.88%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 25 (20.33%) IBM
2 17 (13.82%) Lauterbach
3 5 (4.07%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.25%) Google
5 3 (2.44%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.63%) QNX
7 1 (0.81%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.81%) Twitter