Embedded Software Development Contracts in England

Embedded Software Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Software Development over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 510 615
Rank change year-on-year +41 +105 +134
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 4 27 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.073% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.084% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £413 £230
25th Percentile - £469 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £48 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -91.27% - +34.15%
75th Percentile - £594 £638
90th Percentile - £613 £645
UK median daily rate £48 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -91.27% - +34.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 18
10th Percentile £30.23 £52.50 £51.25
25th Percentile £32.96 £55.00 £56.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £47.50 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.50 £74.25 £63.35
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -38.46% +13.04% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,235 32,086 45,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,554 21,040 31,727
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,256 1,594
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.96 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded Software Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Development in England

Embedded Software Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Development in England

Embedded Software Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Development in England

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Software Development in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Development in England

Embedded Software Development
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 Software Development within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
East of England +21 2 - - 23
London +46 1 £48 - 11
Midlands - 1 - - 8
West Midlands - 1 - - 5
Embedded Software Development
UK

Embedded Software Development
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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Simulink
2 2 (50.00%) Stateflow
3 1 (25.00%) CANalyzer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) CANoe
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Automotive
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) FMEA
3 1 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) AUTOSAR