Embedded Software Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 427 659
Rank change year-on-year +16 +232 +45
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 74 126 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.35% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.38% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 10
10th Percentile £445 £325 £431
25th Percentile £475 £470 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +31.10%
75th Percentile £525 - £594
90th Percentile £553 £575 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +31.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 93 26
10th Percentile £52.50 £51.80 £43.13
25th Percentile £61.81 £55.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £69.13 £90.00 £63.13
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% +8.70% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 25,036 33,345 55,496
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 93.11% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,516 22,653 39,157
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £750 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 759 1,526 1,498
10th Percentile £15.73 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.06 £17.58
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% +24.29% +73.40%
75th Percentile £64.61 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% +21.43% +66.67%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
South West +37 48 - - 13
South East +22 17 £500 - 33
East of England -13 6 £500 -4.76% 9
North West +15 1 £400 -27.27% 6
North of England +10 1 £400 -27.27% 13
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 2025, Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 73 (98.65%) Software Engineering
2 49 (66.22%) Linux
3 47 (63.51%) C
4 40 (54.05%) C++
5 28 (37.84%) IBM
6 25 (33.78%) Security Cleared
7 24 (32.43%) Ada
8 23 (31.08%) SC Cleared
9 22 (29.73%) UML
9 22 (29.73%) Embedded C
10 17 (22.97%) Embedded Linux
10 17 (22.97%) Embedded Software Development
11 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (21.62%) Python
12 15 (20.27%) Configuration Management
12 15 (20.27%) Electronics
12 15 (20.27%) Agile
12 15 (20.27%) FreeRTOS
12 15 (20.27%) ARM Cortex
12 15 (20.27%) Lauterbach
13 14 (18.92%) Git
13 14 (18.92%) Test Automation
13 14 (18.92%) Embedded C++
14 13 (17.57%) Validation
14 13 (17.57%) Scrum
14 13 (17.57%) Continuous Integration
14 13 (17.57%) Multithreading
14 13 (17.57%) Degree
14 13 (17.57%) JIRA
14 13 (17.57%) Computer Science

Embedded Software 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 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) 3GPP
1 3 (4.05%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.70%) 4G
2 2 (2.70%) 5G
2 2 (2.70%) 5G NR
2 2 (2.70%) LTE
2 2 (2.70%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 14 (18.92%) Git
2 13 (17.57%) Bitbucket
2 13 (17.57%) Jenkins
2 13 (17.57%) JIRA
2 13 (17.57%) Rational Rhapsody
3 12 (16.22%) GoogleTest
3 12 (16.22%) Rational DOORS
3 12 (16.22%) TestRail
4 2 (2.70%) Gerrit
5 1 (1.35%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.35%) GitLab
General
1 15 (20.27%) Electronics
2 13 (17.57%) Social Skills
3 12 (16.22%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.41%) Automotive
4 4 (5.41%) Avionics
5 3 (4.05%) Law
6 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) Qt
2 1 (1.35%) RESTful
2 1 (1.35%) SOAP
2 1 (1.35%) Web Services
2 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.27%) ARM Cortex
2 5 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.05%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.35%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 49 (66.22%) Linux
2 17 (22.97%) Embedded Linux
3 15 (20.27%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.05%) VxWorks
5 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (98.65%) Software Engineering
2 22 (29.73%) UML
3 17 (22.97%) Embedded Software Development
4 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (20.27%) Agile
5 15 (20.27%) Configuration Management
6 14 (18.92%) Test Automation
7 13 (17.57%) Code Quality
7 13 (17.57%) Computer Science
7 13 (17.57%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (17.57%) Multithreading
7 13 (17.57%) Scrum
7 13 (17.57%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (17.57%) Validation
8 12 (16.22%) Clean Code
8 12 (16.22%) Design Patterns
8 12 (16.22%) Kanban
8 12 (16.22%) OO
8 12 (16.22%) OOD
8 12 (16.22%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 47 (63.51%) C
2 40 (54.05%) C++
3 24 (32.43%) Ada
4 22 (29.73%) Embedded C
5 16 (21.62%) Python
6 14 (18.92%) Embedded C++
7 2 (2.70%) Rust
8 1 (1.35%) C#
8 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (33.78%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.08%) SC Cleared
3 13 (17.57%) Degree
4 12 (16.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) DO-178B
1 3 (4.05%) ISO 13485
2 2 (2.70%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (1.35%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.35%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.35%) MISRA
3 1 (1.35%) MISRA C
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) Firmware
2 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.35%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (37.84%) IBM
2 15 (20.27%) Lauterbach
3 12 (16.22%) Google
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle
4 1 (1.35%) QNX
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat