Embedded Systems Contracts in England

Embedded Systems
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 518 578
Rank change year-on-year +71 +60 +163
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 38 24 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.065% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.21% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 8 38
10th Percentile £388 £325 £371
25th Percentile £414 £363 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% -19.32% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £506 £647
90th Percentile £610 £519 £738
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +18.75% -27.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile - £36.08 £46.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.82 £50.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £59.38 £83.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £62.75 - £62.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
England

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Systems in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
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 Systems within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +58 13 £488 - 103
London +38 10 £465 +32.71% 69
East of England +33 9 £488 - 89
North of England +18 1 £650 +67.74% 64
North West +16 1 £650 +67.74% 27
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
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 2 (5.26%) Confluence
1 2 (5.26%) TPMS
2 1 (2.63%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 10 (26.32%) AWS
2 4 (10.53%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (7.89%) Datadog
3 3 (7.89%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.63%) IaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) Wireless
2 6 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (10.53%) 5G
3 4 (10.53%) 5G NR
3 4 (10.53%) DHCP
3 4 (10.53%) DNS
3 4 (10.53%) DOCSIS
3 4 (10.53%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.26%) Bluetooth
4 2 (5.26%) Network Security
4 2 (5.26%) VLAN
5 1 (2.63%) 802.11
5 1 (2.63%) Broadband
5 1 (2.63%) DSL
5 1 (2.63%) GPON
5 1 (2.63%) IPv4
5 1 (2.63%) IPv6
5 1 (2.63%) PPP
5 1 (2.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) InfluxDB
1 3 (7.89%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 3 (7.89%) Git
2 3 (7.89%) JIRA
3 2 (5.26%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.26%) KGDB
4 1 (2.63%) Gerrit
4 1 (2.63%) JUnit
General
1 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Automotive
2 4 (10.53%) Electronics
2 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.26%) Marketing
4 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Advertising
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Architect
2 4 (10.53%) Developer
3 3 (7.89%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Linux Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Senior
3 3 (7.89%) Senior Architect
3 3 (7.89%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (7.89%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.26%) Design Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 2 (5.26%) Information Specialist
4 2 (5.26%) Lead
4 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.26%) React Developer
4 2 (5.26%) Technical Manager
4 2 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (5.26%) Verification Engineer
5 1 (2.63%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (2.63%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (10.53%) Yocto
2 2 (5.26%) Jest
2 2 (5.26%) React
2 2 (5.26%) Redux
3 1 (2.63%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.63%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) IoT
2 7 (18.42%) Algorithms
2 7 (18.42%) Device Driver
3 5 (13.16%) FPGA
3 5 (13.16%) Video\Live Streaming
4 3 (7.89%) Digital TV
4 3 (7.89%) STB
5 2 (5.26%) ASIC
5 2 (5.26%) Robotics
5 2 (5.26%) Self-Driving Car
6 1 (2.63%) CAN bus
6 1 (2.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.63%) PMI
6 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.63%) RISC-V
6 1 (2.63%) SCADA
6 1 (2.63%) SIMD
6 1 (2.63%) VHDL
6 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (52.63%) Linux
2 5 (13.16%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (7.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Agile
2 8 (21.05%) Project Management
3 7 (18.42%) Architectural Design
4 6 (15.79%) Cloud Enablement
4 6 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 6 (15.79%) Device Driver Development
4 6 (15.79%) Multithreading
4 6 (15.79%) SDLC
5 5 (13.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (13.16%) Signal Processing
5 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
5 5 (13.16%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (10.53%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (10.53%) Open Source
6 4 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.53%) Release Management
6 4 (10.53%) Test Automation
7 3 (7.89%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (42.11%) C
2 9 (23.68%) C++
3 8 (21.05%) Embedded C
4 6 (15.79%) Python
5 5 (13.16%) Java
6 4 (10.53%) Go
6 4 (10.53%) Shell Script
7 2 (5.26%) Embedded C++
7 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.63%) Assembly Language
8 1 (2.63%) Groovy
8 1 (2.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) AWS Certification
1 3 (7.89%) CEH
1 3 (7.89%) Degree
2 2 (5.26%) CISM
2 2 (5.26%) CISSP
2 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.63%) CREST Certified
3 1 (2.63%) CSPO
3 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.63%) OSCE
3 1 (2.63%) OSCP
3 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.26%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.63%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Splunk
2 2 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft