FreeRTOS Contract Job Trends in England

FreeRTOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring FreeRTOS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 495 594
Rank change year-on-year -21 +99 +183
Contract jobs citing FreeRTOS 3 31 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.094% 0.021%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.078% 0.66% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £425 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £475 - £497
90th Percentile - - £540
UK median daily rate £444 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 0
10th Percentile £83.25 £68.88 -
25th Percentile £84.38 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £89.38 - -
90th Percentile £89.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

All Operating Systems
England

FreeRTOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,832 4,724 6,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 14.34% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,527 3,010 4,591
10th Percentile £189 £200 £186
25th Percentile £289 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £631
90th Percentile £675 £680 £719
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 231 337
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.40 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +20.22% +100.04%
75th Percentile £62.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% +5.26% +98.66%

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FreeRTOS in England

FreeRTOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FreeRTOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FreeRTOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS
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 FreeRTOS within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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 - 2 - - 2
London - 1 £450 - 1
FreeRTOS
UK

FreeRTOS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (33.33%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PCIe
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) SysML
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware