Hardware-in-the-Loop Contracts in England

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hardware-in-the-Loop 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 479 505 632
Rank change year-on-year +26 +127 +135
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 6 37 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.099% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.11% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £297 -
UK median daily rate - £297 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 31 16
10th Percentile £39.75 - £43.50
25th Percentile £43.13 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £69.00 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Hardware-in-the-Loop 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £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% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in England.

Daily rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in England.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 Hardware-in-the-Loop 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
Midlands +18 2 - - 15
South East - 2 - - 7
South West +41 1 - - 4
East of England +16 1 - - 10
West Midlands +9 1 - - 7
East Midlands - 1 - - 7
Hardware-in-the-Loop
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 4 (66.67%) Simulink
2 1 (16.67%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (16.67%) VectorCAST
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithm Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Model Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) FMEA
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematical Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) MATLAB
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 26262
2 1 (16.67%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (16.67%) DO-178B