OpenEmbedded Contract Job Trends in England

OpenEmbedded
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring OpenEmbedded skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 504 -
Rank change year-on-year -125 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEmbedded 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% 0.007% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.010% 0.029% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £755 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 - -
75th Percentile £805 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £780 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

OpenEmbedded falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,749 6,844 8,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.37% 25.00% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,427 4,696 5,529
10th Percentile £375 £356 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 167 181
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £50.88 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.35% -12.48% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.67 £76.48 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -1.44%

OpenEmbedded
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenEmbedded relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

OpenEmbedded job vacancy trend in England

OpenEmbedded
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded
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 OpenEmbedded within the England region over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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
London - 1 £780 - 9
OpenEmbedded
UK

OpenEmbedded
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DOCSIS
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft