Embedded Software Development Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Embedded Software Development
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.56% - 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% - 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £674 - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £698 - £528
75th Percentile £721 - £577
90th Percentile - - £598
Hampshire median daily rate £698 - £528

All Process & Methodology Skills
Farnborough

Embedded Software Development 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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 71 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 79.21% 82.56% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 52 67
10th Percentile £313 £375 £300
25th Percentile £389 £425 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -10.64% +17.50%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £667
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile - £77.63 £19.58
25th Percentile £19.25 £77.81 £25.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £81.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +80.56% +16.13%
75th Percentile - £85.31 £63.13
90th Percentile £53.35 £85.88 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +40.14%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Embedded Software Development
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian