Embedded Firmware Contract Job Trends in London

Embedded Firmware
England > London

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Firmware 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% - -
As % of the System Software category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £625 £588
% change year-on-year -24.00% +6.38% +46.88%

All System Software Skills
London

Embedded Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,640 1,559 2,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.40% 10.35% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 1,030 1,514
10th Percentile £325 £262 £213
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £645
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
England median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 23
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.75 £25.38
Median hourly rate £24.58 £23.80 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -45.71% +66.99%
75th Percentile £26.00 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £56.43 £103.50 £74.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.33
% change year-on-year +46.15% -19.40% +61.30%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in London

Embedded Firmware
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Embedded Firmware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (40.00%) Modbus
1 2 (40.00%) RS-232
1 2 (40.00%) RS-485
2 1 (20.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Arduino
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Application Security
1 1 (20.00%) CAD
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (20.00%) Motion Control
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) System Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware