Embedded Systems Contracts in London

Embedded Systems
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems 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 343 381 469
Rank change year-on-year +38 +88 +115
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 10 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.056% 0.089%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.17% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 18
10th Percentile £237 - -
25th Percentile £432 £325 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £350 £625
Median % change year-on-year +32.71% -44.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £488 £400 £697
90th Percentile £566 £415 £758
England median daily rate £475 £444 £550
% change year-on-year +7.04% -19.32% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £82.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +65.00% -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
London

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,516 5,909 9,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.99% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 4,182 6,966
10th Percentile £325 £301 £375
25th Percentile £451 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.60 £18.93 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.31 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.05 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in London

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in London.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in London

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in London

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in London.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in London

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the London 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
West London - 2 £48 - 5
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Datadog
1 3 (30.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) DOCSIS
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) VLAN
2 2 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) 802.11
3 1 (10.00%) Broadband
3 1 (10.00%) DSL
3 1 (10.00%) GPON
3 1 (10.00%) IPv4
3 1 (10.00%) IPv6
3 1 (10.00%) J1939
3 1 (10.00%) MQTT
3 1 (10.00%) PPP
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) InfluxDB
1 3 (30.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (10.00%) Gerrit
3 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Electronics
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Automotive
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) React Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Hardware Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (20.00%) Jest
2 2 (20.00%) React
2 2 (20.00%) Redux
3 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
3 1 (10.00%) POSIX
3 1 (10.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Video\Live Streaming
2 3 (30.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (10.00%) CAN bus
3 1 (10.00%) Digital TV
3 1 (10.00%) PMI
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Release Management
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (30.00%) Observability
2 3 (30.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Scrum
2 3 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (30.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 3 (30.00%) Sprint Review
2 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Market Research
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C
1 5 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) Go
2 4 (40.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) CSPO
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP