Hardware-in-the-Loop Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £419 £374
% change year-on-year +49.25% +12.12% -25.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,965 12,280 14,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,777 8,103 9,542
10th Percentile £359 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 249 177
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.77 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -7.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in London

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 Hardware-in-the-Loop within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London - 1 £625 - 1
Hardware-in-the-Loop
England

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Automotive
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Distributed Architecture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Observability
1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) AUTOSAR
1 3 (50.00%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft