Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in Luton

Embedded Systems
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.78% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £72 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 60 36 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 35.50% 43.90% 46.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 58
10th Percentile £313 £500 £389
25th Percentile £498 £588 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +23.81% +2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £550
90th Percentile £658 - £565
Bedfordshire median daily rate £528 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -11.98% +14.29% +6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 11
10th Percentile £62.25 £70.85 -
25th Percentile £64.50 £75.13 £15.39
Median hourly rate £80.00 £82.50 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +422.48% -80.45%
75th Percentile - £89.13 £17.10
90th Percentile - £91.15 £18.00
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £74.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year +8.11% +368.65% -72.30%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Luton

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared