Embedded Software Development Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Embedded Software Development
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 121 136
Rank change year-on-year -43 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.030% 0.046% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.052% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £528
75th Percentile £588 - £541
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £636 £255 £475
% change year-on-year +149.27% -46.26% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,836 1,908 2,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.37% 87.76% 84.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,776 1,171 1,492
10th Percentile £246 £222 £231
25th Percentile £394 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £588
90th Percentile £652 £700 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.29% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 70 148
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.09
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -4.20% +35.18%
75th Percentile £25.00 £31.65 £47.81
90th Percentile £30.00 £52.50 £65.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £37.18
% change year-on-year -26.15% -8.41% +9.93%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Embedded Software Development
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 January 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
West Midlands -44 1 £575 - 2
Embedded Software Development
England

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) SciPy
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared