Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Embedded Systems
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - 129
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.18% - 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £488 £465 £513
% change year-on-year +4.84% -9.27% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £64.50 - £49.94
% change year-on-year - - -4.88%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,142 628 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.41% 29.13% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 366 514
10th Percentile £205 £180 £220
25th Percentile £358 £368 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £513 £498
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +3.02% +10.56%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £600
90th Percentile £645 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 23 62
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.22 £14.71
25th Percentile £18.05 £19.21 £17.56
Median hourly rate £21.76 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +5.13% +30.53%
75th Percentile £27.00 £32.65 £40.69
90th Percentile £30.90 £55.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £39.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +9.86% +57.88%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Embedded Systems
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 Systems within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
East Midlands - 4 - - 12
West Midlands - 2 £550 - 8
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Usability Designer
2 1 (16.67%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) DesignOps
2 1 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
2 1 (16.67%) UX Design
2 1 (16.67%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility