Embedded Systems Contracts in the North West

Embedded Systems
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 119 135 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.051% 0.073% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.74% - -
England median daily rate £475 £444 £550
% change year-on-year +7.04% -19.32% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.23 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 560 742 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.46% 26.93% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 493 722
10th Percentile £203 £289 £296
25th Percentile £360 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £584 £625
90th Percentile £653 £672 £675
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 77 47
10th Percentile £22.05 £13.00 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.00 £20.74
Median hourly rate £29.52 £25.25 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% -9.76% +51.24%
75th Percentile £33.75 £37.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £57.50 £70.00
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 the North West

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the North West

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the North West

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the North West

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester - 1 £650 - 27
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE