Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Embedded Systems
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.67% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £613 - £70
% change year-on-year - - -86.67%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 163 46 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 36.38% 30.67% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 18 34
10th Percentile £330 £294 £173
25th Percentile £413 £420 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £592 £600 £500
90th Percentile £838 £688 £543
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 1 6
10th Percentile £12.84 - -
25th Percentile £16.25 £25.75 £11.50
Median hourly rate £47.54 £26.50 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year +79.40% +92.73% -51.17%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.25 £23.49
90th Percentile £77.50 - £45.50
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £33.47 £57.35
% change year-on-year +26.99% -41.64% +7.33%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Abingdon - 3 £525 - 1
Embedded Systems
South East

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware