Embedded Engineer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Embedded Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 114 138
Rank change year-on-year -1 +24 +38
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.062% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile £419 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £525
75th Percentile £456 - £544
90th Percentile - - £548
UK median daily rate £650 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +36.84% -9.52% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,461 1,766 2,265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 93.69% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 1,057 1,460
10th Percentile £217 £193 £250
25th Percentile £362 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £605 £651 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 70 61
10th Percentile £16.20 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +10.31% +2.31% -5.49%
75th Percentile £27.99 £24.18 £56.40
90th Percentile £62.87 £48.45 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in Scotland

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Embedded Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Dundee - 1 £438 -
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 September 2025, Embedded Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware