Embedded C Contracts in the South East

Embedded C
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 200 251
Rank change year-on-year +23 +51 -51
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 18 17 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.29% 0.077%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.49% 1.07% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £425 £335 -
25th Percentile £450 £369 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £705 £475 -
90th Percentile £786 - -
England median daily rate £505 £474 £410
% change year-on-year +6.60% +15.55% +15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 6
10th Percentile - £44.25 £41.48
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £51.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.45 £54.25 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +31.82% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
South East

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,206 1,592 2,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.84% 27.57% 26.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 1,130 1,351
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £620 £594
90th Percentile £685 £700 £650
England median daily rate £542 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.13% +2.69% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 91 88
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.10 £20.75
Median hourly rate £60.14 £55.00 £40.92
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% +34.41% -3.72%
75th Percentile £66.01 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £75.00 £65.51
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.56% +21.88% +14.94%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Hampshire +11 13 £735 +126.15% 3
Thames Valley +10 2 £450 - 15
Oxfordshire +1 2 £450 - 2
Surrey - 2 £525 - 6
Kent - 1 - - 1
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) J1939
2 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 8 (44.44%) Automotive
1 8 (44.44%) Electronics
2 2 (11.11%) Aviation
3 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (55.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 10 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) FPGA Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Verification Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Process Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) VHDL Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 6 (33.33%) VHDL
2 5 (27.78%) FPGA
3 2 (11.11%) CAN bus
3 2 (11.11%) GNSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Software Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) FPGA Design
3 4 (22.22%) Validation
3 4 (22.22%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (11.11%) Open Source
5 2 (11.11%) Signal Processing
5 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.56%) Mathematics
6 1 (5.56%) Physics
6 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C
2 7 (38.89%) C++
2 7 (38.89%) Embedded C++
3 2 (11.11%) MATLAB
3 2 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Xilinx