Embedded Software Development Contract Job Trends in the South East

Embedded Software Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 156 194
Rank change year-on-year -27 +38 +42
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 1 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% 0.24% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £674 - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £698 - £551
75th Percentile £721 - £619
90th Percentile - - £630
England median daily rate £636 £255 £475
% change year-on-year +149.27% -46.26% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £51.90 £64.25
25th Percentile - £53.25 £66.88
Median hourly rate - £54.18 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -25.27% +31.94%
75th Percentile - £55.16 £75.63
90th Percentile - £56.59 £76.75
England median hourly rate £72.50 £60.02 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.79% -7.66% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,699 2,991 4,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 89.15% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 1,847 2,812
10th Percentile £231 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 116 256
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.64 £18.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.93 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded Software Development
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
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 Software Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire - 1 £698 - 3
Embedded Software Development
England

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian