Embedded Systems Contracts in the South East

Embedded Systems
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 146 204 204
Rank change year-on-year +58 0 +51
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 13 1 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.018% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 0.063% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 7
10th Percentile £411 - £503
25th Percentile £429 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £566 - £638
90th Percentile £584 - £676
England median daily rate £475 £444 £550
% change year-on-year +7.04% -19.32% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.38
25th Percentile £51.25 - £46.56
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £53.75
75th Percentile £53.75 - £61.56
90th Percentile - - £65.13
England median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the South East

Embedded Systems
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 Systems within the South East 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
Hampshire - 6 £470 - 16
Thames Valley - 4 £550 - 43
Oxfordshire - 3 £550 - 16
Surrey - 2 - - 7
Kent - 1 - - 6
Berkshire - 1 £425 - 23
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) AWS
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Advertising
4 1 (7.69%) Avionics
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Information Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Device Driver
2 6 (46.15%) Algorithms
2 6 (46.15%) IoT
3 2 (15.38%) Robotics
3 2 (15.38%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (7.69%) FPGA
4 1 (7.69%) Verilog
4 1 (7.69%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
1 6 (46.15%) Architectural Design
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Enablement
1 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
1 6 (46.15%) Device Driver Development
1 6 (46.15%) Multithreading
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
1 6 (46.15%) SDLC
2 5 (38.46%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Communications Security
4 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
4 2 (15.38%) Logistics
4 2 (15.38%) Network Design
4 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C
1 6 (46.15%) Embedded C
2 2 (15.38%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CEH
1 2 (15.38%) CISM
1 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) SAP