Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends 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 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 152 194
Rank change year-on-year -27 +42 +31
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 12 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% 0.36% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.076% 1.09% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year +54.30% -11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £726 £500 £538
90th Percentile - £563 -
England median daily rate £488 £460 £525
% change year-on-year +6.09% -12.48% +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 1,309 1,097 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.76% 32.47% 30.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 635 945
10th Percentile £204 £239 £205
25th Percentile £363 £384 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 45 99
10th Percentile £12.50 £20.10 £18.20
25th Percentile £15.94 £25.99 £24.80
Median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -31.37% +36.00%
75th Percentile £62.88 £58.75 £62.48
90th Percentile £81.50 £71.64 £77.60
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -24.32% -1.99% +57.29%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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 15 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 -21 1 £718 +54.30% 12
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware