Embedded Systems Contracts in South Wales

Embedded Systems
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in South Wales. 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 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.82% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Wales median daily rate £650 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 121 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 38.52% 36.01% 40.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 85 151
10th Percentile £160 £160 £164
25th Percentile £250 £406 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £480 £540 £549
90th Percentile £600 £573 £613
Wales median daily rate £400 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile £24.70 £18.78 £12.59
25th Percentile £33.75 £29.31 £14.78
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.75 £18.10
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +169.34% +27.64%
75th Percentile £45.00 £68.31 £21.24
90th Percentile £47.50 £78.93 £32.93
Wales median hourly rate £33.38 £13.50 £17.03
% change year-on-year +147.22% -20.73% +17.23%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in South Wales

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in South Wales

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in South Wales

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales 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
Cardiff - 1 £650 - 5
Newport - 1 - - 3
Embedded Systems
Wales

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) OSCE