Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in the South West

Embedded Systems
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 119 146
Rank change year-on-year -1 +27 +26
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 13 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.57% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 1.07% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £419 £544
25th Percentile £56 £425 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £58 £463 £638
Median % change year-on-year -87.46% -27.45% +45.71%
75th Percentile £61 £488 £753
90th Percentile - - £781
England median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - £75.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £67.25 - £85.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £50.00 £49.88
% change year-on-year +33.00% +0.24% -13.25%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 710 562 922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.92% 26.37% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 332 642
10th Percentile £225 £201 £263
25th Percentile £400 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £729
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 41 58
10th Percentile £6.00 £14.41 £15.16
25th Percentile £15.60 £22.50 £20.44
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £70.21 - -
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -22.67% -14.04% +24.64%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the South West

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Systems in the South West over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the South West

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Bristol +7 12 £58 -87.79% 24
Somerset -5 1 - - 2
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) CMake
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) GoogleTest
General
1 9 (69.23%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (69.23%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Law
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineer
2 9 (69.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Verification Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (7.69%) OpenCV
1 1 (7.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) CUDA
1 1 (7.69%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) Validation
3 8 (61.54%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning
4 1 (7.69%) OO
4 1 (7.69%) OOD
4 1 (7.69%) Sensor Fusion
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) Def Stans
1 9 (69.23%) DO-178B
1 9 (69.23%) MISRA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Firmware
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) NVIDIA