Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Embedded Systems
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.51% 5.71% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.64% 13.95% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £410 -
25th Percentile £709 £429 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £470 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.66% - -
75th Percentile £726 £497 -
90th Percentile - £519 -
Hampshire median daily rate £718 £470 -
% change year-on-year +52.66% - -

All Generic Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 61 43 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 31.28% 40.95% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 26 24
10th Percentile £163 £175 £204
25th Percentile £250 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.40% -8.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £569 £497 £550
90th Percentile £574 £588 £631
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £23.60
25th Percentile £23.13 - £39.13
Median hourly rate £41.75 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +194.24%
75th Percentile £81.06 - £77.50
90th Percentile £88.00 - £79.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% -28.95% +4.40%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Southampton

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Embedded Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Embedded Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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