Senior Embedded Engineer Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Senior Embedded Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior Embedded Engineer daily rate in Southampton is £718, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £709 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 - -
75th Percentile £726 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £718 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Southampton with a recognized job title 167 109 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 98.20% 83.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 65 83
10th Percentile £175 £139 £200
25th Percentile £295 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £538 £644
90th Percentile £688 £603 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +1.95% -6.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 12
10th Percentile £25.00 - £15.46
25th Percentile £26.36 - £49.06
Median hourly rate £35.50 - £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +183.73%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £78.13
90th Percentile £84.00 - £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £56.25 £57.35
% change year-on-year -28.89% -1.92% +14.70%

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Embedded Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Senior Embedded Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Senior Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Embedded Engineer job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Embedded Engineer job vacancies in Southampton

Senior Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Senior Embedded Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region featuring Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
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%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio

Senior Embedded Engineer Skill Set
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
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
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