Hardware-in-the-Loop Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 8 15 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.82% 9.55% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 11.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 0
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

Hardware-in-the-Loop falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 230 133 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 80.99% 84.71% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 16 38
10th Percentile £225 £269 £217
25th Percentile £450 £290 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £343 £478
Median % change year-on-year +53.28% -28.27% -13.18%
75th Percentile £611 £491 £565
90th Percentile £796 £533 £658
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 76 139
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £38.74
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.94 £49.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 £72.19 £71.25
90th Percentile £73.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - +3.54%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Hardware-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Git
General
1 6 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) FPGA
1 6 (75.00%) PCIe
1 6 (75.00%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (75.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 6 (75.00%) Data Acquisition
2 6 (75.00%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (75.00%) Memory Management
2 6 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) C
3 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared