Embedded Software Development Contract Job Trends in Sussex

Embedded Software Development
South East > Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sussex requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 4.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £698 - £551
% change year-on-year - - -11.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sussex

Embedded Software Development 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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 15 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex 65.22% 100.00% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £308 £429 £350
25th Percentile £375 £475 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £430
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +16.28% -21.82%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £475
90th Percentile £755 £645 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.53% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.50 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £26.03
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile £14.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in Sussex

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded 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
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared