Embedded Systems Contracts in the Thames Valley

Embedded Systems
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 4 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% - 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.73% - 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £446 - £503
25th Percentile £497 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £575
75th Percentile £597 - £588
90th Percentile £636 - -
South East median daily rate £488 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 - £53.75

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the Thames Valley

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Oxfordshire - 3 £550 - 17
Berkshire - 1 £425 - 25
Embedded Systems
South East

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Robotics
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 1 (25.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++