Embedded Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 275 366
Rank change year-on-year -15 +91 +88
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 46 125 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.60% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.65% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 44
10th Percentile - £345 £375
25th Percentile £475 £425 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £456
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +9.59% +7.35%
75th Percentile £591 £538 £536
90th Percentile £660 £570 £571
UK median daily rate £538 £500 £456
% change year-on-year +7.50% +9.59% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 109 34
10th Percentile £52.50 £46.25 £46.63
25th Percentile £59.00 £51.06 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.49
90th Percentile £87.50 £82.00 £86.10
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% +8.70% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East +29 19 £500 +11.11% 70
East of England +1 13 £538 -2.27% 55
South West +28 11 - - 31
Wales +2 2 - - 11
Midlands +19 1 - - 17
East Midlands +8 1 - - 8
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Embedded Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (71.74%) Linux
2 30 (65.22%) Software Engineering
3 20 (43.48%) C++
4 17 (36.96%) SC Cleared
4 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
5 16 (34.78%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (32.61%) Agile
7 14 (30.43%) JIRA
7 14 (30.43%) Scrum
7 14 (30.43%) GoogleTest
7 14 (30.43%) Jenkins
8 13 (28.26%) Bitbucket
8 13 (28.26%) Google
8 13 (28.26%) SysML
8 13 (28.26%) UML
9 11 (23.91%) C
10 10 (21.74%) Wireless
10 10 (21.74%) Ada
10 10 (21.74%) Rational DOORS
10 10 (21.74%) Degree
10 10 (21.74%) Multithreading
11 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (17.39%) Test Automation
11 8 (17.39%) Git
11 8 (17.39%) Robot Framework
11 8 (17.39%) Computer Science
12 7 (15.22%) OOD
12 7 (15.22%) OO
12 7 (15.22%) Intel
12 7 (15.22%) SOLID

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Simulink
2 1 (2.17%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.17%) Azure
1 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.74%) Wireless
2 7 (15.22%) 5G
2 7 (15.22%) 5G NR
3 4 (8.70%) Ethernet
4 3 (6.52%) 3GPP
5 2 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (2.17%) HTTP
6 1 (2.17%) RS-232
6 1 (2.17%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 14 (30.43%) GoogleTest
1 14 (30.43%) Jenkins
1 14 (30.43%) JIRA
2 13 (28.26%) Bitbucket
3 10 (21.74%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (17.39%) Git
4 8 (17.39%) Robot Framework
5 7 (15.22%) TestRail
6 6 (13.04%) Eclipse
6 6 (13.04%) GitLab
General
1 5 (10.87%) Aerospace
2 3 (6.52%) Automotive
3 2 (4.35%) Electronics
3 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.17%) Advertising
4 1 (2.17%) Avionics
4 1 (2.17%) Finance
4 1 (2.17%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Marketing
4 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.17%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) CSS
1 1 (2.17%) HTML
1 1 (2.17%) Middleware
1 1 (2.17%) Node.js
1 1 (2.17%) Qt
1 1 (2.17%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) CUDA
2 3 (6.52%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (6.52%) PCIe
3 2 (4.35%) FPGA
3 2 (4.35%) VHDL
4 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.17%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 33 (71.74%) Linux
2 16 (34.78%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (6.52%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.17%) Unix
4 1 (2.17%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (65.22%) Software Engineering
2 15 (32.61%) Agile
3 14 (30.43%) Scrum
4 13 (28.26%) SysML
4 13 (28.26%) UML
5 10 (21.74%) Multithreading
6 8 (17.39%) Computer Science
6 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (17.39%) Test Automation
7 7 (15.22%) Clean Code
7 7 (15.22%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (15.22%) Design Patterns
7 7 (15.22%) Kanban
7 7 (15.22%) Multithreaded Programming
7 7 (15.22%) OO
7 7 (15.22%) OOD
7 7 (15.22%) SOLID
7 7 (15.22%) Storyboarding
8 6 (13.04%) Migration
9 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (43.48%) C++
2 11 (23.91%) C
3 10 (21.74%) Ada
4 4 (8.70%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.35%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.17%) C#
6 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) SC Cleared
1 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.74%) Degree
3 7 (15.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.17%) DO-178B
1 1 (2.17%) IEC 61508
1 1 (2.17%) MIL-STD-1553
1 1 (2.17%) MISRA
1 1 (2.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (28.26%) Google
2 7 (15.22%) Intel
2 7 (15.22%) NVIDIA
3 6 (13.04%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) Siemens