Embedded Systems Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 392 479
Rank change year-on-year +21 +87 -84
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 19 51 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.093% 0.22% 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.67% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 20 18
10th Percentile £347 £333 £363
25th Percentile £403 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% +16.92%
75th Percentile £506 £578 £525
90th Percentile £528 £604 £549
UK median daily rate £400 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +26.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £35.50 £44.25 -
25th Percentile £37.67 £48.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.19 £48.75
90th Percentile £59.75 £63.38 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +7.95%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Embedded Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,963 7,572 9,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.11% 32.41% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,579 5,094 6,703
10th Percentile £208 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £672
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 723 430 460
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.02
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +4.66% -12.42%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.16
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +3.19%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
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 Systems within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
East of England -5 6 £488 +2.63% 22
Scotland +47 5 £326 -34.80% 9
South West +12 4 - - 24
North of England +35 2 £388 - 14
North West - 2 £388 - 9
Midlands +27 1 £550 - 23
West Midlands +14 1 £550 - 7
South East +2 1 - - 43
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) DHCP
1 3 (15.79%) DNS
2 1 (5.26%) DVB
2 1 (5.26%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
1 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (31.58%) Aerospace
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Investment Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Automotive
3 2 (10.53%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Electronics
4 1 (5.26%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Hardware Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Embedded Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Digital Hardware Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Linux Scripter
7 1 (5.26%) Linux Server Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Windows Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Server Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) GStreamer
1 1 (5.26%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
1 1 (5.26%) Device Driver
1 1 (5.26%) Digital TV
1 1 (5.26%) FPGA
1 1 (5.26%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) SafeRTOS
3 2 (10.53%) Unix
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineering
2 7 (36.84%) SDLC
2 7 (36.84%) Validation
3 6 (31.58%) Agile
3 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 3 (15.79%) High Availability
6 3 (15.79%) Investment Management
6 3 (15.79%) Open Source
6 3 (15.79%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (15.79%) Wealth Management
7 2 (10.53%) Battery Management
7 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
7 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
7 2 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (5.26%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C
1 8 (42.11%) Python
2 6 (31.58%) Perl
3 2 (10.53%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 2 (10.53%) VB
4 1 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (5.26%) C++
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) MATLAB
4 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) HP
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) SAP
1 1 (5.26%) Xilinx