FreeRTOS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

FreeRTOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring FreeRTOS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 343 415
Rank change year-on-year -25 +72 +97
Contract jobs citing FreeRTOS 2 31 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.17% 0.037%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.078% 1.05% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £419 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £456 - £506
90th Percentile - - £545
UK median daily rate £444 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 18 0
10th Percentile - £68.88 -
25th Percentile £82.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

FreeRTOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,560 2,965 3,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.58% 16.53% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,639 1,844 2,493
10th Percentile £175 £183 £163
25th Percentile £225 £284 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £545 £575 £575
90th Percentile £622 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 235 302
10th Percentile £15.40 £15.54 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.12 £19.82 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% +19.88% +108.55%
75th Percentile £61.88 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £76.43
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% +5.26% +98.66%

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for FreeRTOS in the UK excluding London

FreeRTOS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FreeRTOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FreeRTOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS
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 FreeRTOS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Scotland - 1 £438 - 5
East of England - 1 - - 2
FreeRTOS
UK

FreeRTOS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SysML
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware