Hardware-in-the-Loop Contracts in the UK excluding London

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Hardware-in-the-Loop 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 330 368 441
Rank change year-on-year +38 +73 +56
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 6 31 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.15% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.18% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £297 -
UK median daily rate - £297 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 16
10th Percentile £39.75 - £43.50
25th Percentile £43.13 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £69.00 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Hardware-in-the-Loop 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK excluding London

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK excluding London

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK excluding London

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK excluding London

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 Hardware-in-the-Loop 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
Midlands +18 2 - - 30
South East - 2 - - 24
South West +41 1 - - 13
East of England +16 1 - - 22
West Midlands +9 1 - - 15
East Midlands - 1 - - 13
Hardware-in-the-Loop
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 4 (66.67%) Simulink
2 1 (16.67%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (16.67%) VectorCAST
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithm Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Model Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) FMEA
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematical Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) MATLAB
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 26262
2 1 (16.67%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (16.67%) DO-178B