Embedded Engineer
UK
The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 519 | 412 | 530 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -107 | +118 | +242 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer | 31 | 163 | 150 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.097% | 0.38% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.40% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 25 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £468 | £344 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | £497 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £475 | £481 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.16% | -1.30% | +11.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | £550 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £646 | £575 | £600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.16% | - | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 122 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £47.68 | £46.25 | £47.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.25 | £51.56 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £67.93 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.72% | +18.13% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £87.50 | £70.00 | £77.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £75.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.00 | £65.43 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.24% | +13.78% | +15.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 29,261 | 40,308 | 53,403 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.00% | 92.99% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,659 | 25,937 | 37,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £285 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,318 | 2,814 | 1,558 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.39 | £38.50 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.47% | -10.47% | +70.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £63.31 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £74.00 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £39.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +1.14% | +96.47% |
Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer.
Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer.
Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
Embedded Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 5 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | -77 | 30 | £538 | +13.16% | 283 |
| England | -65 | 29 | £538 | +13.16% | 336 |
| East of England | -3 | 14 | £538 | +7.50% | 62 |
| South East | -4 | 12 | £626 | +39.11% | 97 |
| Work from Home | -4 | 3 | £626 | +31.79% | 149 |
| London | +40 | 1 | - | - | 84 |
| South West | +3 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
| Wales | +3 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| Midlands | +3 | 1 | - | - | 22 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| Scotland | -4 | 1 | £438 | - | 29 |
Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 July 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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.
|
|
Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||