Embedded C++ Contracts

Embedded C++
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C++ over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 662 825
Rank change year-on-year +102 +163 -156
Contract jobs citing Embedded C++ 26 31 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.053% 0.027%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.20% 0.15% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 9
10th Percentile £470 £206 £398
25th Percentile £475 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £460 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +8.24% +30.77%
75th Percentile £620 £560 £450
90th Percentile £778 - £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +9.78% +2.22% +38.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 13
10th Percentile £57.50 - £46.80
25th Percentile £67.81 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +40.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £90.00 -
90th Percentile - - £57.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.88% +40.00% +15.79%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,750 20,243 31,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.57% 34.85% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,074 14,597 23,243
10th Percentile £350 £394 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 460 505
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.12 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £60.63 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +21.25% +14.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.25 £78.00 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £60.94 £49.75
% change year-on-year +2.56% +22.49% +19.88%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C++.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C++ over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C++.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C++ over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
UK excluding London +67 25 £505 +9.78% 59
England +83 23 £503 +9.24% 58
Work from Home +123 10 £500 +25.00% 31
East of England -5 8 - - 7
South East +14 7 £635 +15.45% 20
South West +16 5 £500 +21.21% 12
Scotland - 3 - - 5
East Midlands - 2 £505 - 4
Midlands - 2 £505 - 12
London +100 1 £500 - 4

Embedded C++
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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Ethernet
1 3 (11.54%) Internet
1 3 (11.54%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (19.23%) Automotive
2 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Software Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Embedded C Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) FPGA Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Design Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) DSP Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.85%) C++ Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Embedded C++ Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Embedded Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Process Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Blazor
1 3 (11.54%) OpenGL
1 3 (11.54%) WebRTC
2 2 (7.69%) TensorFlow
3 1 (3.85%) .NET
3 1 (3.85%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Algorithms
2 6 (23.08%) VHDL
3 5 (19.23%) FPGA
4 3 (11.54%) CUDA
5 2 (7.69%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 11 (42.31%) Validation
3 9 (34.62%) Test Scripting
3 9 (34.62%) Verification and Validation
4 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Test Automation
5 5 (19.23%) FPGA Design
6 3 (11.54%) Open Source
6 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.69%) Computer Vision
7 2 (7.69%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (7.69%) Signal Processing
8 1 (3.85%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (3.85%) Mathematics
8 1 (3.85%) Microservices
8 1 (3.85%) Multithreading
8 1 (3.85%) Physics
8 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) C++
2 17 (65.38%) C
2 17 (65.38%) Embedded C
3 4 (15.38%) MATLAB
4 3 (11.54%) C#
4 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.69%) Python
6 1 (3.85%) Bash
6 1 (3.85%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Xilinx
2 3 (11.54%) NVIDIA