Embedded Engineer Contracts

Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 593 784
Rank change year-on-year +126 +191 -185
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 134 123 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.21% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.22% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 51 19
10th Percentile £345 £375 £398
25th Percentile £425 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £494
90th Percentile £575 £575 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £463 £438
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 40 42
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.38 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.68 £55.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £78.30 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Top 14 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 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 +82 126 £500 +8.11% 273
England +128 122 £500 +5.26% 273
East of England +8 42 £550 +10.00% 50
Work from Home +129 40 £500 +13.64% 113
South East +41 37 £450 -1.37% 69
South West +36 29 £538 +19.44% 67
Scotland +41 7 - - 23
North of England +34 6 - - 27
North East - 6 - - 5
Midlands +27 4 £498 -16.96% 41
East Midlands - 3 £505 - 25
London +99 2 £650 +35.06% 22
West Midlands +18 1 £492 -18.08% 16
Wales +15 1 - - 2

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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.

1 129 (96.27%) Software Engineering
2 86 (64.18%) C
3 55 (41.04%) Embedded C
4 44 (32.84%) C++
5 38 (28.36%) Linux
6 37 (27.61%) Validation
7 29 (21.64%) Electronics
8 26 (19.40%) Aerospace
8 26 (19.40%) Automotive
9 25 (18.66%) IBM
10 21 (15.67%) Firmware
10 21 (15.67%) Configuration Management
10 21 (15.67%) FreeRTOS
11 17 (12.69%) ARM Cortex
11 17 (12.69%) Degree
11 17 (12.69%) SC Cleared
11 17 (12.69%) Security Cleared
11 17 (12.69%) Lauterbach
12 16 (11.94%) Test Automation
13 15 (11.19%) Git
13 15 (11.19%) Embedded C++
13 15 (11.19%) Verification and Validation
14 14 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (10.45%) UML
15 13 (9.70%) Python
15 13 (9.70%) Ada
15 13 (9.70%) Software-Defined Radio
15 13 (9.70%) Embedded Software Development
16 12 (8.96%) Rational Rhapsody
17 11 (8.21%) Rational DOORS

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Simulink
2 3 (2.24%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.70%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (3.73%) J1939
3 4 (2.99%) Internet
3 4 (2.99%) SNMP
3 4 (2.99%) Wireless
4 1 (0.75%) NFC
4 1 (0.75%) PPP
Development Applications
1 15 (11.19%) Git
2 12 (8.96%) Rational Rhapsody
3 11 (8.21%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (6.72%) JIRA
5 5 (3.73%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.73%) Eclipse
6 4 (2.99%) GoogleTest
6 4 (2.99%) Subversion
7 3 (2.24%) Robot Framework
8 2 (1.49%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.75%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.75%) CMake
9 1 (0.75%) PVCS
9 1 (0.75%) TestRail
9 1 (0.75%) Valgrind
General
1 29 (21.64%) Electronics
2 26 (19.40%) Aerospace
2 26 (19.40%) Automotive
3 6 (4.48%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.99%) Military
4 4 (2.99%) Social Skills
4 4 (2.99%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.24%) Aviation
6 2 (1.49%) Wearables
7 1 (0.75%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) CSS
1 3 (2.24%) HTML
2 1 (0.75%) JSON
2 1 (0.75%) REST
2 1 (0.75%) Web Services
2 1 (0.75%) XML
2 1 (0.75%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) ARM Cortex
2 8 (5.97%) Device Driver
2 8 (5.97%) IoT
3 7 (5.22%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.48%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.73%) CAN bus
6 4 (2.99%) PCIe
6 4 (2.99%) Verilog
6 4 (2.99%) VHDL
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (28.36%) Linux
2 21 (15.67%) FreeRTOS
3 9 (6.72%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.99%) SafeRTOS
4 4 (2.99%) VxWorks
4 4 (2.99%) Windows
5 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (96.27%) Software Engineering
2 37 (27.61%) Validation
3 21 (15.67%) Configuration Management
4 16 (11.94%) Test Automation
5 15 (11.19%) Verification and Validation
6 14 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (10.45%) UML
7 13 (9.70%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (7.46%) Agile
8 10 (7.46%) Test Scripting
9 9 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (6.72%) SDLC
9 9 (6.72%) Systems Engineering
10 8 (5.97%) Code Quality
10 8 (5.97%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.97%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (5.97%) Scrum
11 6 (4.48%) Continuous Integration
12 5 (3.73%) CI/CD
12 5 (3.73%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (64.18%) C
2 55 (41.04%) Embedded C
3 44 (32.84%) C++
4 15 (11.19%) Embedded C++
5 13 (9.70%) Ada
5 13 (9.70%) Python
6 10 (7.46%) MATLAB
7 4 (2.99%) Assembly Language
7 4 (2.99%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.99%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.24%) Java
9 2 (1.49%) C#
9 2 (1.49%) SQL
9 2 (1.49%) VB
10 1 (0.75%) Bash
10 1 (0.75%) Fortran
10 1 (0.75%) Perl
10 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.69%) Degree
1 17 (12.69%) SC Cleared
1 17 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.46%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.97%) AUTOSAR
2 7 (5.22%) JTAG
3 4 (2.99%) MISRA
3 4 (2.99%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.75%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 21 (15.67%) Firmware
2 4 (2.99%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.48%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 25 (18.66%) IBM
2 17 (12.69%) Lauterbach
3 9 (6.72%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.99%) Google
4 4 (2.99%) Intel
5 3 (2.24%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.49%) QNX
7 1 (0.75%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.75%) Twitter