Embedded Systems Contracts

Embedded Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 609 805
Rank change year-on-year +53 +196 -174
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 30 84 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.14% 0.050%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.43% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 45 24
10th Percentile £323 £385 £374
25th Percentile £325 £463 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £506 £638 £547
90th Percentile £515 £720 £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% +18.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 3
10th Percentile £36.08 £46.50 -
25th Percentile £40.82 £50.63 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £83.75 £58.13 £49.38
90th Percentile - £62.25 £49.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +7.95%

All Generic Skills
UK

Embedded Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,072 19,334 29,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.28% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,400 13,272 20,329
10th Percentile £268 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £659
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 639 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.10 £65.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems 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
England +38 24 £444 -19.32% 138
UK excluding London +37 19 £488 +2.63% 128
London +87 10 £350 -44.00% 14
Work from Home +103 9 £350 -36.36% 52
East of England -13 6 £488 +2.63% 22
Scotland +46 5 £326 -34.80% 9
South West +18 4 - - 26
North of England +30 2 £388 - 11
North West - 2 £388 - 7
Midlands +29 1 £550 - 20
West Midlands +24 1 £550 - 4
South East -7 1 - - 41

Embedded Systems
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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (3.33%) Amazon Alexa
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) DHCP
1 3 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) Bluetooth
2 1 (3.33%) DVB
2 1 (3.33%) HTTP
2 1 (3.33%) MQTT
2 1 (3.33%) RS-422
2 1 (3.33%) RTSP
2 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Git
1 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Automotive
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Military
4 2 (6.67%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.33%) Electronics
5 1 (3.33%) German Language
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior
3 8 (26.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) Hardware Engineer
5 6 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 6 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (13.33%) Developer
7 3 (10.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Applications Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) FPGA Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Linux Server Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Penetration Tester
9 1 (3.33%) Product Manager
9 1 (3.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Server Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) GStreamer
2 1 (3.33%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Device Driver
2 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.33%) Digital TV
2 1 (3.33%) FPGA
2 1 (3.33%) Infotainment
2 1 (3.33%) IoT
2 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (13.33%) SafeRTOS
3 3 (10.00%) Windows
4 2 (6.67%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (6.67%) Unix
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (23.33%) Agile
4 7 (23.33%) SDLC
4 7 (23.33%) Validation
5 6 (20.00%) Code Quality
6 5 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
6 5 (16.67%) UML
7 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 3 (10.00%) High Availability
7 3 (10.00%) Investment Management
7 3 (10.00%) Open Source
7 3 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (10.00%) Wealth Management
8 2 (6.67%) Battery Management
8 2 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.67%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.67%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) C
2 8 (26.67%) Python
3 6 (20.00%) Perl
4 5 (16.67%) C++
5 4 (13.33%) C#
6 2 (6.67%) SQL
6 2 (6.67%) VB
7 1 (3.33%) Ada
7 1 (3.33%) Bash
7 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
7 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
7 1 (3.33%) PHP
7 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.33%) Shell Script
7 1 (3.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (26.67%) Master's Degree
3 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (3.33%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (3.33%) CREST Certified
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Firmware
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Apple
1 1 (3.33%) Google
1 1 (3.33%) HP
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.33%) SAP
1 1 (3.33%) VMware
1 1 (3.33%) Xilinx