FreeRTOS Contracts

FreeRTOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring FreeRTOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FreeRTOS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 579 708
Rank change year-on-year +65 +129 +145
Contract jobs citing FreeRTOS 5 21 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.048% 0.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.12% 0.36% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £373
25th Percentile £613 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £475
75th Percentile £638 - £531
90th Percentile - - £558
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 20 1
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile £82.50 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £88.75 - £57.50
90th Percentile £89.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

FreeRTOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,075 5,812 9,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.94% 13.33% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,687 3,913 6,831
10th Percentile £200 £183 £190
25th Percentile £319 £300 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £468 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -7.33% +1.00%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £638
90th Percentile £699 £700 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 397 416
10th Percentile £16.25 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year +4.55% -29.60% +56.25%

FreeRTOS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for FreeRTOS in the UK

FreeRTOS
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FreeRTOS within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +46 4 £625 - 24
UK excluding London +36 3 - - 27
Work from Home - 3 £625 - 10
East of England - 3 - - 2

FreeRTOS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Security Penetration Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Security Researcher
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) SysML
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (40.00%) Offensive Security
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Rust
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware