Hardware-in-the-Loop Contracts

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 695 840
Rank change year-on-year +138 +145 -155
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 37 21 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.035% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.039% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £90 - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £297 - -
75th Percentile £443 - -
90th Percentile £522 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £297 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 13
10th Percentile - £43.50 -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +81.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £60.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +81.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Daily rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 Hardware-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +133 37 £297 - 36
UK excluding London +75 31 £297 - 38
Work from Home +137 20 - - 4
East of England +15 15 £44 - 8
Midlands +32 6 - - 18
South West +15 6 £550 - 3
London - 6 - -
West Midlands - 6 - - 13
North West - 4 - -
North of England - 4 - -

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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 36 (97.30%) Simulink
2 27 (72.97%) Stateflow
3 5 (13.51%) TargetLink
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Git
2 5 (13.51%) Bitbucket
2 5 (13.51%) Subversion
3 2 (5.41%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (5.41%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (2.70%) ClearCase
General
1 26 (70.27%) Automotive
2 19 (51.35%) Legal
3 4 (10.81%) Aerospace
4 3 (8.11%) Law
5 2 (5.41%) Aviation
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Software Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Control Systems Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Real Time Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (70.27%) Algorithms
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (86.49%) Software Engineering
2 29 (78.38%) Validation
3 25 (67.57%) Verification and Validation
4 20 (54.05%) Test Automation
5 19 (51.35%) Computer Science
6 9 (24.32%) Mathematics
7 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Mathematical Modelling
7 7 (18.92%) Multithreading
7 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
8 6 (16.22%) Agile
8 6 (16.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 6 (16.22%) Project Management
8 6 (16.22%) UML
9 5 (13.51%) Black-Box Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Functional Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Integration Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Line Management
9 5 (13.51%) QMS
9 5 (13.51%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (94.59%) MATLAB
2 15 (40.54%) C
3 8 (21.62%) C++
4 2 (5.41%) Fortran
4 2 (5.41%) Python
5 1 (2.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 7 (18.92%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) ISO 26262
2 5 (13.51%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (13.51%) MISRA
2 5 (13.51%) MISRA C
3 1 (2.70%) DO-178B
3 1 (2.70%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) MathWorks
2 1 (2.70%) Twitter