OpenEmbedded Contract Job Trends

OpenEmbedded
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring OpenEmbedded skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 551 -
Rank change year-on-year -127 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenEmbedded 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.006% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.009% 0.024% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £755 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 - -
75th Percentile £805 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenEmbedded falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11,701 8,291 9,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.82% 25.51% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,710 5,586 6,363
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £433 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £634 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 186 195
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.50 £26.16
25th Percentile £45.31 £40.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -1.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.88 £79.35 £74.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

OpenEmbedded
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenEmbedded relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenEmbedded job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenEmbedded
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenEmbedded.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenEmbedded.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenEmbedded within the UK over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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 -125 1 £780 - 10
London - 1 £780 - 9

OpenEmbedded
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DOCSIS
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft