Embedded Systems Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Embedded Systems
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 101 106
Rank change year-on-year -35 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.087% 0.063% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.21% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £465 £513
% change year-on-year +2.26% -9.37% +17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £50.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year +33.00% +14.05% -20.29%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 812 475 625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.20% 29.69% 35.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 288 388
10th Percentile £251 £200 £275
25th Percentile £393 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £652 £713 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 21 39
10th Percentile £17.27 £15.22 £17.01
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £17.86
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +5.13% +29.80%
75th Percentile £27.00 £33.54 £67.50
90th Percentile £46.00 £55.25 £67.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £41.37
% change year-on-year -21.62% -10.55% +65.46%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Systems relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Embedded Systems.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Embedded Systems.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Worcestershire - 1 £550 - 1
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Designer
1 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) DesignOps
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility