Embedded Software Development Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Embedded Software Development
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.61% - 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% - 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £528
75th Percentile £588 - £541
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £575 - £528

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 48 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 73.94% 92.31% 80.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 29 54
10th Percentile £300 £145 £200
25th Percentile £413 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £526
Median % change year-on-year - +4.51% +0.24%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £610
90th Percentile £750 £820 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 12
10th Percentile £16.11 £14.46 £10.50
25th Percentile £17.14 £15.22 £11.15
Median hourly rate £23.50 £17.16 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year +36.99% +1.30% -4.43%
75th Percentile £43.31 £18.13 £19.23
90th Percentile £68.50 £23.14 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £18.13 £23.00
% change year-on-year +24.10% -21.17% +29.80%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Embedded Software Development
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Embedded Software Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) SciPy
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
1 1 (100.00%) RISC-V
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) UVM
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared