Hybrid/Remote Control Software Engineer Contract Job Trends

Control Software Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Control Software Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Control Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,336 9,280 14,330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 93.77% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,269 6,348 9,577
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £417 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 224 577
10th Percentile £17.50 £14.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £27.94 £18.19 £23.34
Median hourly rate £57.50 £36.13 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.17% -17.90% -20.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.38 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.02
% change year-on-year +51.72% -19.49% -19.95%

Control Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Control Software Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Control Software Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Control Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Control Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Control Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto

Control Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C