Embedded Software Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 304 444
Rank change year-on-year +3 +140 +163
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 3 41 33
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.29% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile - £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £500 £436
Median % change year-on-year +25.20% +14.71% -3.14%
75th Percentile - £525 £466
90th Percentile - - £505
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £494
% change year-on-year - +1.27% +16.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 38 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £46.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £54.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% +8.70% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Embedded Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Software Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Embedded Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Embedded Software Engineer.

Embedded Software Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Embedded Software Engineer.

Embedded Software Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Embedded Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 2 (66.67%) Intel
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) VHDL
3 1 (33.33%) Siemens
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) PCIe
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) FPGA
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) GoogleTest
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) PCIe
1 1 (33.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Intel
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Siemens
227 Embedded Software Engineer jobs Nationwide