Embedded Systems Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Embedded Systems
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 335 452
Rank change year-on-year +47 +117 +156
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 16 10 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.065% 0.097%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 15
10th Percentile £416 - £435
25th Percentile £433 £325 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -36.36% +12.82%
75th Percentile £528 £400 £588
90th Percentile £645 £415 £615
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +18.75% -27.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £53.75
75th Percentile £77.50 - £57.81
90th Percentile - - £58.38
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Embedded Systems
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Systems trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Embedded Systems
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 Systems.

Embedded Systems daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Embedded Systems daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
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 Systems.

Embedded Systems hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
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 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (12.50%) Datadog
3 2 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (18.75%) Wireless
3 2 (12.50%) Bluetooth
3 2 (12.50%) DHCP
3 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) DOCSIS
3 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.25%) MQTT
4 1 (6.25%) Network Security
4 1 (6.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) InfluxDB
1 2 (12.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 2 (12.50%) KGDB
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) JUnit
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Automotive
2 2 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Tester
4 1 (6.25%) ASIC Design Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) ASIC Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) ASIC Verification Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Java Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Product Owner
4 1 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) IoT
2 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
2 5 (31.25%) Device Driver
3 2 (12.50%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (6.25%) ASIC
4 1 (6.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (6.25%) PMI
4 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Architectural Design
3 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) Cloud Enablement
3 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
3 5 (31.25%) Device Driver Development
3 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
3 5 (31.25%) SDLC
3 5 (31.25%) Signal Processing
4 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (18.75%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 2 (12.50%) Release Management
5 2 (12.50%) Scrum
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) C
2 7 (43.75%) Embedded C
3 4 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (18.75%) Java
4 3 (18.75%) Python
5 2 (12.50%) Embedded C++
5 2 (12.50%) Go
5 2 (12.50%) Rust
5 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
6 1 (6.25%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 2 (12.50%) CEH
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 2 (12.50%) OSCP
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CREST Certified
2 1 (6.25%) CSPO
2 1 (6.25%) OSCE
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Splunk