Embedded Software Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 556 724
Rank change year-on-year +140 +168 -188
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 115 90 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.19% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.20% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 30 14
10th Percentile £425 £425 £398
25th Percentile £450 £439 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £563 £571 £516
90th Percentile £575 £600 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £438
% change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% +10.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 40 25
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,767 45,838 67,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.60% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,422 32,556 48,342
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,340 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.05 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
East of England +4 40 £550 +4.76% 48
South East +50 37 £450 -1.20% 48
South West +31 28 £550 +4.76% 43
North of England - 6 - - 24
North East - 6 - - 4
Midlands +12 2 £492 -18.08% 25
London +85 1 - - 24
East Midlands +17 1 - - 12
West Midlands +15 1 £492 -18.08% 13
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 114 (99.13%) Software Engineering
2 78 (67.83%) C
3 49 (42.61%) Embedded C
4 32 (27.83%) C++
5 31 (26.96%) Validation
6 29 (25.22%) Linux
7 27 (23.48%) IBM
8 24 (20.87%) Electronics
8 24 (20.87%) Aerospace
9 23 (20.00%) FreeRTOS
10 22 (19.13%) Automotive
11 19 (16.52%) Configuration Management
11 19 (16.52%) ARM Cortex
11 19 (16.52%) Lauterbach
12 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
12 17 (14.78%) Security Cleared
12 17 (14.78%) Firmware
13 16 (13.91%) Degree
14 14 (12.17%) UML
14 14 (12.17%) Git
14 14 (12.17%) Software-Defined Radio
15 13 (11.30%) Embedded Software Development
15 13 (11.30%) Ada
16 12 (10.43%) Verification and Validation
16 12 (10.43%) Rational Rhapsody
17 11 (9.57%) Test Automation
17 11 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
18 10 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 9 (7.83%) Master's Degree
19 9 (7.83%) Python

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (3.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Simulink
1 3 (2.61%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.17%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (5.22%) SNMP
3 5 (4.35%) J1939
4 4 (3.48%) Wireless
5 1 (0.87%) 4G
5 1 (0.87%) 5G
Development Applications
1 14 (12.17%) Git
2 12 (10.43%) Rational Rhapsody
3 8 (6.96%) JIRA
3 8 (6.96%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (5.22%) Eclipse
5 4 (3.48%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.48%) GoogleTest
5 4 (3.48%) Robot Framework
5 4 (3.48%) Subversion
6 1 (0.87%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.87%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.87%) PVCS
6 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (20.87%) Aerospace
1 24 (20.87%) Electronics
2 22 (19.13%) Automotive
3 6 (5.22%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.48%) Military
6 3 (2.61%) Aviation
7 2 (1.74%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Wearables
8 1 (0.87%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) CSS
1 4 (3.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.52%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (6.09%) Algorithms
3 6 (5.22%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.35%) CAN bus
5 4 (3.48%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.48%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 29 (25.22%) Linux
2 23 (20.00%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.48%) SafeRTOS
3 4 (3.48%) Windows
4 1 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (99.13%) Software Engineering
2 31 (26.96%) Validation
3 19 (16.52%) Configuration Management
4 14 (12.17%) UML
5 13 (11.30%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (10.43%) Verification and Validation
7 11 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.57%) Test Automation
8 10 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (6.96%) Code Quality
9 8 (6.96%) Scrum
9 8 (6.96%) SDLC
9 8 (6.96%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (6.96%) Test Scripting
10 7 (6.09%) Agile
10 7 (6.09%) Computer Science
11 4 (3.48%) Defect Tracking
11 4 (3.48%) Signal Processing
11 4 (3.48%) Software Optimisation
11 4 (3.48%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 78 (67.83%) C
2 49 (42.61%) Embedded C
3 32 (27.83%) C++
4 13 (11.30%) Ada
5 9 (7.83%) Python
6 7 (6.09%) MATLAB
7 6 (5.22%) Embedded C++
8 4 (3.48%) Assembly Language
8 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.48%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.61%) Java
10 2 (1.74%) SQL
10 2 (1.74%) VB
11 1 (0.87%) Bash
11 1 (0.87%) C#
11 1 (0.87%) Perl
11 1 (0.87%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
1 17 (14.78%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.91%) Degree
3 9 (7.83%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.48%) PhD
5 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.22%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (5.22%) JTAG
System Software
1 17 (14.78%) Firmware
2 4 (3.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (5.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 27 (23.48%) IBM
2 19 (16.52%) Lauterbach
3 5 (4.35%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.48%) Google
5 3 (2.61%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.87%) QNX
6 1 (0.87%) Twitter