Embedded Engineer Contracts

Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in the UK is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 433 560 788
Rank change year-on-year +127 +228 -174
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 161 137 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.25% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.26% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 60 20
10th Percentile £351 £375 £398
25th Percentile £406 £425 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +5.56% +13.92%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £491
90th Percentile £575 £578 £541
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +1.74% +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 47 40
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 -
25th Percentile £51.06 £51.88 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,533 52,506 83,140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,086 36,648 58,637
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £407 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,938 1,481 1,935
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.18 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.71 £65.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% +7.82%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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
UK excluding London +81 151 £483 +1.74% 208
England +119 145 £483 +0.42% 208
South East +49 47 £450 -1.37% 63
East of England -11 45 £500 +2.56% 54
Work from Home +93 38 £475 +8.57% 66
South West +21 34 £550 +22.22% 35
Scotland +38 8 - - 14
North of England +33 7 - - 16
London +74 6 £475 -8.43% 12
Midlands +11 6 £483 -19.46% 27
North East - 6 - - 1
East Midlands +12 5 £475 - 13
Wales +26 4 - - 7
North West +14 1 - - 9
West Midlands +4 1 £492 -18.08% 14

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Embedded 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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 151 (93.79%) Software Engineering
2 93 (57.76%) C
3 60 (37.27%) Embedded C
4 50 (31.06%) Linux
5 47 (29.19%) C++
6 34 (21.12%) Electronics
7 33 (20.50%) IBM
8 32 (19.88%) Validation
9 30 (18.63%) Aerospace
10 29 (18.01%) Configuration Management
10 29 (18.01%) Firmware
11 27 (16.77%) FreeRTOS
12 25 (15.53%) ARM Cortex
12 25 (15.53%) Automotive
12 25 (15.53%) Lauterbach
13 20 (12.42%) Software-Defined Radio
14 19 (11.80%) Git
15 18 (11.18%) SC Cleared
15 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
15 18 (11.18%) UML
16 17 (10.56%) Degree
17 15 (9.32%) Agile
18 13 (8.07%) JIRA
18 13 (8.07%) Embedded Software Development
18 13 (8.07%) Ada
18 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 12 (7.45%) Embedded C++
19 12 (7.45%) Python
19 12 (7.45%) Scrum
19 12 (7.45%) Rational Rhapsody

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (5.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Simulink
2 3 (1.86%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.42%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (6.21%) SNMP
3 5 (3.11%) J1939
4 4 (2.48%) Internet
4 4 (2.48%) Wireless
5 1 (0.62%) 4G
5 1 (0.62%) 5G
5 1 (0.62%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (11.80%) Git
2 13 (8.07%) JIRA
3 12 (7.45%) Rational Rhapsody
4 10 (6.21%) Eclipse
5 9 (5.59%) Bitbucket
6 8 (4.97%) GoogleTest
6 8 (4.97%) Robot Framework
7 6 (3.73%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (2.48%) Subversion
9 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.62%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.62%) CMake
9 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.62%) PVCS
9 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (21.12%) Electronics
2 30 (18.63%) Aerospace
3 25 (15.53%) Automotive
4 6 (3.73%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.11%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.48%) Military
7 3 (1.86%) Aviation
7 3 (1.86%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.24%) Finance
8 2 (1.24%) Wearables
9 1 (0.62%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) CSS
1 8 (4.97%) HTML
2 2 (1.24%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.53%) ARM Cortex
2 8 (4.97%) Device Driver
3 7 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 7 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (3.73%) IoT
5 5 (3.11%) CAN bus
6 4 (2.48%) PCIe
6 4 (2.48%) Verilog
6 4 (2.48%) VHDL
7 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 50 (31.06%) Linux
2 27 (16.77%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (4.97%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.48%) SafeRTOS
4 4 (2.48%) VxWorks
5 3 (1.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (93.79%) Software Engineering
2 32 (19.88%) Validation
3 29 (18.01%) Configuration Management
4 18 (11.18%) UML
5 15 (9.32%) Agile
6 13 (8.07%) Embedded Software Development
6 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (7.45%) Scrum
8 10 (6.21%) Test Automation
8 10 (6.21%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (5.59%) SDLC
9 9 (5.59%) Systems Engineering
10 8 (4.97%) Code Quality
10 8 (4.97%) Computer Science
10 8 (4.97%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (4.97%) SysML
11 6 (3.73%) CI/CD
11 6 (3.73%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (3.73%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 93 (57.76%) C
2 60 (37.27%) Embedded C
3 47 (29.19%) C++
4 13 (8.07%) Ada
5 12 (7.45%) Embedded C++
5 12 (7.45%) Python
6 10 (6.21%) MATLAB
7 8 (4.97%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.48%) Assembly Language
8 4 (2.48%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.48%) SQL
9 2 (1.24%) Java
9 2 (1.24%) VB
10 1 (0.62%) Bash
10 1 (0.62%) C#
10 1 (0.62%) Fortran
10 1 (0.62%) Perl
10 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.62%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (11.18%) SC Cleared
1 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.56%) Degree
3 9 (5.59%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.48%) PhD
5 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.97%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (3.73%) JTAG
3 4 (2.48%) MISRA
3 4 (2.48%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.62%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 29 (18.01%) Firmware
2 7 (4.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.73%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (20.50%) IBM
2 25 (15.53%) Lauterbach
3 12 (7.45%) Atlassian
4 8 (4.97%) Google
5 4 (2.48%) Intel
6 3 (1.86%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.24%) QNX
8 1 (0.62%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.62%) Twitter