Hardware-in-the-Loop Contracts

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware-in-the-Loop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 679 847
Rank change year-on-year +145 +168 -134
Contract jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop 37 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.030% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.033% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £90 - -
25th Percentile £163 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £297 - £509
75th Percentile £443 - £529
90th Percentile £522 - £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £297 - £509
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 12
10th Percentile - £51.50 -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +81.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £60.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +81.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,539 50,904 80,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.04% 89.75% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,560 35,264 56,167
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £440 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,684 1,915
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.51
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.21%

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware-in-the-Loop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Daily rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware-in-the-Loop in the UK

Hardware-in-the-Loop
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware-in-the-Loop within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
England +118 37 £297 - 39
UK excluding London +56 31 £297 - 38
Work from Home +127 20 - - 2
East of England +21 15 £44 - 4
Midlands +27 6 - - 24
South West +13 6 £550 - 5
West Midlands - 6 - - 18
London - 6 - -
North West - 4 - -
North of England - 4 - -

Hardware-in-the-Loop
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:

Applications
1 36 (97.30%) Simulink
2 27 (72.97%) Stateflow
3 5 (13.51%) TargetLink
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Git
2 5 (13.51%) Bitbucket
2 5 (13.51%) Subversion
3 2 (5.41%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (5.41%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (2.70%) ClearCase
General
1 26 (70.27%) Automotive
2 19 (51.35%) Legal
3 4 (10.81%) Aerospace
4 3 (8.11%) Law
5 2 (5.41%) Aviation
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Software Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Control Systems Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Real Time Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (70.27%) Algorithms
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (86.49%) Software Engineering
2 29 (78.38%) Validation
3 25 (67.57%) Verification and Validation
4 20 (54.05%) Test Automation
5 19 (51.35%) Computer Science
6 9 (24.32%) Mathematics
7 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Mathematical Modelling
7 7 (18.92%) Multithreading
7 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
8 6 (16.22%) Agile
8 6 (16.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 6 (16.22%) Project Management
8 6 (16.22%) UML
9 5 (13.51%) Black-Box Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Functional Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Integration Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Line Management
9 5 (13.51%) QMS
9 5 (13.51%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (94.59%) MATLAB
2 15 (40.54%) C
3 8 (21.62%) C++
4 2 (5.41%) Fortran
4 2 (5.41%) Python
5 1 (2.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 7 (18.92%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) ISO 26262
2 5 (13.51%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (13.51%) MISRA
2 5 (13.51%) MISRA C
3 1 (2.70%) DO-178B
3 1 (2.70%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) MathWorks
2 1 (2.70%) Twitter