Embedded Software Engineer Contracts

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £483 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 576 782
Rank change year-on-year +138 +206 -158
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 137 106 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.19% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.20% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 37 16
10th Percentile £400 £417 £398
25th Percentile £419 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +20.00% +12.90%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £491
90th Percentile £573 £585 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £513 £438
% change year-on-year -3.27% +17.14% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 43 26
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.25 £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 excluding London median hourly rate £63.75 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +10.87% +4.55% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
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% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +85 130 £496 -3.27% 155
England +114 124 £483 -7.95% 156
East of England -2 43 £525 +5.00% 40
South East +41 38 £450 -1.20% 39
Work from Home +110 37 £438 +0.18% 51
South West +29 31 £550 +4.76% 27
Scotland +38 8 - - 12
North of England - 6 - - 18
North East - 6 - - 3
London +81 3 £400 -27.27% 13
Midlands +16 3 £483 -19.46% 19
East Midlands +12 2 £475 - 9
Wales +18 1 - - 5
West Midlands +7 1 £492 -18.08% 10

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 136 (99.27%) Software Engineering
2 89 (64.96%) C
3 57 (41.61%) Embedded C
4 41 (29.93%) Linux
5 35 (25.55%) C++
6 31 (22.63%) IBM
7 30 (21.90%) Electronics
8 29 (21.17%) Validation
9 27 (19.71%) Configuration Management
10 26 (18.98%) FreeRTOS
11 25 (18.25%) Aerospace
12 23 (16.79%) Lauterbach
12 23 (16.79%) ARM Cortex
13 22 (16.06%) Automotive
13 22 (16.06%) Firmware
14 17 (12.41%) Degree
14 17 (12.41%) SC Cleared
14 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
15 15 (10.95%) Git
15 15 (10.95%) Software-Defined Radio
15 15 (10.95%) UML
16 13 (9.49%) Ada
16 13 (9.49%) Embedded Software Development
17 12 (8.76%) Rational Rhapsody
17 12 (8.76%) Agile
18 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 10 (7.30%) Problem-Solving
19 10 (7.30%) Test Automation
19 10 (7.30%) Verification and Validation
20 9 (6.57%) Scrum

Embedded Software 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 5 (3.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Simulink
1 3 (2.19%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.95%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (5.11%) SNMP
3 5 (3.65%) J1939
4 4 (2.92%) Internet
4 4 (2.92%) Wireless
5 1 (0.73%) 4G
5 1 (0.73%) 5G
5 1 (0.73%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Git
2 12 (8.76%) Rational Rhapsody
3 9 (6.57%) JIRA
4 7 (5.11%) Eclipse
4 7 (5.11%) Rational DOORS
5 5 (3.65%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.65%) GoogleTest
5 5 (3.65%) Robot Framework
6 4 (2.92%) Subversion
7 1 (0.73%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.73%) PVCS
7 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (21.90%) Electronics
2 25 (18.25%) Aerospace
3 22 (16.06%) Automotive
4 6 (4.38%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.65%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.92%) Military
7 3 (2.19%) Aviation
8 2 (1.46%) Finance
8 2 (1.46%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Wearables
9 1 (0.73%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) CSS
1 5 (3.65%) HTML
2 1 (0.73%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.79%) ARM Cortex
2 8 (5.84%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.11%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.11%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (5.11%) IoT
4 5 (3.65%) CAN bus
5 4 (2.92%) PCIe
5 4 (2.92%) Verilog
5 4 (2.92%) VHDL
6 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 41 (29.93%) Linux
2 26 (18.98%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (5.84%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.92%) SafeRTOS
4 4 (2.92%) VxWorks
5 3 (2.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (99.27%) Software Engineering
2 29 (21.17%) Validation
3 27 (19.71%) Configuration Management
4 15 (10.95%) UML
5 13 (9.49%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (8.76%) Agile
7 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (7.30%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (7.30%) Test Automation
8 10 (7.30%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (6.57%) Scrum
10 8 (5.84%) Code Quality
10 8 (5.84%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.84%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (5.84%) SDLC
10 8 (5.84%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (5.11%) Test Scripting
12 5 (3.65%) Battery Management
12 5 (3.65%) SysML
13 4 (2.92%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (64.96%) C
2 57 (41.61%) Embedded C
3 35 (25.55%) C++
4 13 (9.49%) Ada
5 9 (6.57%) Python
6 8 (5.84%) Embedded C++
7 7 (5.11%) MATLAB
8 5 (3.65%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.92%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.92%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.92%) SQL
10 2 (1.46%) Java
10 2 (1.46%) VB
11 1 (0.73%) Bash
11 1 (0.73%) C#
11 1 (0.73%) Perl
11 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.73%) Rust
Qualifications
1 17 (12.41%) Degree
1 17 (12.41%) SC Cleared
1 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.57%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.92%) PhD
4 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.38%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (4.38%) JTAG
2 4 (2.92%) MISRA
2 4 (2.92%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.73%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 22 (16.06%) Firmware
2 4 (2.92%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 31 (22.63%) IBM
2 23 (16.79%) Lauterbach
3 9 (6.57%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.65%) Google
5 4 (2.92%) Intel
6 3 (2.19%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.73%) QNX
7 1 (0.73%) Twitter