Embedded Systems Contracts

Embedded Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 594 798
Rank change year-on-year +51 +204 -142
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 32 88 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.16% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.47% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 48 21
10th Percentile £325 £375 £400
25th Percentile £375 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £506 £625 £538
90th Percentile £541 £691 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -3.95% +2.70% +8.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 2
10th Percentile £36.37 £45.63 -
25th Percentile £43.43 £50.31 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £79.06 £56.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £83.75 £62.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -2.56%

All Generic Skills
UK

Embedded Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems 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
England +35 28 £425 -22.73% 144
UK excluding London +5 23 £456 -3.95% 128
Work from Home +94 8 £350 -36.36% 38
London +79 8 £350 -41.67% 17
South West +7 7 £425 +6.25% 28
East of England -17 6 £488 +2.63% 29
South East -2 3 - - 38
North West - 3 £331 - 7
North of England - 3 £331 - 10
Wales - 2 £550 -
Scotland +37 1 - - 8
Midlands +20 1 £550 - 17
West Midlands +11 1 £550 - 9

Embedded Systems
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 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Amazon Alexa
1 1 (3.13%) Firebase
1 1 (3.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Ethernet
2 2 (6.25%) MQTT
3 1 (3.13%) 4G
3 1 (3.13%) Bluetooth
3 1 (3.13%) DHCP
3 1 (3.13%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) DVB
3 1 (3.13%) HTTP
3 1 (3.13%) LTE
3 1 (3.13%) RS-422
3 1 (3.13%) RTSP
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (31.25%) Aerospace
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Electronics
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
4 2 (6.25%) Military
4 2 (6.25%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.13%) Advertising
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) German Language
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Software Engineer
2 9 (28.13%) Senior
3 8 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (18.75%) Developer
6 4 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Electronics Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Applications Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) Designer
9 1 (3.13%) Firmware Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) FPGA Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) IoT Developer
9 1 (3.13%) Senior C++ Developer
9 1 (3.13%) UI Designer
9 1 (3.13%) UI Developer
9 1 (3.13%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) GStreamer
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.13%) Ionic Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) PCIe
2 2 (6.25%) Device Driver
2 2 (6.25%) FPGA
3 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.13%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.13%) Digital TV
3 1 (3.13%) IoT
3 1 (3.13%) VHDL
3 1 (3.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Linux
2 4 (12.50%) SafeRTOS
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (6.25%) Windows
4 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Software Engineering
2 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
4 7 (21.88%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (21.88%) SDLC
4 7 (21.88%) Validation
5 6 (18.75%) Code Quality
6 5 (15.63%) UML
7 4 (12.50%) Agile
8 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.38%) Verification and Validation
9 2 (6.25%) Battery Management
9 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (6.25%) Mathematics
9 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (6.25%) Software Testing
9 2 (6.25%) Systems Analysis
9 2 (6.25%) User Experience
9 2 (6.25%) UX Design
9 2 (6.25%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) C
2 8 (25.00%) C++
3 5 (15.63%) C#
4 4 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.25%) Perl
5 2 (6.25%) SQL
5 2 (6.25%) VB
6 1 (3.13%) Ada
6 1 (3.13%) Bash
6 1 (3.13%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
6 1 (3.13%) PHP
6 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.13%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Degree
2 8 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 7 (21.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) Firmware
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Apple
2 1 (3.13%) Google
2 1 (3.13%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) VMware
2 1 (3.13%) Xilinx