Embedded Software Engineer Contracts

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 581 791
Rank change year-on-year +135 +210 -174
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 146 107 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.19% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.20% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 36 15
10th Percentile £400 £416 £398
25th Percentile £425 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% +16.13%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £506
90th Percentile £570 £588 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -1.70% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 45 26
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.11 £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 £65.00 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +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 40,368 52,724 84,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.55% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 36,785 59,307
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,898 1,484 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.53
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +15.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.00 £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 7 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 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +106 139 £492 -1.70% 170
England +124 133 £475 -9.52% 178
South East +48 44 £450 -1.20% 36
East of England +1 43 £525 +5.00% 53
Work from Home +121 38 £475 +8.77% 62
South West +37 32 £550 +4.76% 27
Scotland +42 8 - - 9
North of England - 7 - - 22
North East - 6 - - 2
Midlands +14 4 £475 -20.83% 20
London +73 3 £400 -27.27% 15
East Midlands +10 3 £475 - 10
Wales +18 1 - - 7
West Midlands +7 1 £492 -18.08% 10
North West - 1 - - 13

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 145 (99.32%) Software Engineering
2 90 (61.64%) C
3 58 (39.73%) Embedded C
4 47 (32.19%) Linux
5 38 (26.03%) C++
6 33 (22.60%) IBM
7 30 (20.55%) Electronics
8 29 (19.86%) Validation
8 29 (19.86%) Configuration Management
9 28 (19.18%) Aerospace
10 27 (18.49%) FreeRTOS
11 25 (17.12%) Lauterbach
11 25 (17.12%) ARM Cortex
12 24 (16.44%) Firmware
13 22 (15.07%) Automotive
14 19 (13.01%) Software-Defined Radio
15 18 (12.33%) SC Cleared
15 18 (12.33%) Security Cleared
15 18 (12.33%) Git
15 18 (12.33%) UML
16 17 (11.64%) Degree
17 15 (10.27%) Agile
18 13 (8.90%) Ada
18 13 (8.90%) Embedded Software Development
18 13 (8.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 12 (8.22%) Rational Rhapsody
19 12 (8.22%) Atlassian
19 12 (8.22%) JIRA
19 12 (8.22%) Scrum
20 10 (6.85%) Eclipse

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 8 (5.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Simulink
1 3 (2.05%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.01%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (6.85%) SNMP
3 5 (3.42%) J1939
4 4 (2.74%) Internet
4 4 (2.74%) Wireless
5 1 (0.68%) 4G
5 1 (0.68%) 5G
5 1 (0.68%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (12.33%) Git
2 12 (8.22%) JIRA
2 12 (8.22%) Rational Rhapsody
3 10 (6.85%) Eclipse
4 8 (5.48%) Bitbucket
4 8 (5.48%) GoogleTest
4 8 (5.48%) Robot Framework
5 6 (4.11%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (2.74%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.68%) PVCS
7 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (20.55%) Electronics
2 28 (19.18%) Aerospace
3 22 (15.07%) Automotive
4 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.42%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.74%) Military
7 3 (2.05%) Aviation
8 2 (1.37%) Finance
8 2 (1.37%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.37%) Wearables
9 1 (0.68%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) CSS
1 8 (5.48%) HTML
2 1 (0.68%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.12%) ARM Cortex
2 8 (5.48%) Device Driver
3 7 (4.79%) Algorithms
3 7 (4.79%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (4.11%) IoT
5 5 (3.42%) CAN bus
6 4 (2.74%) PCIe
6 4 (2.74%) Verilog
6 4 (2.74%) VHDL
7 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 47 (32.19%) Linux
2 27 (18.49%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (5.48%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.74%) SafeRTOS
4 4 (2.74%) VxWorks
5 3 (2.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (99.32%) Software Engineering
2 29 (19.86%) Configuration Management
2 29 (19.86%) Validation
3 18 (12.33%) UML
4 15 (10.27%) Agile
5 13 (8.90%) Embedded Software Development
5 13 (8.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (8.22%) Scrum
7 10 (6.85%) Verification and Validation
8 9 (6.16%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (6.16%) Test Automation
9 8 (5.48%) Code Quality
9 8 (5.48%) Computer Science
9 8 (5.48%) Defect Tracking
9 8 (5.48%) SDLC
9 8 (5.48%) SysML
9 8 (5.48%) Systems Engineering
10 6 (4.11%) Test Scripting
11 5 (3.42%) Battery Management
12 4 (2.74%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 90 (61.64%) C
2 58 (39.73%) Embedded C
3 38 (26.03%) C++
4 13 (8.90%) Ada
5 9 (6.16%) Python
6 8 (5.48%) Embedded C++
6 8 (5.48%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.79%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.74%) Assembly Language
8 4 (2.74%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.74%) SQL
9 2 (1.37%) Java
9 2 (1.37%) VB
10 1 (0.68%) Bash
10 1 (0.68%) C#
10 1 (0.68%) Perl
10 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (12.33%) SC Cleared
1 18 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.64%) Degree
3 9 (6.16%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.74%) PhD
5 3 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.11%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (4.11%) JTAG
2 4 (2.74%) MISRA
2 4 (2.74%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.68%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 24 (16.44%) Firmware
2 4 (2.74%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (22.60%) IBM
2 25 (17.12%) Lauterbach
3 12 (8.22%) Atlassian
4 8 (5.48%) Google
5 4 (2.74%) Intel
6 3 (2.05%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.68%) QNX
7 1 (0.68%) Twitter