Embedded Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Engineer daily rate in England is £483 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 510 709
Rank change year-on-year +110 +199 -149
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 143 128 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.29% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 58 20
10th Percentile £351 £375 £398
25th Percentile £406 £425 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +6.94% +16.13%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £491
90th Percentile £575 £583 £541
UK median daily rate £483 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.74% +5.56% +15.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 46 39
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 -
25th Percentile £51.06 £51.56 £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 median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,518 44,474 67,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,601 31,623 48,168
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,625 1,324 1,768
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.38 £12.74
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +45 45 £450 -1.37% 67
East of England -12 45 £500 +2.56% 55
South West +26 34 £550 +22.22% 36
North of England +29 7 - - 22
London +75 6 £475 -8.43% 11
Midlands +17 6 £483 -19.46% 31
North East - 6 - - 2
East Midlands +15 5 £475 - 17
North West +13 1 - - 13
West Midlands +5 1 £492 -18.08% 14
Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 across the England region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 136 (95.10%) Software Engineering
2 88 (61.54%) C
3 56 (39.16%) Embedded C
4 42 (29.37%) C++
4 42 (29.37%) Linux
5 33 (23.08%) IBM
6 32 (22.38%) Validation
7 30 (20.98%) Aerospace
8 27 (18.88%) FreeRTOS
9 25 (17.48%) Lauterbach
9 25 (17.48%) Automotive
9 25 (17.48%) Electronics
9 25 (17.48%) Configuration Management
9 25 (17.48%) ARM Cortex
10 22 (15.38%) Firmware
11 19 (13.29%) Git
11 19 (13.29%) Software-Defined Radio
12 18 (12.59%) SC Cleared
12 18 (12.59%) Security Cleared
12 18 (12.59%) UML
13 16 (11.19%) Degree
14 13 (9.09%) JIRA
14 13 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
14 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 13 (9.09%) Ada
15 12 (8.39%) Python
15 12 (8.39%) Scrum
15 12 (8.39%) Rational Rhapsody
16 11 (7.69%) Agile
17 10 (6.99%) Eclipse

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Simulink
2 3 (2.10%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.29%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (6.99%) SNMP
3 5 (3.50%) J1939
4 4 (2.80%) Wireless
5 1 (0.70%) 4G
5 1 (0.70%) 5G
5 1 (0.70%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (13.29%) Git
2 13 (9.09%) JIRA
3 12 (8.39%) Rational Rhapsody
4 10 (6.99%) Eclipse
5 9 (6.29%) Bitbucket
6 8 (5.59%) GoogleTest
6 8 (5.59%) Robot Framework
7 6 (4.20%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (2.80%) Subversion
9 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.70%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.70%) CMake
9 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.70%) PVCS
9 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (20.98%) Aerospace
2 25 (17.48%) Automotive
2 25 (17.48%) Electronics
3 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.50%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.80%) Military
6 3 (2.10%) Aviation
6 3 (2.10%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.40%) Finance
7 2 (1.40%) Wearables
8 1 (0.70%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.59%) CSS
1 8 (5.59%) HTML
2 1 (0.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.48%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (4.90%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.20%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.50%) CAN bus
5 4 (2.80%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.40%) IoT
6 2 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 42 (29.37%) Linux
2 27 (18.88%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.80%) SafeRTOS
4 3 (2.10%) Windows
5 1 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (95.10%) Software Engineering
2 32 (22.38%) Validation
3 25 (17.48%) Configuration Management
4 18 (12.59%) UML
5 13 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
5 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (8.39%) Scrum
7 11 (7.69%) Agile
8 10 (6.99%) Test Automation
8 10 (6.99%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (6.29%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (6.29%) SDLC
9 9 (6.29%) Systems Engineering
10 8 (5.59%) Code Quality
10 8 (5.59%) SysML
11 7 (4.90%) Computer Science
12 6 (4.20%) Test Scripting
13 5 (3.50%) Battery Management
14 4 (2.80%) Defect Tracking
14 4 (2.80%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 88 (61.54%) C
2 56 (39.16%) Embedded C
3 42 (29.37%) C++
4 13 (9.09%) Ada
5 12 (8.39%) Python
6 10 (6.99%) MATLAB
7 9 (6.29%) Embedded C++
8 8 (5.59%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.80%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.80%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.80%) SQL
10 2 (1.40%) Java
10 2 (1.40%) VB
11 1 (0.70%) Bash
11 1 (0.70%) C#
11 1 (0.70%) Fortran
11 1 (0.70%) Perl
11 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (12.59%) SC Cleared
1 18 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.19%) Degree
3 9 (6.29%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.80%) PhD
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (4.20%) JTAG
3 1 (0.70%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 22 (15.38%) Firmware
2 4 (2.80%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (23.08%) IBM
2 25 (17.48%) Lauterbach
3 8 (5.59%) Atlassian
3 8 (5.59%) Google
4 3 (2.10%) MathWorks
5 2 (1.40%) QNX
6 1 (0.70%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.70%) Twitter