Embedded Software Engineer Contracts in England

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in England is £475 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 410 546 731
Rank change year-on-year +136 +185 -159
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 133 92 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.20% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.21% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 15
10th Percentile £400 £425 £398
25th Percentile £425 £427 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £506
90th Percentile £570 £593 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 44 25
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.44 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +10.00%

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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software 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 Software 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 +54 44 £450 -1.20% 44
East of England -3 43 £525 +5.00% 45
South West +35 32 £550 +4.76% 28
North of England - 7 - - 21
North East - 6 - - 2
Midlands +16 4 £475 -20.83% 23
London +73 3 £400 -27.27% 10
East Midlands +13 3 £475 - 11
West Midlands +6 1 £492 -18.08% 12
North West - 1 - - 12
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

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

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

1 132 (99.25%) Software Engineering
2 85 (63.91%) C
3 54 (40.60%) Embedded C
4 39 (29.32%) Linux
5 34 (25.56%) C++
6 33 (24.81%) IBM
7 29 (21.80%) Validation
8 28 (21.05%) Aerospace
9 27 (20.30%) FreeRTOS
10 25 (18.80%) ARM Cortex
10 25 (18.80%) Lauterbach
10 25 (18.80%) Configuration Management
11 24 (18.05%) Electronics
12 22 (16.54%) Automotive
13 20 (15.04%) Firmware
14 19 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
15 18 (13.53%) SC Cleared
15 18 (13.53%) Security Cleared
15 18 (13.53%) Git
15 18 (13.53%) UML
16 16 (12.03%) Degree
17 13 (9.77%) Ada
17 13 (9.77%) Embedded Software Development
17 13 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 12 (9.02%) Rational Rhapsody
18 12 (9.02%) JIRA
18 12 (9.02%) Scrum
19 11 (8.27%) Agile
20 10 (7.52%) Eclipse
20 10 (7.52%) SNMP

Embedded Software 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 8 (6.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Simulink
1 3 (2.26%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (7.52%) SNMP
3 5 (3.76%) J1939
4 4 (3.01%) Wireless
5 1 (0.75%) 4G
5 1 (0.75%) 5G
5 1 (0.75%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (13.53%) Git
2 12 (9.02%) JIRA
2 12 (9.02%) Rational Rhapsody
3 10 (7.52%) Eclipse
4 8 (6.02%) Bitbucket
4 8 (6.02%) GoogleTest
4 8 (6.02%) Robot Framework
5 6 (4.51%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (3.01%) Subversion
7 1 (0.75%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.75%) PVCS
7 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (21.05%) Aerospace
2 24 (18.05%) Electronics
3 22 (16.54%) Automotive
4 6 (4.51%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.76%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.01%) Military
7 3 (2.26%) Aviation
8 2 (1.50%) Finance
8 2 (1.50%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Wearables
9 1 (0.75%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.02%) CSS
1 8 (6.02%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.80%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (5.26%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.51%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.76%) CAN bus
5 4 (3.01%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.50%) IoT
6 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (29.32%) Linux
2 27 (20.30%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.01%) SafeRTOS
4 3 (2.26%) Windows
5 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (99.25%) Software Engineering
2 29 (21.80%) Validation
3 25 (18.80%) Configuration Management
4 18 (13.53%) UML
5 13 (9.77%) Embedded Software Development
5 13 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (9.02%) Scrum
7 11 (8.27%) Agile
8 10 (7.52%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (6.77%) Test Automation
10 8 (6.02%) Code Quality
10 8 (6.02%) SDLC
10 8 (6.02%) SysML
10 8 (6.02%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (5.26%) Computer Science
12 6 (4.51%) Test Scripting
13 5 (3.76%) Battery Management
14 4 (3.01%) Defect Tracking
14 4 (3.01%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 85 (63.91%) C
2 54 (40.60%) Embedded C
3 34 (25.56%) C++
4 13 (9.77%) Ada
5 9 (6.77%) Python
6 8 (6.02%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.26%) MATLAB
8 5 (3.76%) Embedded C++
9 4 (3.01%) Assembly Language
9 4 (3.01%) Shell Script
9 4 (3.01%) SQL
10 2 (1.50%) Java
10 2 (1.50%) VB
11 1 (0.75%) Bash
11 1 (0.75%) C#
11 1 (0.75%) Perl
11 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (13.53%) SC Cleared
1 18 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.03%) Degree
3 9 (6.77%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.01%) PhD
5 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (4.51%) JTAG
2 1 (0.75%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 20 (15.04%) Firmware
2 4 (3.01%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (24.81%) IBM
2 25 (18.80%) Lauterbach
3 8 (6.02%) Atlassian
3 8 (6.02%) Google
4 3 (2.26%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.75%) QNX
5 1 (0.75%) Twitter