Embedded Software Engineer Contracts

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 587 791
Rank change year-on-year +143 +204 -171
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 127 100 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.18% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.19% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 32 14
10th Percentile £425 £421 £398
25th Percentile £450 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% +10.06%
75th Percentile £563 £564 £516
90th Percentile £575 £598 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 41 25
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £42.50
25th Percentile £51.06 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% +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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £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
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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +102 121 £500 -4.76% 186
England +133 114 £500 -4.76% 192
East of England -2 40 £550 +4.76% 47
South East +61 36 £450 -1.20% 48
Work from Home +106 35 £496 +13.73% 79
South West +29 28 £550 +4.76% 37
Scotland +42 8 - - 14
North of England - 6 - - 16
North East - 6 - - 1
Midlands +17 2 £492 -18.08% 22
London +83 1 - - 24
Wales +18 1 - - 4
West Midlands +17 1 £492 -18.08% 10
East Midlands +14 1 - - 12

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 126 (99.21%) Software Engineering
2 83 (65.35%) C
3 53 (41.73%) Embedded C
4 36 (28.35%) Linux
5 35 (27.56%) C++
6 31 (24.41%) Validation
7 30 (23.62%) Electronics
8 27 (21.26%) IBM
9 24 (18.90%) Aerospace
10 23 (18.11%) Configuration Management
10 23 (18.11%) FreeRTOS
11 22 (17.32%) Automotive
12 21 (16.54%) Firmware
13 19 (14.96%) ARM Cortex
13 19 (14.96%) Lauterbach
14 17 (13.39%) Degree
15 16 (12.60%) SC Cleared
15 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
16 14 (11.02%) Software-Defined Radio
16 14 (11.02%) UML
17 13 (10.24%) Ada
17 13 (10.24%) Embedded Software Development
17 13 (10.24%) Git
18 12 (9.45%) Rational Rhapsody
18 12 (9.45%) Verification and Validation
19 11 (8.66%) Test Automation
19 11 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
20 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 10 (7.87%) Agile
21 9 (7.09%) Embedded C++

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 4 (3.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Simulink
1 3 (2.36%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.02%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (3.94%) J1939
2 5 (3.94%) SNMP
3 4 (3.15%) Internet
3 4 (3.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.79%) 4G
4 1 (0.79%) 5G
Development Applications
1 13 (10.24%) Git
2 12 (9.45%) Rational Rhapsody
3 8 (6.30%) JIRA
3 8 (6.30%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (3.94%) Eclipse
5 4 (3.15%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.15%) GoogleTest
5 4 (3.15%) Robot Framework
5 4 (3.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.79%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.79%) PVCS
6 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (23.62%) Electronics
2 24 (18.90%) Aerospace
3 22 (17.32%) Automotive
4 6 (4.72%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.15%) Military
7 3 (2.36%) Aviation
8 2 (1.57%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Wearables
9 1 (0.79%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) CSS
1 4 (3.15%) HTML
2 1 (0.79%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.96%) ARM Cortex
2 8 (6.30%) Device Driver
2 8 (6.30%) IoT
3 7 (5.51%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.51%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.94%) CAN bus
5 4 (3.15%) PCIe
5 4 (3.15%) Verilog
5 4 (3.15%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 36 (28.35%) Linux
2 23 (18.11%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (6.30%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (3.15%) SafeRTOS
4 4 (3.15%) VxWorks
5 3 (2.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (99.21%) Software Engineering
2 31 (24.41%) Validation
3 23 (18.11%) Configuration Management
4 14 (11.02%) UML
5 13 (10.24%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (9.45%) Verification and Validation
7 11 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (8.66%) Test Automation
8 10 (7.87%) Agile
8 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (6.30%) Code Quality
9 8 (6.30%) Computer Science
9 8 (6.30%) Defect Tracking
9 8 (6.30%) SDLC
9 8 (6.30%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (6.30%) Test Scripting
10 7 (5.51%) Scrum
11 4 (3.15%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (3.15%) Requirements Management
11 4 (3.15%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 83 (65.35%) C
2 53 (41.73%) Embedded C
3 35 (27.56%) C++
4 13 (10.24%) Ada
5 9 (7.09%) Embedded C++
5 9 (7.09%) Python
6 7 (5.51%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.15%) Assembly Language
7 4 (3.15%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.15%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.57%) Java
8 2 (1.57%) SQL
8 2 (1.57%) VB
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) C#
9 1 (0.79%) Perl
9 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (13.39%) Degree
2 16 (12.60%) SC Cleared
2 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.09%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.15%) PhD
5 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (4.72%) JTAG
2 4 (3.15%) MISRA
2 4 (3.15%) MISRA C
System Software
1 21 (16.54%) Firmware
2 4 (3.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.72%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 27 (21.26%) IBM
2 19 (14.96%) Lauterbach
3 9 (7.09%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.15%) Google
4 4 (3.15%) Intel
5 3 (2.36%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.79%) QNX
6 1 (0.79%) Twitter
221 Embedded Software Engineer jobs Nationwide