The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 122 138 124
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -14
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.041% 0.033% 0.034%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.202% 0.195% 0.157%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £275 - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.30% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-15.15% +17.85%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
496 514 637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 20.50% 16.86% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 200 213
Average daily rate £325 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £476 £435 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 48 39
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £44.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Embedded Linux
South East

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire Embedded Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Embedded Linux Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 1 £275 -
Embedded Linux
South East

Embedded Linux
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Embedded Linux also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded Linux.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (50.00%) Handset
2 1 (50.00%) NFC
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (50.00%) Renesas
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Perl

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Embedded Linux also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (50.00%) 3G
1 1 (50.00%) NFC
1 1 (50.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (50.00%) Handset
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (50.00%) Renesas