The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Software Development 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham 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 Software Development
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £280 £293
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +25.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
296 374 288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.58% 61.01% 57.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 203 181
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £227 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 10
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £119.80 £34.40 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Embedded Software Development
West Midlands

Embedded Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Software Development across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham Embedded Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Embedded Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Software Development
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Software Development.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive

Embedded Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++