The first table below looks at the demand for Simulink skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Simulink over the 3 months to 24 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 Applications category for the Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
The MathWorks Simulink
Rank 35 - 28
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Simulink 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.304% - 2.344%
As % of the Applications category 2.632% - 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £38.50 - £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.64 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-0.96% +7.24%
All Applications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
38 38 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 11.55% 8.962% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 15
Average daily rate £260 £275 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -5.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £249
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £500 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 13
Average hourly rate £25.00 £11.65 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+114.59% -6.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £9.75 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.60 £13.57 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Simulink
Cambridgeshire

Simulink
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Simulink across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Cambridge Simulink Jobs Demand Trend

Simulink
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Simulink Daily Rate Trend

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Simulink Hourly Rate Trend

Simulink
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Simulink 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 Simulink.

1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) LabVIEW
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (25.00%) Twitter
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (25.00%) Military

Simulink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Simulink 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 Simulink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Test Development Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Twitter