City of London Embedded Linux Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Embedded Linux
Location Berkshire Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Leamington Spa London Midlands South East South West Southampton UK Warwickshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	194
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.053 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.07	£36.61
% change on same period last year	+1.26 %
Operating Systems City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	1936	1894
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.581 %	1.916 %
Daily rates quoted	1012	741
Average minimum daily rate	£404	£424
Average daily rate	£435	£450
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£466	£475
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	131	140
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.55	£20.42
Average hourly rate	£22.13	£21.43
% change on same period last year	+3.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.72	£22.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Embedded Linux London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Embedded Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Linux across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.