The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Systems 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Coventry 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 Systems
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.935% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.667% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
30 44 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 14.02% 17.32% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 11
Average daily rate £350 £370 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +7.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £159 £275 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £415 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 £14.06 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+102.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Embedded Systems
West Midlands

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry Embedded Systems Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry Embedded Systems Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Systems
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Embedded Systems 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 Systems.

1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (33.33%) GPRS
3 1 (33.33%) GSM
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Telematics
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Hazard Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) GPRS
1 1 (33.33%) GSM
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Real Time Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Telematics
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Test Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC