East of England Embedded C Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Embedded C skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Embedded C over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Devon Dorset East of England East Sussex England Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent London Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Romsey Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Stevenage Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	122	92
Rank change on same period last year	-30
Matching contract IT job ads	29	52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.038 %	0.055 %
As % of the category below	1.882 %	3.316 %
Daily rates quoted	9	0
Average minimum daily rate	£321	-
Average daily rate	£364	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£406	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£343
% change on same period last year	+3.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.71	£37.00
Average hourly rate	£39.36	£38.50
% change on same period last year	+2.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.00	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.59	£36.15
% change on same period last year	+6.74 %
Programming Languages East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1541	1568
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.032 %	1.663 %
Daily rates quoted	487	430
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£319
Average daily rate	£357	£340
% change on same period last year	+5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	144	209
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.36	£30.60
Average hourly rate	£33.22	£32.32
% change on same period last year	+2.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.08	£34.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.13	£33.16
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded C across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Embedded C across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded C across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Embedded C across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded C across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Embedded C within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	-35	12	£425	-
Essex	-1	8	£388	-
Hertfordshire	-	3	£303	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Embedded C 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 C.

1 62 (100.00 %) C 2 25 (40.32 %) C++ 3 23 (37.10 %) Embedded C++ 4 20 (32.26 %) Linux 5 16 (25.81 %) TCP/IP 6 13 (20.97 %) Embedded Linux 7 10 (16.13 %) MPEG 8 9 (14.52 %) Electronics 8 9 (14.52 %) Automotive 8 9 (14.52 %) DTV 9 8 (12.90 %) DVB 9 8 (12.90 %) DAB 9 8 (12.90 %) Microsoft 9 8 (12.90 %) IPTV 10 7 (11.29 %) STB

10 7 (11.29 %) HTTP 10 7 (11.29 %) .NET 10 7 (11.29 %) MATLAB 11 6 (9.677 %) RTP 11 6 (9.677 %) Wi-Fi 11 6 (9.677 %) Telecoms 11 6 (9.677 %) MS Excel 11 6 (9.677 %) RTSP 11 6 (9.677 %) Multimedia 12 5 (8.065 %) Python 12 5 (8.065 %) Unix 13 4 (6.452 %) VoIP 13 4 (6.452 %) DRM 13 4 (6.452 %) Device Driver 13 4 (6.452 %) Test Scripting

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Embedded C 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 C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (11.29 %) .NET 2 1 (1.613 %) MFC 2 1 (1.613 %) WebServices 2 1 (1.613 %) POSIX 2 1 (1.613 %) Middleware	Applications 1 7 (11.29 %) MATLAB 2 6 (9.677 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.613 %) Simulink 3 1 (1.613 %) Doxygen
Communications & Networking 1 16 (25.81 %) TCP/IP 2 8 (12.90 %) DVB 2 8 (12.90 %) DAB 3 7 (11.29 %) HTTP 4 6 (9.677 %) RTP 4 6 (9.677 %) Wi-Fi 4 6 (9.677 %) RTSP 5 4 (6.452 %) VoIP 6 3 (4.839 %) WCDMA 7 2 (3.226 %) GSM 7 2 (3.226 %) 3G 7 2 (3.226 %) CDMA2000 7 2 (3.226 %) Wireless 8 1 (1.613 %) IGMP 8 1 (1.613 %) RNC 8 1 (1.613 %) GPRS 8 1 (1.613 %) Internet 8 1 (1.613 %) Q.931 8 1 (1.613 %) RTCP 8 1 (1.613 %) UMTS	Development Applications 1 1 (1.613 %) Visual Studio
General 1 9 (14.52 %) Electronics 1 9 (14.52 %) Automotive 2 6 (9.677 %) Telecoms 2 6 (9.677 %) Multimedia 3 3 (4.839 %) Manufacturing 3 3 (4.839 %) Aerospace 4 2 (3.226 %) Education 5 1 (1.613 %) Music	Job Titles 1 31 (50.00 %) Software Engineer 2 13 (20.97 %) Embedded Software Engineer 3 8 (12.90 %) Embedded C Engineer 4 7 (11.29 %) Developer 5 4 (6.452 %) Embedded C Developer 5 4 (6.452 %) C Developer 5 4 (6.452 %) Senior Software Engineer 6 3 (4.839 %) Software Developer 7 2 (3.226 %) Project Manager 7 2 (3.226 %) C Software Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Real Time Embedded Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Real Time Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Senior Embedded Software Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Embedded C Software Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Integration Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) DSP Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 8 1 (1.613 %) Embedded C/C++ Developer 8 1 (1.613 %) Embedded C++ Developer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (16.13 %) MPEG 2 9 (14.52 %) DTV 3 8 (12.90 %) IPTV 4 7 (11.29 %) STB 5 4 (6.452 %) Device Driver 6 3 (4.839 %) Streaming Video 6 3 (4.839 %) Firmware 7 2 (3.226 %) iDTV 8 1 (1.613 %) Streaming Media 8 1 (1.613 %) Computer Science 8 1 (1.613 %) Multithreading	Operating Systems 1 20 (32.26 %) Linux 2 13 (20.97 %) Embedded Linux 3 5 (8.065 %) Unix 4 3 (4.839 %) VxWorks 5 2 (3.226 %) Nucleus RTOS 5 2 (3.226 %) Windows 6 1 (1.613 %) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (6.452 %) DRM 1 4 (6.452 %) Test Scripting 2 3 (4.839 %) UML 3 2 (3.226 %) Configuration Management 3 2 (3.226 %) Unit Testing 4 1 (1.613 %) Project Management 4 1 (1.613 %) Software Engineering	Programming Languages 1 62 (100.00 %) C 2 25 (40.32 %) C++ 3 23 (37.10 %) Embedded C++ 4 5 (8.065 %) Python 5 3 (4.839 %) Java 6 2 (3.226 %) VC++ 7 1 (1.613 %) Assembly Language 7 1 (1.613 %) VB6 7 1 (1.613 %) JavaScript 7 1 (1.613 %) VB 7 1 (1.613 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 3 (4.839 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.226 %) JTAG
System Software 1 3 (4.839 %) NDS	Vendors 1 8 (12.90 %) Microsoft 2 3 (4.839 %) OpenTV 3 2 (3.226 %) MathWorks 4 1 (1.613 %) Hitachi