The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded C 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 Programming Languages category for the East of England 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 C
Rank 82 98 101
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +3
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 33 31 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.532% 1.052% 1.180%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.708% 2.506% 3.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 10
Average daily rate £311 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.04% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £300 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £316
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £305 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.40% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 11
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £35.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +2.06%
All Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
890 1237 1002
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 41.32% 41.97% 38.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 608 424
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 106 133
Average hourly rate £35.50 £36.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.38% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £26.28 £23.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £50.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

East of England Embedded C Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Embedded C Daily Rate Trend

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Embedded C Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +18 23 £303 -0.81%
Essex +1 6 £325 -
Hertfordshire -2 4 - -
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 51 (100.00%) C
2 20 (39.22%) Linux
3 18 (35.29%) Python
3 18 (35.29%) Wireless
4 17 (33.33%) HTML
5 13 (25.49%) Software Testing
5 13 (25.49%) LTE
6 12 (23.53%) C++
6 12 (23.53%) 3GPP
7 11 (21.57%) MATLAB
8 10 (19.61%) Software Engineering
8 10 (19.61%) OpenCL
9 9 (17.65%) Embedded C++
10 8 (15.69%) 4G
11 7 (13.73%) Digital Signal Processing
11 7 (13.73%) Signal Processing
12 5 (9.804%) High Availability
12 5 (9.804%) 802.15
12 5 (9.804%) Electronics
12 5 (9.804%) Telecoms
12 5 (9.804%) Scrum
12 5 (9.804%) ZigBee
13 4 (7.843%) OFDM
13 4 (7.843%) MIMO
13 4 (7.843%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (7.843%) JIRA
13 4 (7.843%) Firewall
13 4 (7.843%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (7.843%) UPnP
13 4 (7.843%) Configuration Management

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 17 (33.33%) HTML
2 10 (19.61%) OpenCL
3 4 (7.843%) CGI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (35.29%) Wireless
2 13 (25.49%) LTE
3 12 (23.53%) 3GPP
4 8 (15.69%) 4G
5 5 (9.804%) ZigBee
5 5 (9.804%) 802.15
6 4 (7.843%) DSL
6 4 (7.843%) TELNET
6 4 (7.843%) Firewall
6 4 (7.843%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (7.843%) Broadband
6 4 (7.843%) UPnP
6 4 (7.843%) WAN
6 4 (7.843%) DHCP
6 4 (7.843%) FTP
6 4 (7.843%) HTTP
6 4 (7.843%) TCP/IP
6 4 (7.843%) DNS
6 4 (7.843%) 3G
6 4 (7.843%) 802.11
Development Applications
1 4 (7.843%) ClearCase
1 4 (7.843%) JIRA
1 4 (7.843%) Trac
General
1 5 (9.804%) Electronics
1 5 (9.804%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.961%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Developer
2 13 (25.49%) C Developer
3 12 (23.53%) Embedded C Developer
3 12 (23.53%) Test Engineer
4 10 (19.61%) DSP Engineer
4 10 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (9.804%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.843%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Tester
7 2 (3.922%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Automated Tester
8 1 (1.961%) C Software Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Designer
8 1 (1.961%) Automated Test Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Embedded Software Developer
8 1 (1.961%) Embedded C Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Hardware Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) Streaming Media
2 2 (3.922%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (1.961%) Firmware
3 1 (1.961%) ASIC
3 1 (1.961%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (39.22%) Linux
2 4 (7.843%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) Software Testing
2 10 (19.61%) Software Engineering
3 7 (13.73%) Digital Signal Processing
3 7 (13.73%) Signal Processing
4 5 (9.804%) High Availability
4 5 (9.804%) Scrum
5 4 (7.843%) Configuration Management
6 3 (5.882%) TDD
6 3 (5.882%) Automated Testing
6 3 (5.882%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.922%) Software Architecture
7 2 (3.922%) OO
8 1 (1.961%) Waterfall
8 1 (1.961%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (100.00%) C
2 18 (35.29%) Python
3 12 (23.53%) C++
4 11 (21.57%) MATLAB
5 9 (17.65%) Embedded C++
6 4 (7.843%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.961%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 2 (3.922%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) JTAG
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