The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux 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 Linux over the 3 months to 21 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 Operating Systems 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 112 124 114
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -10
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 8 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.367% 0.238% 0.464%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.401% 0.972% 1.852%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
Average daily rate £325 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +4.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.48% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £50.00 £32.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +21.42%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
571 720 648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 26.19% 24.51% 25.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 295 239
Average daily rate £305 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £113 £170 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 124 159
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.18% +30.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Embedded Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Embedded Linux Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Essex - 6 £325 -
Cambridgeshire +8 2 - -
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Embedded Linux 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 Linux.

1 17 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (88.24%) C
3 9 (52.94%) Device Driver
4 7 (41.18%) Ethernet
5 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
5 6 (35.29%) VMware
5 6 (35.29%) VHDL
5 6 (35.29%) Verilog
5 6 (35.29%) Electronic Design Automation
5 6 (35.29%) Xen
5 6 (35.29%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (35.29%) JTAG
6 5 (29.41%) Firewall
6 5 (29.41%) Wireless
6 5 (29.41%) Configuration Management
6 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
7 4 (23.53%) DNS
7 4 (23.53%) CGI
7 4 (23.53%) Embedded C
7 4 (23.53%) FTP
7 4 (23.53%) HTTP
7 4 (23.53%) WAN
7 4 (23.53%) DHCP
7 4 (23.53%) HTML
7 4 (23.53%) ClearCase
7 4 (23.53%) Broadband
7 4 (23.53%) DSL
7 4 (23.53%) 802.11
7 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Embedded Linux 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 Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (23.53%) CGI
1 4 (23.53%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) Qt
2 1 (5.882%) POSIX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Ethernet
2 5 (29.41%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) Wireless
2 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
3 4 (23.53%) DNS
3 4 (23.53%) FTP
3 4 (23.53%) HTTP
3 4 (23.53%) WAN
3 4 (23.53%) DHCP
3 4 (23.53%) Broadband
3 4 (23.53%) DSL
3 4 (23.53%) 802.11
3 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (23.53%) TELNET
3 4 (23.53%) 4G
3 4 (23.53%) DLNA
3 4 (23.53%) UPnP
4 1 (5.882%) DVB
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) ClearCase
1 4 (23.53%) Trac
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Bazaar
2 2 (11.76%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (17.65%) Electronics
2 1 (5.882%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Developer
1 5 (29.41%) Software Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Embedded Software Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Embedded C Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Device Driver
2 6 (35.29%) VHDL
2 6 (35.29%) Verilog
2 6 (35.29%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (17.65%) Streaming Media
4 1 (5.882%) Telematics
4 1 (5.882%) CPLD
4 1 (5.882%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Android
3 2 (11.76%) Debian
3 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Electronic Design Automation
2 5 (29.41%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.882%) Software Architecture
3 1 (5.882%) OO
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) C
2 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 4 (23.53%) Embedded C
4 3 (17.65%) C++
5 2 (11.76%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) Xen
1 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) VMware
2 2 (11.76%) Red Hat