The first table below looks at the demand for Simulink 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 Simulink over the 3 months to 24 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 Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
The MathWorks Simulink
Rank 112 128 118
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -10
Contract jobs citing Simulink 2 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.094% 0.135% 0.340%
As % of the Applications category 0.606% 1.026% 2.761%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
Average hourly rate £44.25 £39.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.02% +16.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.65 £37.00 £33.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.85 £42.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.64 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-0.96% +7.24%
All Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
330 390 326
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 15.43% 13.20% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 126 110
Average daily rate £275 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £110 £149
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £416
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 73 101
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.37% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.09 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £31.10 £36.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Simulink
England

Simulink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Simulink Jobs Demand Trend

Simulink
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Simulink Daily Rate Trend

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Simulink Hourly Rate Trend

Simulink
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Simulink across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Simulink Hourly Rate Histogram

Simulink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 1 - -
Essex - 1 - -
Simulink
England

Simulink
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Simulink 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 Simulink.

1 6 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 5 (83.33%) Electronics
3 4 (66.67%) C++
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (50.00%) LabVIEW
4 3 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (50.00%) Multithreading
5 2 (33.33%) Linux
6 1 (16.67%) UML
6 1 (16.67%) OOD
6 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
6 1 (16.67%) MathWorks
6 1 (16.67%) Java
6 1 (16.67%) C
6 1 (16.67%) C#
6 1 (16.67%) SysML
6 1 (16.67%) Automotive
6 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (16.67%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (16.67%) Twitter
6 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Telematics
6 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
6 1 (16.67%) Physics
6 1 (16.67%) Military

Simulink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Simulink 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 Simulink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (16.67%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Telematics
1 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
1 1 (16.67%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) MathWorks
1 1 (16.67%) Twitter
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
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