Embedded Linux Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 Operating Systems category for the 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 Linux
Rank 458 486 522
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +36
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 52 72 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.125% 0.135% 0.089%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.580% 0.656% 0.421%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 14
Average daily rate £335 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.68% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £261 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £358 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.30% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 18
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-15.15% +17.85%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 8967 10980 11886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.57% 20.58% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4854 5639 5947
Average daily rate £370 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 933 1096 1187
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Embedded Linux Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Embedded Linux Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded Linux across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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
South East +15 18 £300 -2.43%
London +15 14 £340 -20.00%
East of England +15 8 £325 +8.33%
East Midlands - 4 £350 -
North West +15 1 - -
Yorkshire -1 1 - -
Embedded Linux
UK

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 121 (100.00%) Linux
2 81 (66.94%) C
3 75 (61.98%) C++
4 42 (34.71%) Device Driver
5 36 (29.75%) OO
6 34 (28.10%) Multithreading
7 33 (27.27%) UML
8 31 (25.62%) Security Cleared
8 31 (25.62%) Requirements Analysis
9 24 (19.83%) Android
10 23 (19.01%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (18.18%) Embedded C
12 21 (17.36%) SC Cleared
13 20 (16.53%) Electronics
14 19 (15.70%) OpenGL
15 17 (14.05%) DTV
15 17 (14.05%) Wi-Fi
15 17 (14.05%) Java
16 16 (13.22%) STB
17 14 (11.57%) Embedded C++
18 13 (10.74%) Bluetooth
18 13 (10.74%) Streaming Video
18 13 (10.74%) DVB
18 13 (10.74%) JNI
19 11 (9.091%) Software Testing
19 11 (9.091%) Open Source
19 11 (9.091%) Degree
19 11 (9.091%) Middleware
19 11 (9.091%) Broadband
19 11 (9.091%) GLSL

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 19 (15.70%) OpenGL
2 13 (10.74%) JNI
3 11 (9.091%) Middleware
4 5 (4.132%) HTML
5 4 (3.306%) CGI
6 3 (2.479%) GStreamer
7 2 (1.653%) Qt
8 1 (0.826%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (0.826%) JSON
8 1 (0.826%) Web Services
8 1 (0.826%) POSIX
8 1 (0.826%) OpenCL
8 1 (0.826%) DirectCompute
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.826%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (0.826%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.05%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (10.74%) DVB
2 13 (10.74%) Bluetooth
3 11 (9.091%) Broadband
4 10 (8.264%) Wireless
5 9 (7.438%) Ethernet
6 7 (5.785%) TCP/IP
6 7 (5.785%) 4G
7 6 (4.959%) Firewall
8 4 (3.306%) DLNA
8 4 (3.306%) DNS
8 4 (3.306%) FTP
8 4 (3.306%) HTTP
8 4 (3.306%) WAN
8 4 (3.306%) DHCP
8 4 (3.306%) UPnP
8 4 (3.306%) TELNET
8 4 (3.306%) 3G
8 4 (3.306%) 802.11
8 4 (3.306%) DSL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.306%) ClearCase
1 4 (3.306%) JIRA
1 4 (3.306%) Trac
2 3 (2.479%) Git (software)
2 3 (2.479%) Bazaar
3 1 (0.826%) Subversion
General
1 20 (16.53%) Electronics
2 7 (5.785%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.653%) Automotive
3 2 (1.653%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.653%) Marketing
4 1 (0.826%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.826%) Finance
Job Titles
1 59 (48.76%) Software Engineer
2 29 (23.97%) Senior Software Engineer
3 25 (20.66%) Developer
4 15 (12.40%) Android Developer
5 11 (9.091%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (6.612%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (4.959%) Software Developer
8 5 (4.132%) Team Leader
8 5 (4.132%) Software Team Leader
9 3 (2.479%) Design Engineer
10 2 (1.653%) FPGA Design Engineer
10 2 (1.653%) FPGA Engineer
10 2 (1.653%) Senior Software Test Engineer
10 2 (1.653%) Software Test Engineer
10 2 (1.653%) Architect
10 2 (1.653%) Test Engineer
10 2 (1.653%) Senior Test Engineer
11 1 (0.826%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 1 (0.826%) Software Development Engineer
11 1 (0.826%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (34.71%) Device Driver
2 23 (19.01%) Embedded Systems
3 17 (14.05%) DTV
4 16 (13.22%) STB
5 13 (10.74%) Streaming Video
6 11 (9.091%) Open Source
7 8 (6.612%) VHDL
7 8 (6.612%) 3D Graphics
7 8 (6.612%) Firmware
7 8 (6.612%) Smartphone
7 8 (6.612%) Computer Science
8 7 (5.785%) MPEG
9 6 (4.959%) Verilog
9 6 (4.959%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.479%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
10 3 (2.479%) Streaming Media
11 2 (1.653%) Telematics
12 1 (0.826%) CUDA
12 1 (0.826%) CAN bus
12 1 (0.826%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 121 (100.00%) Linux
2 24 (19.83%) Android
3 4 (3.306%) Ubuntu
4 3 (2.479%) Windows
4 3 (2.479%) Debian
5 1 (0.826%) Windows CE
5 1 (0.826%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.826%) CentOS
5 1 (0.826%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.75%) OO
2 34 (28.10%) Multithreading
3 33 (27.27%) UML
4 31 (25.62%) Requirements Analysis
5 11 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 10 (8.264%) Embedded Software Development
7 7 (5.785%) Configuration Management
8 6 (4.959%) Electronic Design Automation
9 3 (2.479%) Software Architecture
10 2 (1.653%) Integration Testing
10 2 (1.653%) OOD
10 2 (1.653%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (1.653%) Automated Testing
11 1 (0.826%) Software Engineering
11 1 (0.826%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.826%) Validation
11 1 (0.826%) Programme Management
11 1 (0.826%) Digital Marketing
11 1 (0.826%) Memory Management
11 1 (0.826%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 81 (66.94%) C
2 75 (61.98%) C++
3 22 (18.18%) Embedded C
4 17 (14.05%) Java
5 14 (11.57%) Embedded C++
6 11 (9.091%) GLSL
7 8 (6.612%) JavaScript
8 5 (4.132%) Perl
9 2 (1.653%) Python
9 2 (1.653%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.826%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.826%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (25.62%) Security Cleared
2 21 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.959%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (4.959%) Xen
1 6 (4.959%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (4.959%) VMware
2 4 (3.306%) Red Hat
3 2 (1.653%) Intel
3 2 (1.653%) Motorola
3 2 (1.653%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.826%) Broadcom
4 1 (0.826%) Renesas
4 1 (0.826%) QNX
4 1 (0.826%) SAP
Embedded Software Development Oxford £42/hour
Oxfordshire, South East
The successful candidate should have the following skills: - Embedded C - Strong High Level development experience - Experience of using TCP/IP and other communication protocols - RECOGNISED SAFETLY CRITICAL STANDARDS...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £38 - £42 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Brentford, Middlesex
Embedded Linux/C Programming/Linux in embedded products or proven Linux/OSS contributions/Open-source... In particular, you will acquire skills and expertise on Linux and related native...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Weybridge, Staines, Egham, South East
Desired Skills & Experience - Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Weybridge, Surrey
Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Platform Senior Graphics Engineer
Middlesex
Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded systems including low-level graphics acceleration, OpenGL and its extensions, and GLSL programming... A...
Proteus Europe
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
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