The first table below looks at the demand for the Real Time Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Real Time Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Real-Time Engineer
Rank 506 550 569
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Real Time Engineer 7 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.017% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.018% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £308 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £25.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +48.51%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year
- +48.51%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Real Time Engineer
UK

Real Time Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Real Time Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Real Time Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Real Time Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Real Time Engineer across the England region.

England Real Time Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Real Time Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Real Time Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Real Time Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Real Time Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Real Time Engineer across the England region.

England Real Time Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Real Time Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Real Time Engineer within the 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
South East +18 4 £308 -
London - 2 £700 -
Yorkshire +2 1 - -
Real Time Engineer
UK

Real Time Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Real Time Engineer in their job title 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 with Real Time Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (55.56%) C#
1 15 (55.56%) Multithreading
2 14 (51.85%) .NET
3 13 (48.15%) SQL
4 12 (44.44%) OO
4 12 (44.44%) Derivative
5 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
6 10 (37.04%) C
7 9 (33.33%) Banking
8 7 (25.93%) Finance
8 7 (25.93%) C++
8 7 (25.93%) Front Office
9 6 (22.22%) Electronics
9 6 (22.22%) WinForms
9 6 (22.22%) Syncfusion
9 6 (22.22%) Electronic Trading
9 6 (22.22%) DevExpress
10 5 (18.52%) Software Architecture
10 5 (18.52%) WCF
10 5 (18.52%) Degree
10 5 (18.52%) Fixed Income
10 5 (18.52%) Eclipse
10 5 (18.52%) Web Services
10 5 (18.52%) XML
11 4 (14.81%) Embedded C
11 4 (14.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (14.81%) TDMA
11 4 (14.81%) Military
11 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
11 4 (14.81%) Subversion

Real Time Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Real Time Engineer in their job title 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 with Real Time Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (51.85%) .NET
2 6 (22.22%) WinForms
3 5 (18.52%) WCF
3 5 (18.52%) Web Services
3 5 (18.52%) XML
4 1 (3.704%) HTML
4 1 (3.704%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (3.704%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) TDMA
2 1 (3.704%) ASN.1
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) KDB
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Eclipse
2 4 (14.81%) Subversion
3 3 (11.11%) TeamCity
3 3 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.704%) JIRA
4 1 (3.704%) GCC
General
1 9 (33.33%) Banking
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Front Office
3 6 (22.22%) Electronics
4 4 (14.81%) Military
5 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.704%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.704%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Derivative
2 5 (18.52%) Fixed Income
3 4 (14.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (11.11%) N-Tier
5 1 (3.704%) Credit Derivative
5 1 (3.704%) Equities
5 1 (3.704%) Mathematics
5 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (7.407%) Android
2 2 (7.407%) Windows
3 1 (3.704%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.704%) VxWorks
3 1 (3.704%) Windows CE
3 1 (3.704%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Multithreading
2 12 (44.44%) OO
3 6 (22.22%) Electronic Trading
4 5 (18.52%) Software Architecture
5 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (11.11%) TDD
6 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (11.11%) System Testing
7 2 (7.407%) UML
8 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) Validation
8 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
8 1 (3.704%) Algorithmic Trading
8 1 (3.704%) Hazard Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) C#
2 13 (48.15%) SQL
3 10 (37.04%) C
4 7 (25.93%) C++
5 4 (14.81%) Embedded C
6 3 (11.11%) Haskell
6 3 (11.11%) F#
7 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++
7 1 (3.704%) Python
7 1 (3.704%) Java
7 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.704%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
1 1 (3.704%) DO-178B
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Syncfusion
1 6 (22.22%) DevExpress
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.704%) Green Hills
3 1 (3.704%) EMC