Essex Embedded Linux Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Embedded Linux
Location Cambridge Cambridgeshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Hertfordshire Leamington Spa London M4 Corridor Midlands South East South West Swindon UK Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.33	£36.69
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
Operating Systems Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	201	209
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.268 %	0.208 %
Daily rates quoted	81	53
Average minimum daily rate	£248	£342
Average daily rate	£258	£359
% change on same period last year	-28.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£268	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	68
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.11	£26.97
Average hourly rate	£20.40	£27.37
% change on same period last year	-25.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.68	£27.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£22.79
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Embedded Linux East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Embedded Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Linux across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.