The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Essex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.937% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.540% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £350 £320
% change year-on-year
-6.42% +9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% +23.18%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
113 147 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 26.46% 33.11% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 75 44
Average daily rate £310 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.98% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £145 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 29
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.60 £32.50 £35.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Embedded Linux
East of England

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Embedded Linux Daily 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Brentwood - 2 £325 -
Chelmsford - - - -
Colchester - - - -
Maldon - - - -
Embedded Linux
East of England

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Configuration Management
3 4 (57.14%) TELNET
3 4 (57.14%) JIRA
3 4 (57.14%) 4G
3 4 (57.14%) DLNA
3 4 (57.14%) Trac
3 4 (57.14%) DSL
3 4 (57.14%) UPnP
3 4 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (57.14%) Wireless
3 4 (57.14%) DNS
3 4 (57.14%) CGI
3 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
3 4 (57.14%) 802.11
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
3 4 (57.14%) DHCP
3 4 (57.14%) FTP
3 4 (57.14%) HTTP
3 4 (57.14%) ClearCase
3 4 (57.14%) Broadband
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 3 (42.86%) Electronics
4 3 (42.86%) Streaming Media
5 1 (14.29%) Telematics
5 1 (14.29%) Qt

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 (57.14%) CGI
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) Qt
2 1 (14.29%) POSIX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) TELNET
2 4 (57.14%) 4G
2 4 (57.14%) DLNA
2 4 (57.14%) DSL
2 4 (57.14%) UPnP
2 4 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 4 (57.14%) DNS
2 4 (57.14%) 802.11
2 4 (57.14%) WAN
2 4 (57.14%) DHCP
2 4 (57.14%) FTP
2 4 (57.14%) HTTP
2 4 (57.14%) Broadband
3 1 (14.29%) DVB
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
1 4 (57.14%) Trac
1 4 (57.14%) ClearCase
General
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded C Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Streaming Media
2 1 (14.29%) Telematics
2 1 (14.29%) Device Driver
2 1 (14.29%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Configuration Management
2 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
2 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) C++