The first table below looks at the demand for the Embedded Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Engineer
Rank - 64 48
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - 0.747% 0.235%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.805% 0.251%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £288 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.82% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 621 398
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.27% 92.83% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 366 159
Average daily rate £380 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £276 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 61
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £21.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.40 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Embedded Software Engineer
South West

Embedded Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Embedded Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Embedded Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Embedded Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited Embedded Software 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 Embedded Software Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) VxWorks
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) ASN.1
3 1 (25.00%) Green Hills
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) GCC

Embedded Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited Embedded Software 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 Embedded Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ASN.1
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) GCC
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) OOD
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Green Hills