The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Systems 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Hampshire 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
Embedded Systems
Rank 102 90 104
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +14
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.066% 0.251% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.275% 1.333% 0.295%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +85.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +13.33%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
363 300 339
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.79% 18.86% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 117 135
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £248 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £545 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 56 62
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £14.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £38.75 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Embedded Systems
South East

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Embedded Systems Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Embedded Systems Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Systems
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Embedded Systems Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Systems
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the Hampshire 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
Southampton -4 1 - -
Embedded Systems
South East

Embedded Systems
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Embedded Systems 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 Systems.

1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (70.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) DVB
3 6 (60.00%) STB
4 5 (50.00%) C
4 5 (50.00%) C++
5 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (40.00%) Data Mining
5 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
5 4 (40.00%) IBM
5 4 (40.00%) ClearQuest
5 4 (40.00%) VB
5 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (40.00%) HP
5 4 (40.00%) Streaming Video
5 4 (40.00%) UPnP
5 4 (40.00%) QA
5 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (40.00%) Bash shell
6 3 (30.00%) 3G
7 2 (20.00%) Device Driver
7 2 (20.00%) Handset
7 2 (20.00%) UTRAN
7 2 (20.00%) Embedded C
7 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
7 2 (20.00%) ClearCase
7 2 (20.00%) CDMA
7 2 (20.00%) 3GPP
7 2 (20.00%) UMTS

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Embedded Systems 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 Systems. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) DVB
2 4 (40.00%) UPnP
3 3 (30.00%) 3G
4 2 (20.00%) UTRAN
4 2 (20.00%) CDMA
4 2 (20.00%) 3GPP
4 2 (20.00%) UMTS
4 2 (20.00%) 4G
4 2 (20.00%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) ClearQuest
2 2 (20.00%) ClearCase
General
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) STB
2 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) Streaming Video
3 2 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 2 (20.00%) Handset
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Product Management
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C
1 5 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) VB
2 4 (40.00%) Bash shell
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (20.00%) Perl
3 2 (20.00%) PHP
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) IBM
1 4 (40.00%) HP