The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Systems 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Hounslow 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 Systems
Rank - 14 7
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 0 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow - 1.124% 8.000%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 3.571% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £298 £289
% change year-on-year
+0.84% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.25 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-19.41% +13.33%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
26 28 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 46.43% 31.46% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 12
Average daily rate £438 £400 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% +21.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 £11.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Embedded Systems
London

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow Embedded Systems Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Systems
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) DVB
1 2 (100.00%) STB
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) HPUX
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) MPEG
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) DTV

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DVB
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) STB
2 1 (50.00%) MPEG
2 1 (50.00%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB