The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Linux 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 of the Operating Systems category for the London 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 Linux
Rank 362 396 437
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +41
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 15 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.069% 0.071% 0.016%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.341% 0.346% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £330 £425 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.35% +30.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £34.75
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +22.30%
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4404 5489 6317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.34% 20.38% 20.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2870 3259 3802
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 320 343
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Embedded Linux Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Embedded Linux Hourly 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 London 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
Hounslow - 2 £325 -
Brentford - 1 £325 -
Embedded Linux
England

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 34 (100.00%) Linux
2 16 (47.06%) C
3 15 (44.12%) C++
3 15 (44.12%) UML
3 15 (44.12%) OO
3 15 (44.12%) Requirements Analysis
3 15 (44.12%) Multithreading
3 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
4 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 10 (29.41%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (23.53%) Device Driver
7 6 (17.65%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (17.65%) Embedded Software Development
8 5 (14.71%) Android
8 5 (14.71%) OpenGL
9 4 (11.76%) Embedded C
9 4 (11.76%) Degree
10 3 (8.824%) Open Source
10 3 (8.824%) Middleware
11 2 (5.882%) Configuration Management
11 2 (5.882%) DTV
11 2 (5.882%) Embedded C++
11 2 (5.882%) Intel
11 2 (5.882%) Motorola
11 2 (5.882%) Firmware
11 2 (5.882%) Internet
11 2 (5.882%) Ethernet
11 2 (5.882%) Wireless
11 2 (5.882%) VHDL
11 2 (5.882%) Telecoms

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 5 (14.71%) OpenGL
2 3 (8.824%) Middleware
3 2 (5.882%) OpenCL
3 2 (5.882%) DirectCompute
4 1 (2.941%) JSON
4 1 (2.941%) Qt
4 1 (2.941%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) Internet
1 2 (5.882%) Ethernet
1 2 (5.882%) Wireless
2 1 (2.941%) Firewall
2 1 (2.941%) DVB
General
1 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Marketing
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.941%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Software Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Design Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Android Developer
5 2 (5.882%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) C++ Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (23.53%) Device Driver
3 6 (17.65%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (8.824%) Open Source
5 2 (5.882%) DTV
5 2 (5.882%) Firmware
5 2 (5.882%) VHDL
5 2 (5.882%) CUDA
5 2 (5.882%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (2.941%) STB
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (14.71%) Android
3 2 (5.882%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) UML
1 15 (44.12%) OO
1 15 (44.12%) Requirements Analysis
1 15 (44.12%) Multithreading
2 6 (17.65%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (5.882%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.941%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (2.941%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.941%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (2.941%) Signal Processing
4 1 (2.941%) Programme Management
4 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) C
2 15 (44.12%) C++
3 4 (11.76%) Embedded C
4 2 (5.882%) Embedded C++
5 1 (2.941%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (5.882%) Intel
1 2 (5.882%) Motorola
1 2 (5.882%) Xilinx
2 1 (2.941%) SAP
London
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Posted: 20 May 2013