The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems 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 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 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 Systems
Rank 360 405 418
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +13
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 17 10 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.078% 0.037% 0.077%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.236% 0.116% 0.204%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
Average daily rate £383 £410 £468
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.70% -12.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £382 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £457 £438 £588
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £32.00 £34.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £39.00 £63.50
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7191 8651 11771
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.20% 32.11% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4968 5870 7935
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 209 196
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.49 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.40 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Embedded Systems Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Systems
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded Systems across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Embedded Systems Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London 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 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 - -
City of London +15 1 £475 +6.74%
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 19 (76.00%) Linux
2 16 (64.00%) C++
3 13 (52.00%) C
4 10 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (40.00%) Device Driver
5 9 (36.00%) OpenGL
6 7 (28.00%) OpenCL
7 6 (24.00%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (20.00%) GLSL
8 5 (20.00%) OpenGL ES
8 5 (20.00%) HLSL
9 3 (12.00%) Electronics
9 3 (12.00%) Finance
9 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
9 3 (12.00%) DVB
9 3 (12.00%) Java
9 3 (12.00%) Degree
9 3 (12.00%) QA
9 3 (12.00%) Android
10 2 (8.000%) Altera
10 2 (8.000%) CUDA
10 2 (8.000%) jQuery
10 2 (8.000%) JSON
10 2 (8.000%) Business Development
10 2 (8.000%) Xilinx
10 2 (8.000%) DirectCompute
10 2 (8.000%) Digital Media
10 2 (8.000%) Embedded Software Development
10 2 (8.000%) Tizen
10 2 (8.000%) JavaScript

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 9 (36.00%) OpenGL
2 7 (28.00%) OpenCL
3 5 (20.00%) OpenGL ES
4 2 (8.000%) jQuery
4 2 (8.000%) JSON
4 2 (8.000%) DirectCompute
4 2 (8.000%) HTML
4 2 (8.000%) Web Services
4 2 (8.000%) Ajax
5 1 (4.000%) Middleware
5 1 (4.000%) CSS
5 1 (4.000%) REST
5 1 (4.000%) WebKit
5 1 (4.000%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.000%) Apache
1 1 (4.000%) CM System
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Simulink
1 1 (4.000%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) DVB
2 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.000%) Firewall
3 1 (4.000%) BSS
3 1 (4.000%) Broadband
3 1 (4.000%) HTTP
3 1 (4.000%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) JIRA
1 1 (4.000%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (12.00%) Electronics
1 3 (12.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.000%) Games
3 1 (4.000%) Banking
3 1 (4.000%) Retail
3 1 (4.000%) Automotive
3 1 (4.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.00%) Programmer
3 3 (12.00%) Graphics Programmer
4 2 (8.000%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Tester
4 2 (8.000%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Manual Tester
5 1 (4.000%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Tester
5 1 (4.000%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Architect
5 1 (4.000%) Creative Technologist
5 1 (4.000%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (4.000%) FPGA Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) FPGA Designer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Device Driver
2 6 (24.00%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (8.000%) CUDA
3 2 (8.000%) Digital Media
3 2 (8.000%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (8.000%) STB
3 2 (8.000%) VHDL
3 2 (8.000%) Verilog
4 1 (4.000%) APACS
4 1 (4.000%) IPTV
4 1 (4.000%) EPoS
4 1 (4.000%) EMV
4 1 (4.000%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (4.000%) EFT
4 1 (4.000%) EFTPOS
4 1 (4.000%) NHS
4 1 (4.000%) Smartcard
4 1 (4.000%) DTV
4 1 (4.000%) MPEG
4 1 (4.000%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Linux
2 10 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (12.00%) Android
4 2 (8.000%) Tizen
5 1 (4.000%) UNIX
5 1 (4.000%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (8.000%) Business Development
2 2 (8.000%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.000%) MVC
3 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (4.000%) Validation
3 1 (4.000%) Mobile Commerce
3 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
3 1 (4.000%) UML
3 1 (4.000%) OO
3 1 (4.000%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (4.000%) Project Planning
3 1 (4.000%) Manual Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (4.000%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (4.000%) Signal Processing
3 1 (4.000%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) C++
2 13 (52.00%) C
3 5 (20.00%) GLSL
3 5 (20.00%) HLSL
4 3 (12.00%) Java
5 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
5 2 (8.000%) Python
5 2 (8.000%) Embedded C
5 2 (8.000%) Embedded C++
6 1 (4.000%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.000%) Perl
6 1 (4.000%) PHP
6 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) ISEB
2 1 (4.000%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 1 (4.000%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) Altera
1 2 (8.000%) Xilinx
2 1 (4.000%) Intel
2 1 (4.000%) VocaLink
2 1 (4.000%) VeriFone
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