The first table below looks at the demand for Simulink 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 Simulink over the 3 months to 23 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 Applications 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
The MathWorks Simulink
Rank - 408 432
Contract jobs citing Simulink 0 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.007% 0.009%
As % of the Applications category - 0.059% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £31.50 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.64 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-0.96% +7.24%
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
2667 3375 3649
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.33% 12.53% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1690 2065 2219
Average daily rate £385 £395 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.53% -8.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 170 245
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £33.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Simulink
England

Simulink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Simulink Jobs Demand Trend

Simulink
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Simulink Daily Rate Trend

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Simulink Hourly Rate Trend

Simulink
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Simulink 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 Simulink.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TargetLink
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

Simulink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Simulink 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 Simulink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) TargetLink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C