The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.107% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.452% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
221 270 210
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 23.69% 20.90% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 109 88
Average daily rate £302 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £191 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £436 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 21 20
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +57.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £17.00 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.49 £33.30 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Embedded Systems
North West

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Embedded Systems Jobs Demand 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Salford - 1 £350 -
Embedded Systems
North West

Embedded Systems
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 5 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) ActionScript
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) OOP
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) Flash
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
2 4 (80.00%) MTASC
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) ActionScript 2.0
2 4 (80.00%) Memory Management
2 4 (80.00%) Subversion
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) DTV
3 1 (20.00%) STB
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (80.00%) Web Services
1 4 (80.00%) Flash
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MTASC
1 4 (80.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) ActionScript Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Flash Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Flash ActionScript Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) DTV
1 1 (20.00%) STB
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) OOP
1 4 (80.00%) OO
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) TDD
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) ActionScript
2 4 (80.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language