The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 21 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.000% 0.971% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.76% 6.818% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £34.75
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +22.30%
All Operating Systems
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
34 44 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 17.00% 14.24% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 25
Average daily rate £425 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £226 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £495 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +103.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £24.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £39.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Embedded Linux
South East

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Embedded Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) GLSL
2 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (75.00%) Device Driver
2 3 (75.00%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Open Source
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (75.00%) OpenGL
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (75.00%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree