The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems 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 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 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 Systems
Rank 22 30 38
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +8
Contract jobs citing Embedded Systems 3 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.500% 0.647% 0.298%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.250% 3.125% 1.852%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £36.00
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
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
48 64 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 24.00% 20.71% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 13
Average daily rate £400 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £23.80 £28.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.75 £41.30 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Embedded Systems
South East

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Embedded Systems Daily Rate 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Embedded Systems Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Systems
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (100.00%) GLSL
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Middlesex
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Posted: 17 May 2013