The first table below looks at the demand for the Embedded C Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded C Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C Engineer
Rank 116 - 130
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded C Engineer 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% - 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% - 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £305 £288
% change year-on-year
-1.63% +6.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2161 2909 2791
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.62% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1017 1450 1397
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.46% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 171 188
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Embedded C Engineer
England

Embedded C Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded C Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Embedded C Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Embedded C Engineer across the North West region.

North West Embedded C Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded C Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cheshire - 2 - -
Embedded C Engineer
England

Embedded C Engineer
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Embedded C Engineer in their job title 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 with Embedded C Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (66.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (66.67%) Subversion
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (66.67%) HND
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics

Embedded C Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Embedded C Engineer in their job title 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 with Embedded C Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (66.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HND