The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded Linux over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Linux
Rank 72 - 78
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.117% - 0.097%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.495% - 0.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £275 - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.48% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +21.42%
All Operating Systems
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
202 255 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.60% 23.08% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 92 116
Average daily rate £335 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 10
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.13 £13.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.61% +15.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £20.00 £23.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Embedded Linux
Berkshire

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Embedded Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Embedded Linux Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++