The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CAN bus in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CAN bus 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 South 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CAN bus
Rank - 129 118
Contract jobs citing CAN bus 0 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.216% 0.141%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.109% 0.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £300 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-18.75% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
404 631 504
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.03% 19.51% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 335 215
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £264 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 42 56
Average hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
CAN bus
England

CAN bus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CAN bus across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West CAN bus Jobs Demand Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CAN bus across the South West region.

South West CAN bus Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CAN bus 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 CAN bus.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive

CAN bus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CAN bus 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 CAN bus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C