The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Software Development skills 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 Embedded Software Development over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Development
Rank 99 131 121
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -10
Contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development 2 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.100% 0.032% 0.231%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.148% 0.047% 0.362%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £320 £290
% change year-on-year
+10.93% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +44.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1352 2130 1935
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.30% 68.12% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1316 985
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 111 148
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.64 £11.46 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.90 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Embedded Software Development
England

Embedded Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Software Development across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Embedded Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Embedded Software Development across the South West region.

South West Embedded Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Embedded Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Software Development
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Software Development.

1 4 (100.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Subversion
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP Embedded
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DO-178B
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) OOD
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management

Embedded Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Subversion
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Real Time Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP Embedded
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) OOD
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) DO-178B