The first table below looks at the demand for the Embedded C Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 23 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 currently tracked.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C Engineer
Rank 529 549 572
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded C Engineer 12 16 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.027% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.030% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 7
Average daily rate £300 £305 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +6.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £305 £288
% change year-on-year
-1.63% +6.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
Average hourly rate £38.25 £37.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £38.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +3.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Embedded C Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Embedded C Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Embedded C Engineer within the UK.

Embedded C Engineer Daily Rate 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 within the UK.

Embedded C Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded C Engineer
Top 19 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 UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +40 12 £300 -1.63%
Yorkshire 0 3 £300 -
Hull - 3 £300 -
East Yorkshire - 3 £300 -
North West - 3 - -
South West +31 2 - -
South East +17 2 - -
Chester - 2 - -
Cheshire - 2 - -
East of England +12 1 - -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +6 1 - -
Cambridge +4 1 - -
Southampton - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Cheltenham - 1 - -
Brighton - 1 - -

Embedded C Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 17 (100.00%) C
1 17 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 8 (47.06%) C++
3 7 (41.18%) Embedded C++
4 4 (23.53%) Linux
4 4 (23.53%) Electronics
4 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
5 3 (17.65%) Flash
5 3 (17.65%) Ethernet
5 3 (17.65%) Device Driver
5 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 3 (17.65%) Freescale
5 3 (17.65%) Signal Processing
6 2 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (11.76%) SCADA
6 2 (11.76%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 2 (11.76%) Subversion
6 2 (11.76%) HND
6 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (11.76%) UML
6 2 (11.76%) OO
6 2 (11.76%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (5.882%) XML
7 1 (5.882%) MFC
7 1 (5.882%) MS Office
7 1 (5.882%) Firmware
7 1 (5.882%) Internet
7 1 (5.882%) ASIC
7 1 (5.882%) DTV
7 1 (5.882%) DVB

Embedded C Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) Flash
2 1 (5.882%) XML
2 1 (5.882%) MFC
2 1 (5.882%) Qt
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
2 3 (17.65%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.882%) Internet
3 1 (5.882%) DVB
3 1 (5.882%) HTTP
3 1 (5.882%) PSTN
3 1 (5.882%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Subversion
1 2 (11.76%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (23.53%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.882%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Device Driver
2 2 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (11.76%) SCADA
2 2 (11.76%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (5.882%) Firmware
3 1 (5.882%) ASIC
3 1 (5.882%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
1 3 (17.65%) Signal Processing
2 2 (11.76%) UML
2 2 (11.76%) OO
3 1 (5.882%) OOD
3 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.882%) Multithreading
3 1 (5.882%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C
1 17 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 8 (47.06%) C++
3 7 (41.18%) Embedded C++
4 1 (5.882%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Freescale
South West England
Embedded C Required - 6m+ CONTRACT - South West I am seeking an embedded software engineer with extensive expertise in very low level development. This is to work for a...
Computer Futures
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey
Leading Electronics manufacturer based in Surrey is urgently seeking an Embedded C Software Engineer for a 3-6 month contract initially... MISRA C, Matlab, Simulink, Embedded, CAN, RS232.....
Roc Search
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013