Embedded Linux Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Linux skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 488 504 529
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +25
Contract jobs citing Embedded Linux 52 77 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.110% 0.132% 0.085%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.512% 0.648% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 15
Average daily rate £330 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £400 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.48% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 18
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +21.42%
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 10166 11887 12510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.53% 20.33% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5449 5933 6113
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 994 1185 1236
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.28 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%

Embedded Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Embedded Linux Daily Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Embedded Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Embedded Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Embedded Linux
Top 24 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +24 50 £330 +1.53%
South East +16 16 £350 -
London +11 15 £330 -22.35%
East of England +12 8 £325 +8.33%
Surrey +15 6 £400 -
Staines - 6 £400 -
Kent - 6 - -
Essex - 6 £325 -
Middlesex +4 3 £350 -
East Midlands - 3 £350 -
Nottinghamshire - 3 £350 -
Brentwood - 3 £325 -
Nottingham - 3 £350 -
Cambridge +10 2 - -
Cambridgeshire +8 2 - -
Hounslow - 2 £325 -
Scotland - 2 - -
North West +16 1 - -
Berkshire +10 1 £275 -
Yorkshire +5 1 - -
South Yorkshire -3 1 - -
Reading - 1 £275 -
Chelmsford - 1 - -
Brentford - 1 £325 -

Embedded Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 123 (100.00%) Linux
2 83 (67.48%) C
3 76 (61.79%) C++
4 43 (34.96%) Device Driver
5 36 (29.27%) OO
6 34 (27.64%) Multithreading
7 32 (26.02%) UML
8 31 (25.20%) Security Cleared
8 31 (25.20%) Requirements Analysis
9 24 (19.51%) Embedded Systems
10 23 (18.70%) Embedded C
11 22 (17.89%) Electronics
11 22 (17.89%) Android
12 21 (17.07%) SC Cleared
13 20 (16.26%) OpenGL
14 17 (13.82%) DTV
14 17 (13.82%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (13.01%) Java
15 16 (13.01%) STB
16 15 (12.20%) Embedded C++
17 13 (10.57%) Bluetooth
17 13 (10.57%) Streaming Video
17 13 (10.57%) DVB
17 13 (10.57%) Open Source
17 13 (10.57%) JNI
18 12 (9.756%) Software Testing
18 12 (9.756%) Degree
18 12 (9.756%) Wireless
18 12 (9.756%) Embedded Software Development
18 12 (9.756%) GLSL

Embedded Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 20 (16.26%) OpenGL
2 13 (10.57%) JNI
3 10 (8.130%) Middleware
4 5 (4.065%) HTML
5 4 (3.252%) CGI
5 4 (3.252%) Qt
6 3 (2.439%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.813%) JSON
7 1 (0.813%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (0.813%) POSIX
7 1 (0.813%) Web Services
7 1 (0.813%) OpenCL
7 1 (0.813%) DirectCompute
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.813%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (0.813%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.82%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (10.57%) Bluetooth
2 13 (10.57%) DVB
3 12 (9.756%) Wireless
4 11 (8.943%) Broadband
5 9 (7.317%) Ethernet
6 7 (5.691%) 4G
7 6 (4.878%) TCP/IP
7 6 (4.878%) Firewall
8 4 (3.252%) DNS
8 4 (3.252%) FTP
8 4 (3.252%) HTTP
8 4 (3.252%) WAN
8 4 (3.252%) DHCP
8 4 (3.252%) TELNET
8 4 (3.252%) DSL
8 4 (3.252%) 802.11
8 4 (3.252%) UPnP
8 4 (3.252%) DLNA
9 3 (2.439%) 3G
Development Applications
1 5 (4.065%) JIRA
2 4 (3.252%) ClearCase
2 4 (3.252%) Trac
3 3 (2.439%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.626%) Bazaar
5 1 (0.813%) Subversion
5 1 (0.813%) Bitbucket
General
1 22 (17.89%) Electronics
2 6 (4.878%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.626%) Automotive
3 2 (1.626%) Marketing
4 1 (0.813%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.813%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.813%) Finance
Job Titles
1 62 (50.41%) Software Engineer
2 30 (24.39%) Senior Software Engineer
3 25 (20.33%) Developer
4 15 (12.20%) Android Developer
5 12 (9.756%) Linux Engineer
6 11 (8.943%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (4.878%) Software Developer
8 5 (4.065%) Team Leader
8 5 (4.065%) Software Team Leader
9 3 (2.439%) Design Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) Senior Software Test Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) FPGA Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) FPGA Design Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) Senior Test Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) Test Engineer
10 2 (1.626%) Software Test Engineer
11 1 (0.813%) Senior Software Architect
11 1 (0.813%) Embedded Software Developer
11 1 (0.813%) Embedded C Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (34.96%) Device Driver
2 24 (19.51%) Embedded Systems
3 17 (13.82%) DTV
4 16 (13.01%) STB
5 13 (10.57%) Streaming Video
5 13 (10.57%) Open Source
6 8 (6.504%) 3D Graphics
6 8 (6.504%) VHDL
6 8 (6.504%) Smartphone
6 8 (6.504%) Computer Science
7 7 (5.691%) Firmware
7 7 (5.691%) MPEG
8 6 (4.878%) Verilog
8 6 (4.878%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.439%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 3 (2.439%) Streaming Media
10 2 (1.626%) Telematics
11 1 (0.813%) CPLD
11 1 (0.813%) IPTV
11 1 (0.813%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 123 (100.00%) Linux
2 22 (17.89%) Android
3 3 (2.439%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.439%) Windows
4 2 (1.626%) Debian
5 1 (0.813%) CentOS
5 1 (0.813%) Windows CE
5 1 (0.813%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.27%) OO
2 34 (27.64%) Multithreading
3 32 (26.02%) UML
4 31 (25.20%) Requirements Analysis
5 12 (9.756%) Software Testing
5 12 (9.756%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (5.691%) Configuration Management
7 6 (4.878%) Electronic Design Automation
8 2 (1.626%) OOD
8 2 (1.626%) Software Architecture
8 2 (1.626%) Integration Testing
8 2 (1.626%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (1.626%) Automated Testing
9 1 (0.813%) Software Engineering
9 1 (0.813%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (0.813%) Digital Signal Processing
9 1 (0.813%) Signal Processing
9 1 (0.813%) Memory Management
9 1 (0.813%) Change Management
9 1 (0.813%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 83 (67.48%) C
2 76 (61.79%) C++
3 23 (18.70%) Embedded C
4 16 (13.01%) Java
5 15 (12.20%) Embedded C++
6 12 (9.756%) GLSL
7 7 (5.691%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.252%) Perl
9 2 (1.626%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.813%) Python
10 1 (0.813%) SQL
10 1 (0.813%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 31 (25.20%) Security Cleared
2 21 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.756%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.691%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (4.878%) Xen
Vendors
1 6 (4.878%) VMware
2 3 (2.439%) Red Hat
3 2 (1.626%) Intel
3 2 (1.626%) Motorola
3 2 (1.626%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.813%) SAP
Embedded Software Development Oxford £42/hour
Oxfordshire, South East
The successful candidate should have the following skills: - Embedded C - Strong High Level development experience - Experience of using TCP/IP and other communication protocols - RECOGNISED SAFETLY CRITICAL STANDARDS...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £38 - £42 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Brentford, Middlesex
Embedded Linux/C Programming/Linux in embedded products or proven Linux/OSS contributions/Open-source... In particular, you will acquire skills and expertise on Linux and related native...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Embedded Linux Developer
Glasgow, Scotland
Role: Embedded Linux DeveloperRate:£350 - £500 DOELocation:GlasgowDuration:3 Months Apply To:Start Date:ASAPReference:40791ICA leading audio company who design and manufacture high definition audio equipment are...
JAM
Rate: £350.00 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Weybridge, Surrey
Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Weybridge, Staines, Egham, South East
Desired Skills & Experience - Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Embedded Linux Developer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
My international market leading client require an Embedded Linux Developer for an initial 6 month contract. Primary skills:- ARM Linux... QT. Able to build linux from SOURCE. C++...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Unspecified Negotiable daily rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
Platform Senior Graphics Engineer
Middlesex
Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded systems including low-level graphics acceleration, OpenGL and its extensions, and GLSL programming... A...
Proteus Europe
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Embedded Linux Developer
Glasgow, Scotland
from SOURCE- C++- Kernel drivers- Gstreamer usage- knowledge of GIT / Bitbucket / jira / The role of Embedded Linux Developer is an exciting role and should you be successful the...
JAM
Rate: £350.00 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Embedded Linux Developer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Able to build linux etc. from SOURCE - C++ - Kernel drivers - Gstreamer usage - knowledge of GIT / Bitbucket / jira / The role of Embedded Linux Developer is an exciting role and...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Graphic Engineer
London
OpenCL, Cuda, DirectCompute).?... Expertise in Android or Tizen OS and embedded Linux, possibly with an understanding of Linux kernel and device drivers.?... Proficiency in C and C+?+? and...
Anantha Limited
Posted: 20 May 2013
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