The first table below looks at the demand for Simulink skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Simulink over the 3 months to 17 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 Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
The MathWorks Simulink
Rank 512 549 545
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -4
Contract jobs citing Simulink 18 29 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.050% 0.070%
As % of the Applications category 0.297% 0.403% 0.591%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 19
Average hourly rate £36.64 £37.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.96% +8.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.35 £35.90 £31.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.50 £42.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.64 £37.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year
-0.96% +8.02%
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6063 7191 7274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.07% 12.34% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3131 3681 3613
Average daily rate £338 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £515 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 695 738 880
Average hourly rate £16.38 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%

Simulink
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Simulink within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Simulink Jobs Demand Trend

Simulink
Daily Rate Trend

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

Simulink Daily Rate Trend

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Simulink Hourly Rate Trend

Simulink
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Simulink within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Simulink Hourly Rate Histogram

Simulink
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +34 14 - -
South East +27 6 - -
West Midlands +9 3 - -
East of England +10 2 - -
Rochester - 2 - -
Kent - 2 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
Staffordshire - 2 - -
South West +17 1 - -
East Midlands +2 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Essex - 1 - -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Fareham - 1 - -
Chelmsford - 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 - -

Simulink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Simulink 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 Simulink.

1 33 (89.19%) MATLAB
2 18 (48.65%) Electronics
3 17 (45.95%) C
4 13 (35.14%) Automotive
5 11 (29.73%) Degree
6 8 (21.62%) C++
7 7 (18.92%) Embedded Software Development
8 6 (16.22%) Military
8 6 (16.22%) Aerospace
9 5 (13.51%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
10 4 (10.81%) TargetLink
10 4 (10.81%) Validation
10 4 (10.81%) LabVIEW
10 4 (10.81%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 3 (8.108%) Unit Testing
11 3 (8.108%) Multithreading
11 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
11 3 (8.108%) Telecoms
11 3 (8.108%) .NET
11 3 (8.108%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (5.405%) Signal Processing
12 2 (5.405%) Requirements Management
12 2 (5.405%) CAN bus
12 2 (5.405%) Windows
12 2 (5.405%) Linux
12 2 (5.405%) UML
12 2 (5.405%) Embedded C
12 2 (5.405%) MathWorks
12 2 (5.405%) Project Management

Simulink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Simulink 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 Simulink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.108%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) TargetLink
2 1 (2.703%) Pro/ENGINEER
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) LabVIEW
2 3 (8.108%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.703%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.703%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.703%) ClearQuest
General
1 18 (48.65%) Electronics
2 13 (35.14%) Automotive
3 6 (16.22%) Military
3 6 (16.22%) Aerospace
4 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.108%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.703%) Finance
5 1 (2.703%) French Language
5 1 (2.703%) German Language
5 1 (2.703%) Italian Language
5 1 (2.703%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Software Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Developer
3 4 (10.81%) Software Developer
4 3 (8.108%) Test Engineer
4 3 (8.108%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (8.108%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Development Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Test Development Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) DSP Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Principle Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Software Development Team Leader
6 1 (2.703%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (10.81%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (5.405%) CAN bus
4 1 (2.703%) Device Driver
4 1 (2.703%) VHDL
4 1 (2.703%) Mechatronics
4 1 (2.703%) Physics
4 1 (2.703%) Telematics
4 1 (2.703%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.405%) Windows
1 2 (5.405%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.92%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (10.81%) Validation
3 3 (8.108%) Multithreading
3 3 (8.108%) Unit Testing
4 2 (5.405%) Project Management
4 2 (5.405%) Requirements Management
4 2 (5.405%) Signal Processing
4 2 (5.405%) Software Testing
4 2 (5.405%) UML
5 1 (2.703%) OOD
5 1 (2.703%) Six Sigma
5 1 (2.703%) CAD
5 1 (2.703%) SysML
5 1 (2.703%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.703%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (2.703%) Requirements Engineering
5 1 (2.703%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 33 (89.19%) MATLAB
2 17 (45.95%) C
3 8 (21.62%) C++
4 2 (5.405%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.703%) Embedded C++
5 1 (2.703%) C#
5 1 (2.703%) Java
5 1 (2.703%) SQL
5 1 (2.703%) VBA
5 1 (2.703%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.703%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (2.703%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.703%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (5.405%) MathWorks
2 1 (2.703%) Twitter
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