Embedded C Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded C 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 Programming Languages category for the West Midlands 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C
Rank 92 92 92
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 3 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.182% 0.493% 0.106%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.589% 1.463% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £305 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.40% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
Average hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +2.06%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 509 752 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.83% 33.71% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 383 318
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 32
Average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.50 £13.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £32.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded C across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands Embedded C Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Embedded C Daily Rate Trend

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Embedded C Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded C
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 within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Embedded C 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 C.

1 8 (100.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Automotive
3 3 (37.50%) Electronics
3 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
3 3 (37.50%) Embedded C++
4 2 (25.00%) VB
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Fujitsu
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (12.50%) Modbus
5 1 (12.50%) CAN bus
5 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
5 1 (12.50%) MKS
5 1 (12.50%) PSTN
5 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
5 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
5 1 (12.50%) Simulink
5 1 (12.50%) Subversion

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Embedded C 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 C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
2 1 (12.50%) Modbus
2 1 (12.50%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 4 (50.00%) Automotive
2 3 (37.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Development Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (12.50%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Embedded C++
4 2 (25.00%) VB
5 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) MKS
1 1 (12.50%) Fujitsu
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