The first table below looks at the demand for the Embedded Software Engineer role 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Engineer
Rank 92 91 100
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 3 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.184% 0.535% 0.106%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.199% 0.579% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £288 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.82% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1508 2071 1748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.35% 92.37% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 946 791
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 167 154
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -11.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Embedded Software Engineer
England

Embedded Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Embedded Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Embedded Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Coventry - 1 - -
Embedded Software Engineer
England

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) C
2 7 (77.78%) C++
3 6 (66.67%) Automotive
4 4 (44.44%) Embedded C
5 3 (33.33%) Fujitsu
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (22.22%) Embedded C++
6 2 (22.22%) VB
6 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
6 2 (22.22%) MKS
6 2 (22.22%) Subversion
7 1 (11.11%) Green Hills
7 1 (11.11%) Degree
7 1 (11.11%) Windows
7 1 (11.11%) Linux
7 1 (11.11%) ClearCase
7 1 (11.11%) PSTN
7 1 (11.11%) NEC
7 1 (11.11%) Modbus
7 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
7 1 (11.11%) Renesas
7 1 (11.11%) Qt
7 1 (11.11%) GStreamer

Embedded Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Qt
1 1 (11.11%) GStreamer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
2 1 (11.11%) PSTN
2 1 (11.11%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) ClearCase
General
1 6 (66.67%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
2 7 (77.78%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded C
4 2 (22.22%) Embedded C++
4 2 (22.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Fujitsu
2 2 (22.22%) MKS
3 1 (11.11%) Green Hills
3 1 (11.11%) NEC
3 1 (11.11%) Renesas
West Midlands
Some of the other requirements are detailed below: - Development of real-time embedded software - Design using semi-formal notations such as UML, state transition diagrams, - Working to defined...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
Some of the other requirements are detailed below: - Development of real-time embedded software - Design using semi-formal notations such as UML, state transition diagrams, - Working to defined...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013