The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics 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 terms in our General category for the Bedfordshire 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
Electronics
Rank - 28 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 1.471% -
As % of the General category - 2.985% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £35.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-0.70% +0.71%
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
79 134 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 41.58% 49.26% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 64 46
Average daily rate £400 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 2
Average hourly rate £32.75 £35.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.74% +18.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedfordshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Electronics across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Electronics Daily Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) LTE

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000