The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire 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
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 116 - 128
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% - 0.034%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.558% - 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £280 £375
% change year-on-year
+29.46% -25.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £33.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +5.71%
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
717 706 931
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.94% 22.45% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 341 378
Average daily rate £375 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 12 90
Average hourly rate £34.00 £36.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.20% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.65 £18.50 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MATLAB Jobs Demand Trend

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MATLAB Daily Rate Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Top 4 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
1 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) DSP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++