Electronics Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridge 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 29 25 26
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing Electronics 8 24 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.381% 5.607% 3.187%
As % of the General category 8.421% 25.00% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 3
Average daily rate - £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
Average hourly rate £37.00 £37.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +10.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
All of the General Category
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 95 96 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 28.27% 22.43% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 33
Average daily rate £360 £315 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £225 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 10
Average hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.35 £11.60 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.50 £48.50 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Electronics
Cambridgeshire

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 7 (38.89%) VHDL
1 7 (38.89%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) LabVIEW
3 4 (22.22%) Military
3 4 (22.22%) Verilog
3 4 (22.22%) Xilinx
3 4 (22.22%) C++
3 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 3 (16.67%) Multithreading
4 3 (16.67%) MATLAB
4 3 (16.67%) Simulink
4 3 (16.67%) .NET
5 2 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (5.556%) C
6 1 (5.556%) JTAG
6 1 (5.556%) Change Control
6 1 (5.556%) Twitter
6 1 (5.556%) Physics
6 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.556%) Test Management
6 1 (5.556%) E-Learning
6 1 (5.556%) CMS
6 1 (5.556%) Content Management
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (5.556%) Animation
6 1 (5.556%) XML
6 1 (5.556%) XSLT
6 1 (5.556%) OO
6 1 (5.556%) Python

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (5.556%) XML
2 1 (5.556%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) LabVIEW
2 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (22.22%) Military
2 1 (5.556%) Automotive
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Test Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Author
2 4 (22.22%) Technical Author
2 4 (22.22%) FPGA Designer
2 4 (22.22%) Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Development Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Test Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) VHDL
1 7 (38.89%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (22.22%) Verilog
2 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 2 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.556%) Physics
4 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.556%) E-Learning
4 1 (5.556%) Animation
4 1 (5.556%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Multithreading
2 1 (5.556%) Change Control
2 1 (5.556%) Test Management
2 1 (5.556%) Content Management
2 1 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (5.556%) OO
2 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
2 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.556%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C++
2 3 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.556%) C
3 1 (5.556%) Python
3 1 (5.556%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.556%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) JTAG
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Xilinx
2 1 (5.556%) Twitter
2 1 (5.556%) EMC
Hardware - FPGA- VHDL - Electronics - Analogue/Analog - Digital
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The main tasks are: 1) Digital design, (Big CPU, Power PC 4xx, Imx5x or 60, or TI39xxCPU; Big FPGA design) 2) VHDL coding for FPGA 3) Analogue design...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: NEGOTIABLE
Posted: 16 May 2013
SMPSU, Switchmode Power Supply, £45ph, Cambridge
Cambridge, East Anglia
SMPSU Engineer, Switch mode Power Supply, Cambridge, South East, £45ph, 6 months THE JOB- An Electronics company, at the cutting edge of new technology and new product design...
Real Staffing
Rate: £45 - £47 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
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