The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 36 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 5 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.462% 1.675% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.435% 6.034% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.37% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
92 116 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 26.90% 27.75% 18.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 59 13
Average daily rate £263 £299 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.13% -14.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £197 £225 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £403 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 11
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +240.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £21.20 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
Cambridgeshire

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array.

1 9 (81.82%) VHDL
2 7 (63.64%) Electronics
3 6 (54.55%) Verilog
4 5 (45.45%) Xilinx
5 4 (36.36%) Visualisation
5 4 (36.36%) Military
6 3 (27.27%) Wireless
6 3 (27.27%) C
7 2 (18.18%) ASIC
7 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
7 2 (18.18%) CDMA
7 2 (18.18%) GSM
7 2 (18.18%) UMTS
7 2 (18.18%) Motorola
8 1 (9.091%) Multimedia
8 1 (9.091%) ASIC Verification
8 1 (9.091%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (9.091%) Tcl
8 1 (9.091%) Perl
8 1 (9.091%) UNIX
8 1 (9.091%) Marketing
8 1 (9.091%) Twitter

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless
2 2 (18.18%) CDMA
2 2 (18.18%) GSM
2 2 (18.18%) UMTS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Electronics
2 4 (36.36%) Military
3 1 (9.091%) Multimedia
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Electronics Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) FPGA Designer
1 4 (36.36%) Designer
2 3 (27.27%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) DSP Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) VHDL
2 6 (54.55%) Verilog
3 4 (36.36%) Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) ASIC
5 1 (9.091%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (9.091%) ASIC Verification
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C
2 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
3 1 (9.091%) Perl
3 1 (9.091%) Tcl
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Xilinx
2 2 (18.18%) Motorola
3 1 (9.091%) Twitter
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