The first table below looks at the demand for the DSP Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DSP Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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
DSP Engineer
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a DSP Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.821% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.004% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -17.64%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
499 658 500
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 90.89% 95.22% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 317 235
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 73 91
Average hourly rate £22.50 £34.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.82% +142.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £11.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £34.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
DSP Engineer
East of England

DSP Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire DSP Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

DSP Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire DSP Engineer Daily Rate Trend

DSP Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire DSP Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

DSP Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSP Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridge - 10 £325 -
DSP Engineer
East of England

DSP Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited DSP 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 DSP Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Wireless
2 14 (87.50%) LTE
3 13 (81.25%) 3GPP
4 10 (62.50%) C
4 10 (62.50%) MATLAB
5 9 (56.25%) 4G
6 8 (50.00%) UMTS
6 8 (50.00%) Embedded C
7 7 (43.75%) Embedded C++
7 7 (43.75%) C++
8 6 (37.50%) PhD
8 6 (37.50%) 3G
8 6 (37.50%) WiMAX
9 5 (31.25%) Digital Signal Processing
9 5 (31.25%) Signal Processing
10 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
10 4 (25.00%) OFDM
10 4 (25.00%) MIMO
11 2 (12.50%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 2 (12.50%) CDMA
11 2 (12.50%) GSM
11 2 (12.50%) Motorola
11 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
11 2 (12.50%) VHDL
12 1 (6.250%) Automotive

DSP Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited DSP 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 DSP Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) Wireless
2 14 (87.50%) LTE
3 13 (81.25%) 3GPP
4 9 (56.25%) 4G
5 8 (50.00%) UMTS
6 6 (37.50%) 3G
6 6 (37.50%) WiMAX
7 4 (25.00%) OFDM
7 4 (25.00%) MIMO
8 2 (12.50%) CDMA
8 2 (12.50%) GSM
General
1 1 (6.250%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) VHDL
1 2 (12.50%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (31.25%) Signal Processing
2 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) C
1 10 (62.50%) MATLAB
2 8 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 7 (43.75%) Embedded C++
3 7 (43.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Motorola