Cambridgeshire Field-Programmable Gate Array Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Lancashire Livingston London Midlands North East North West Reading Scotland South Coast South East South West Stevenage UK West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	54
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	15	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	11.28 %	10.89 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£225	-
Average daily rate	£250	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£275	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£250	£325
% change on same period last year	-23.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.50	£40.43
Average hourly rate	£34.50	£42.93
% change on same period last year	-19.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.50	£45.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.02	£38.40
% change on same period last year	-0.99 %
Miscellaneous Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	133	202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.189 %	0.204 %
Daily rates quoted	17	33
Average minimum daily rate	£273	£278
Average daily rate	£295	£306
% change on same period last year	-3.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£318	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.13	£36.31
Average hourly rate	£28.06	£40.06
% change on same period last year	-29.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£43.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.85	£26.56
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
Field-Programmable Gate Array East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridge	+15	12	-	-

Field-Programmable Gate Array East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 20 (68.97 %) C 2 15 (51.72 %) ASIC 3 10 (34.48 %) VHDL 4 9 (31.03 %) Verilog 5 8 (27.59 %) Perl 5 8 (27.59 %) Linux 6 7 (24.14 %) Assembly Language 6 7 (24.14 %) Degree 7 6 (20.69 %) Computer Science 7 6 (20.69 %) C++ 7 6 (20.69 %) Device Driver 8 5 (17.24 %) Python 8 5 (17.24 %) Ethernet 8 5 (17.24 %) Electronics 9 4 (13.79 %) Embedded C

9 4 (13.79 %) PhD 10 3 (10.34 %) IC Design 10 3 (10.34 %) Xilinx 11 2 (6.897 %) Tcl 11 2 (6.897 %) Multimedia 11 2 (6.897 %) ASIC Verification 12 1 (3.448 %) Military 12 1 (3.448 %) Cadence 12 1 (3.448 %) Aerospace 12 1 (3.448 %) Government 12 1 (3.448 %) Validation 12 1 (3.448 %) OO 12 1 (3.448 %) EDA 12 1 (3.448 %) Communications Security 12 1 (3.448 %) Security Cleared

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 5 (17.24 %) Ethernet	General 1 5 (17.24 %) Electronics 2 2 (6.897 %) Multimedia 3 1 (3.448 %) Military 3 1 (3.448 %) Aerospace 3 1 (3.448 %) Government
Job Titles 1 10 (34.48 %) Software Engineer 2 5 (17.24 %) Design Engineer 3 4 (13.79 %) Embedded Software Engineer 3 4 (13.79 %) Hardware Engineer 4 3 (10.34 %) Test Engineer 4 3 (10.34 %) Software Test Engineer 4 3 (10.34 %) C++ Developer 4 3 (10.34 %) Developer 5 2 (6.897 %) FPGA Engineer 5 2 (6.897 %) Electronics Engineer 5 2 (6.897 %) ASIC Design Engineer 6 1 (3.448 %) Digital Design Engineer 6 1 (3.448 %) IC Design Engineer 6 1 (3.448 %) Digital IC Design Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 15 (51.72 %) ASIC 2 10 (34.48 %) VHDL 3 9 (31.03 %) Verilog 4 6 (20.69 %) Computer Science 4 6 (20.69 %) Device Driver 5 2 (6.897 %) ASIC Verification
Operating Systems 1 8 (27.59 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (10.34 %) IC Design 2 1 (3.448 %) Validation 2 1 (3.448 %) OO 2 1 (3.448 %) EDA 2 1 (3.448 %) Communications Security 2 1 (3.448 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 20 (68.97 %) C 2 8 (27.59 %) Perl 3 7 (24.14 %) Assembly Language 4 6 (20.69 %) C++ 5 5 (17.24 %) Python 6 4 (13.79 %) Embedded C 7 2 (6.897 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 7 (24.14 %) Degree 2 4 (13.79 %) PhD
Vendors 1 3 (10.34 %) Xilinx 2 1 (3.448 %) Cadence