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The table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Engineer role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FPGA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 FPGA Engineer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5773
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.156 %0.285 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£39.33
Average hourly rate-£39.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£39.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.69£39.16
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads6431053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.914 %1.063 %
Daily rates quoted133194
Average minimum daily rate£312£304
Average daily rate£337£321
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted143188
Average minimum hourly rate£20.24£28.51
Average hourly rate£21.75£30.52
% change on same period last year-28.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.26£32.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
FPGA Engineer East of EnglandFPGA Engineer
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.

FPGA Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing FPGA Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire FPGA Engineer Demand Trend

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire FPGA Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

FPGA Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer 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.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeUp+161--
FPGA Engineer East of EnglandFPGA Engineer
East of England

FPGA Engineer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited FPGA 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 FPGA Engineer in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (50.00 %)Xilinx
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Embedded C
21 (50.00 %)ASIC
21 (50.00 %)Electronics
21 (50.00 %)VHDL
21 (50.00 %)Verilog

FPGA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited FPGA 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 FPGA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Electronics
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (50.00 %)ASIC
21 (50.00 %)VHDL
21 (50.00 %)Verilog
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OO
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Xilinx