The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Avionics in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Avionics over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheltenham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Avionics
Rank - 35 13
Contract jobs citing Avionics 0 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham - 5.000% 10.00%
As % of the General category - 16.67% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
Average hourly rate - £37.00 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.06%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-19.44% +2.85%
All of the General Category
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
26 72 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 32.50% 30.00% 43.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 10
Average daily rate £325 £355 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.45% +18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £278 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 14
Average hourly rate £39.00 £36.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Avionics
Gloucestershire

Avionics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham Avionics Jobs Demand Trend

Avionics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Avionics Hourly Rate Trend

Avionics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Avionics 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 Avionics.

1 10 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 7 (70.00%) C++
3 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) DO-178B
4 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (40.00%) Electronics
5 4 (40.00%) Borland
5 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (40.00%) Windows
6 3 (30.00%) C
6 3 (30.00%) Assembly Language
7 2 (20.00%) OO
7 2 (20.00%) DO-254
7 2 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (10.00%) LINQ
8 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
8 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (10.00%) C++Builder
8 1 (10.00%) Serena
8 1 (10.00%) RAD
8 1 (10.00%) MS Access
8 1 (10.00%) Ada
8 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
8 1 (10.00%) SQL
8 1 (10.00%) MS Project
8 1 (10.00%) MS Office
8 1 (10.00%) XML
8 1 (10.00%) ODBC
8 1 (10.00%) Embarcadero

Avionics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Avionics 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 Avionics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) LINQ
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (10.00%) C++Builder
General
1 10 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Design Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) RAD
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C++
2 3 (30.00%) C
2 3 (30.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (10.00%) Ada
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) DO-178B
2 2 (20.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Borland
2 1 (10.00%) Serena
2 1 (10.00%) Embarcadero