The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank - 38 21
Contract jobs citing Electronics 0 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham - 2.583% 2.000%
As % of the General category - 8.974% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Average daily rate - £200 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -29.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £34.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
All of the General Category
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
26 78 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 35.14% 28.78% 44.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 10
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £150 £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 15 13
Average hourly rate £39.00 £36.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Electronics
Gloucestershire

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Electronics Daily Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Borland
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Avionics
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Serena
2 1 (25.00%) C++Builder
2 1 (25.00%) ODBC
2 1 (25.00%) RAD
2 1 (25.00%) MS Access
2 1 (25.00%) Embarcadero

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) ODBC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) C++Builder
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Borland
2 1 (25.00%) Serena
2 1 (25.00%) Embarcadero
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