The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array over the 3 months to 22 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 Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank - 46 -
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham - 0.810% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.941% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.37% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
4 68 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 5.333% 27.53% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 50 15
Average daily rate £387 £475 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.52% +55.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
Gloucestershire

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cheltenham Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) ASIC
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Altera
1 2 (100.00%) DO-254

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) ASIC
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Altera