The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Devon 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank - - 31
Contract jobs citing Electronics 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon - - 0.676%
As % of the General category - - 3.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £305 £313
% change year-on-year
+6.55% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £37.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.69% +6.42%
All of the General Category
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
24 32 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 14.63% 17.58% 22.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 16
Average daily rate £350 £458 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.49% +69.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £235 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £580 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £32.00 £31.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +37.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.60 £31.00 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.40 £31.00 £30.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Electronics
South West

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 2 (100.00%) Motorola
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 2 (100.00%) Altera
2 1 (50.00%) Green Hills
2 1 (50.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Tcl
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Tcl
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Motorola
1 2 (100.00%) Altera
2 1 (50.00%) Green Hills
2 1 (50.00%) Xilinx