The first table below looks at the demand for the RF Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RF Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Radio Frequency Engineer
Rank 29 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an RF Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 0.610% - 0.676%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.625% - 0.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £265 £313
% change year-on-year
+7.54% -15.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £28.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-33.92% -4.10%
All Job Titles
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
160 177 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 97.56% 97.25% 97.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 95 69
Average daily rate £300 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 26 17
Average hourly rate £28.25 £17.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.17% -42.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.40 £31.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
RF Engineer
South West

RF Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon RF Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

RF Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon RF Engineer Daily Rate Trend

RF Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon RF Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

RF Engineer
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region that cited RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) MMIC

RF Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region that cited RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) MMIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python