Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) skills within the East Anglia region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASIC over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApplication-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank17-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.326 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.08£41.37
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads4326
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£425£210
Average daily rate£438£255
% change on same period last year+71.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£341
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£16.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.57£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
ASIC East of EnglandASIC
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ASIC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ASIC across the East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East Anglia ASIC Demand Trend

ASIC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ASIC across the East Anglia region.

East Anglia ASIC Hourly Rate Trend

ASIC
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia region citing ASIC 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 ASIC.

12 (100.00 %)MATLAB
12 (100.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)Embedded C
21 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Verilog
21 (50.00 %)IC Design
21 (50.00 %)ASIC Verification

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia region citing ASIC 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 ASIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)MATLAB
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C Engineer
11 (50.00 %)C Software Engineer
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Verilog
11 (50.00 %)ASIC Verification
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)IC Design
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)Embedded C
21 (50.00 %)Assembly Language