East of England ASIC Verification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for ASIC Verification skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASIC Verification over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Cambridge Cambridgeshire East of England England South West UK Wiltshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	159
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	6	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.020 %	0.135 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	588	742
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.838 %	0.767 %
Daily rates quoted	167	229
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£302
Average daily rate	£339	£321
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£341
% change on same period last year	+2.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	133	129
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.52	£31.48
Average hourly rate	£27.75	£34.12
% change on same period last year	-18.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.98	£36.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.03	£26.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
ASIC Verification 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 Verification
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ASIC Verification across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC Verification within the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+20	6	-	-

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Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ASIC Verification 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 Verification.

1 12 (100.00 %) ASIC 2 7 (58.33 %) C 2 7 (58.33 %) C++ 2 7 (58.33 %) Perl 2 7 (58.33 %) Verilog 2 7 (58.33 %) IC Design 3 5 (41.67 %) Validation 4 2 (16.67 %) VHDL 4 2 (16.67 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 2 (16.67 %) Ethernet 4 2 (16.67 %) Tcl 5 1 (8.333 %) MATLAB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ASIC Verification 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 Verification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (8.333 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 2 (16.67 %) Ethernet
Job Titles 1 4 (33.33 %) Hardware Engineer 2 1 (8.333 %) ASIC Design Engineer 2 1 (8.333 %) Design Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 12 (100.00 %) ASIC 2 7 (58.33 %) Verilog 3 2 (16.67 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 2 (16.67 %) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (58.33 %) IC Design 2 5 (41.67 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 7 (58.33 %) C 1 7 (58.33 %) C++ 1 7 (58.33 %) Perl 2 2 (16.67 %) Tcl