The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 107 120 123
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +3
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 7 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.327% 0.406% 0.151%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.449% 1.935% 0.826%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
Average hourly rate £39.00 £42.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.23% +46.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
483 620 484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.58% 20.98% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 273 189
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £200 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 66 67
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the East of England region.

East of England Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the East of England region.

East of England Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +9 6 - -
Essex -2 1 - -
Field-Programmable Gate Array
England

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 10 (62.50%) Electronics
1 10 (62.50%) VHDL
2 6 (37.50%) Verilog
3 5 (31.25%) Xilinx
3 5 (31.25%) Military
3 5 (31.25%) C
4 4 (25.00%) ASIC
4 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (18.75%) Wireless
6 2 (12.50%) Validation
6 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
6 2 (12.50%) CDMA
6 2 (12.50%) GSM
6 2 (12.50%) UMTS
6 2 (12.50%) Embedded C
6 2 (12.50%) Motorola
7 1 (6.250%) Multimedia
7 1 (6.250%) ASIC Verification
7 1 (6.250%) Marketing
7 1 (6.250%) Rapid Prototyping
7 1 (6.250%) Twitter
7 1 (6.250%) SCOM
7 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.250%) Avionics
7 1 (6.250%) Tcl
7 1 (6.250%) C++
7 1 (6.250%) Perl
7 1 (6.250%) UNIX
7 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
7 1 (6.250%) 3D Graphics

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Wireless
2 2 (12.50%) CDMA
2 2 (12.50%) GSM
2 2 (12.50%) UMTS
General
1 10 (62.50%) Electronics
2 5 (31.25%) Military
3 1 (6.250%) Multimedia
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Avionics
3 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Electronics Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) FPGA Designer
2 4 (25.00%) Designer
3 3 (18.75%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) VHDL
2 6 (37.50%) Verilog
3 4 (25.00%) ASIC
3 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (6.250%) ASIC Verification
4 1 (6.250%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Validation
2 1 (6.250%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C
2 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
2 2 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (6.250%) Tcl
3 1 (6.250%) C++
3 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Xilinx
2 2 (12.50%) Motorola
3 1 (6.250%) Twitter
Peterborough, East Anglia
You will be working within a versatile multi-disciplined engineering team where you will be working on the design of high speed industrial marking equipment. You will be...
Real Staffing
Rate: £32 - £36 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
Essex, South East
You will be joining the R & D team on a new product development, where they are re designing and improving an existing product. In this role you will...
Real Staffing
Rate: £38 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Electronics Design Engineer, Cambridgeshire, 6 Months, £30ph+ (Mixed Signal, SoC, SMPS, FPGA, Motor Control) An Electronics Design Engineer is required for a 6 month contract based in Cambridgeshire.
Real Staffing
Rate: £30 - £36 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Electronics Design Engineer, Cambridgeshire, 6 Months, £35ph+ (Mixed Signal, SoC, SMPS, FPGA, Motor Control) An Electronics Design Engineer is required for a 6 month contract based in Cambridgeshire.
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013