East of England FPGA Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Engineer role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FPGA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Devon East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire London South East South West Stevenage UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	144
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	4	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	0.131 %	0.283 %
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	3	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.67	£33.30
Average hourly rate	£33.33	£34.75
% change on same period last year	-4.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£36.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.44	£37.91
% change on same period last year	-3.87 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3043	4243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.793 %	4.547 %
Daily rates quoted	839	1316
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£311
Average daily rate	£326	£329
% change on same period last year	-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	491	689
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.83	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£23.22	£26.74
% change on same period last year	-13.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.61	£28.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 FPGA Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Hertfordshire	+18	3	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+16	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited FPGA 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 FPGA Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (100.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 11 (91.67 %) VHDL 3 5 (41.67 %) Degree 4 4 (33.33 %) WiMAX 4 4 (33.33 %) Gigabit Ethernet 4 4 (33.33 %) TETRA 4 4 (33.33 %) GSM 4 4 (33.33 %) WCDMA 4 4 (33.33 %) Ethernet 4 4 (33.33 %) 3G 4 4 (33.33 %) CDMA2000 4 4 (33.33 %) Wireless 4 4 (33.33 %) Electric 4 4 (33.33 %) LTE 5 3 (25.00 %) Electronics

5 3 (25.00 %) FMECA 6 2 (16.67 %) Mathematics 6 2 (16.67 %) ASIC 6 2 (16.67 %) C 6 2 (16.67 %) HNC 7 1 (8.333 %) OO 7 1 (8.333 %) C++ 7 1 (8.333 %) Embedded C 7 1 (8.333 %) Firmware 7 1 (8.333 %) Government 7 1 (8.333 %) Telelogic 7 1 (8.333 %) Telelogic DOORS 7 1 (8.333 %) SC Cleared 7 1 (8.333 %) Security Cleared 7 1 (8.333 %) Xilinx

FPGA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited FPGA 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 FPGA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 4 (33.33 %) GSM 1 4 (33.33 %) WCDMA 1 4 (33.33 %) Ethernet 1 4 (33.33 %) 3G 1 4 (33.33 %) CDMA2000 1 4 (33.33 %) Wireless 1 4 (33.33 %) TETRA 1 4 (33.33 %) WiMAX 1 4 (33.33 %) Gigabit Ethernet 1 4 (33.33 %) LTE	Development Applications 1 1 (8.333 %) Telelogic DOORS
General 1 4 (33.33 %) Electric 2 3 (25.00 %) Electronics 3 1 (8.333 %) Government	Miscellaneous 1 12 (100.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 11 (91.67 %) VHDL 3 2 (16.67 %) ASIC 3 2 (16.67 %) Mathematics 4 1 (8.333 %) Firmware 4 1 (8.333 %) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (25.00 %) FMECA 2 1 (8.333 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (8.333 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (8.333 %) OO	Programming Languages 1 2 (16.67 %) C 2 1 (8.333 %) C++ 2 1 (8.333 %) Embedded C
Qualifications 1 5 (41.67 %) Degree 2 2 (16.67 %) HNC	Vendors 1 1 (8.333 %) Telelogic 1 1 (8.333 %) Xilinx