East of England IC Design Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IC Design over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Integrated Circuit Design (IC Design)
Location Berkshire Bracknell Cambridge Cambridgeshire East of England England Hampshire South East South West UK Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	151
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching contract IT job ads	4	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.236 %	0.230 %
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	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£42.50	-
Average hourly rate	£43.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£44.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.58	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-3.14 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1693	2178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.667 %	2.334 %
Daily rates quoted	514	761
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£347
Average daily rate	£371	£368
% change on same period last year	+0.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	213	281
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.17	£31.95
Average hourly rate	£28.72	£33.39
% change on same period last year	-13.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.26	£34.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
IC Design 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.

IC Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IC Design across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

IC Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

IC Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IC Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

IC Design
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design 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
Cambridgeshire	+15	4	-	-

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IC Design
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing IC Design 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 IC Design.

1 9 (81.82 %) ASIC 2 8 (72.73 %) Verilog 3 7 (63.64 %) C 3 7 (63.64 %) C++ 3 7 (63.64 %) Perl 3 7 (63.64 %) ASIC Verification 4 4 (36.36 %) VHDL 4 4 (36.36 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 5 2 (18.18 %) Degree 5 2 (18.18 %) Ethernet 5 2 (18.18 %) Tcl 6 1 (9.091 %) Cadence 6 1 (9.091 %) MATLAB 6 1 (9.091 %) Wi-Fi 6 1 (9.091 %) Wireless

6 1 (9.091 %) Electronics 6 1 (9.091 %) Finance 6 1 (9.091 %) Automotive 6 1 (9.091 %) Health 6 1 (9.091 %) ZigBee 6 1 (9.091 %) UWB 6 1 (9.091 %) Avionics 6 1 (9.091 %) Insurance 6 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 6 1 (9.091 %) EDA

IC Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing IC Design 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 IC Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 2 (18.18 %) Ethernet 2 1 (9.091 %) Wi-Fi 2 1 (9.091 %) Wireless 2 1 (9.091 %) ZigBee 2 1 (9.091 %) UWB
General 1 1 (9.091 %) Electronics 1 1 (9.091 %) Finance 1 1 (9.091 %) Automotive 1 1 (9.091 %) Health 1 1 (9.091 %) Insurance 1 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 1 1 (9.091 %) Avionics	Job Titles 1 3 (27.27 %) Design Engineer 2 1 (9.091 %) IC Design Engineer 2 1 (9.091 %) Digital IC Design Engineer 2 1 (9.091 %) ASIC Design Engineer 2 1 (9.091 %) Digital Design Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 9 (81.82 %) ASIC 2 8 (72.73 %) Verilog 3 7 (63.64 %) ASIC Verification 4 4 (36.36 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 4 (36.36 %) VHDL	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (9.091 %) EDA
Programming Languages 1 7 (63.64 %) C 1 7 (63.64 %) C++ 1 7 (63.64 %) Perl 2 2 (18.18 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) Degree
Vendors 1 1 (9.091 %) Cadence