The first table below looks at the demand for JTAG skills 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 JTAG over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
Rank 114 - 118
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JTAG 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.094% - 0.149%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.250% - 1.818%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £245 -
% change year-on-year
-2.04% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +6.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
160 172 220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 7.547% 5.831% 8.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 86 85
Average daily rate £325 £375 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +17.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £179 £173 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £575 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 30
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -52.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.69
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £36.90 £38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
JTAG
England

JTAG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JTAG across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

East of England JTAG Jobs Demand Trend

JTAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England JTAG Daily Rate Trend

JTAG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England JTAG Hourly Rate Trend

JTAG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JTAG within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 2 - -
JTAG
England

JTAG
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing JTAG 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 JTAG.

1 8 (100.00%) C
2 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Ethernet
2 6 (75.00%) Device Driver
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) VHDL
2 6 (75.00%) Verilog
2 6 (75.00%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Xen
2 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (12.50%) Firmware
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Physics

JTAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing JTAG 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 JTAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Device Driver
1 6 (75.00%) VHDL
1 6 (75.00%) Verilog
1 6 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Xen
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware