The first table below looks at the demand for Signal Processing 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 Signal Processing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
Signal Processing
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Signal Processing 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.327% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.491% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £50.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-32.50% +28.20%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Signal Processing
England

Signal Processing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Signal Processing across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England Signal Processing Jobs Demand Trend

Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Signal Processing Daily Rate Trend

Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Signal Processing Hourly Rate Trend

Signal Processing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Signal Processing 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 - 5 £325 -
Hertfordshire - 2 - -
Signal Processing
England

Signal Processing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (88.89%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) LTE
2 7 (77.78%) Digital Signal Processing
2 7 (77.78%) C
2 7 (77.78%) 3GPP
2 7 (77.78%) Embedded C
2 7 (77.78%) MATLAB
2 7 (77.78%) Wireless
3 6 (66.67%) Embedded C++
3 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) OFDM
5 1 (11.11%) MIMO

Signal Processing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Signal Processing 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 Signal Processing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) LTE
1 7 (77.78%) 3GPP
1 7 (77.78%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) OFDM
2 1 (11.11%) MIMO
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) DSP Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) DSP Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Digital Signal Processing
2 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) C
2 7 (77.78%) Embedded C
2 7 (77.78%) MATLAB
3 6 (66.67%) Embedded C++