East of England VHDL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Location Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Livingston London Midlands North West Scotland South Coast South East South West Stevenage Surrey UK West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	108	130
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	26	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.037 %	0.027 %
As % of the category below	4.298 %	3.502 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£225	-
Average daily rate	£250	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£275	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£250	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	16	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£35.70
Average hourly rate	£35.84	£38.57
% change on same period last year	-7.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.69	£41.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.83	£40.35
% change on same period last year	-8.70 %
Miscellaneous East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	605	771
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.852 %	0.779 %
Daily rates quoted	170	237
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£305
Average daily rate	£339	£325
% change on same period last year	+4.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	135	134
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.88	£30.71
Average hourly rate	£28.10	£33.00
% change on same period last year	-14.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.32	£35.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.99	£26.29
% change on same period last year	-4.93 %
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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 VHDL across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VHDL 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 VHDL across the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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 VHDL within the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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	+16	13	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+22	8	£250	-
East Anglia	-	5	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VHDL 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 VHDL.

1 31 (59.62 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 16 (30.77 %) C 2 16 (30.77 %) Firmware 3 14 (26.92 %) Security Cleared 4 13 (25.00 %) SC Cleared 4 13 (25.00 %) Telelogic 4 13 (25.00 %) Telelogic DOORS 5 12 (23.08 %) ASIC 6 11 (21.15 %) Ethernet 7 10 (19.23 %) Electronics 8 9 (17.31 %) Electric 8 9 (17.31 %) Wireless 8 9 (17.31 %) TETRA 8 9 (17.31 %) Embedded C 8 9 (17.31 %) 3G

8 9 (17.31 %) CDMA2000 8 9 (17.31 %) GSM 8 9 (17.31 %) WCDMA 8 9 (17.31 %) LTE 8 9 (17.31 %) WiMAX 8 9 (17.31 %) Gigabit Ethernet 9 8 (15.38 %) Xilinx 9 8 (15.38 %) Verilog 9 8 (15.38 %) FMECA 10 6 (11.54 %) Mentor Graphics 10 6 (11.54 %) Validation 11 5 (9.615 %) C++ 11 5 (9.615 %) Degree 11 5 (9.615 %) Communications Security 12 3 (5.769 %) IC Design

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VHDL 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 VHDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.923 %) OpenGL	Applications 1 1 (1.923 %) MATLAB
Communications & Networking 1 11 (21.15 %) Ethernet 2 9 (17.31 %) 3G 2 9 (17.31 %) CDMA2000 2 9 (17.31 %) Wireless 2 9 (17.31 %) TETRA 2 9 (17.31 %) WiMAX 2 9 (17.31 %) Gigabit Ethernet 2 9 (17.31 %) GSM 2 9 (17.31 %) WCDMA 2 9 (17.31 %) LTE 3 1 (1.923 %) UWB 3 1 (1.923 %) OFDM	Development Applications 1 13 (25.00 %) Telelogic DOORS
General 1 10 (19.23 %) Electronics 2 9 (17.31 %) Electric 3 2 (3.846 %) Government 3 2 (3.846 %) Aerospace 4 1 (1.923 %) Multimedia 4 1 (1.923 %) Avionics	Job Titles 1 20 (38.46 %) Design Engineer 2 18 (34.62 %) FPGA Engineer 3 8 (15.38 %) FPGA Design Engineer 3 8 (15.38 %) Electronics Engineer 4 5 (9.615 %) Test Engineer 5 4 (7.692 %) Hardware Engineer 6 2 (3.846 %) Systems Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Hardware Design Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) ASIC Design Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Digital Design Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Test Development Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) IC Design Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Digital IC Design Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Software Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 31 (59.62 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 16 (30.77 %) Firmware 3 12 (23.08 %) ASIC 4 8 (15.38 %) Verilog 5 2 (3.846 %) ASIC Verification 5 2 (3.846 %) Mathematics	Operating Systems 1 2 (3.846 %) Linux 2 1 (1.923 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (26.92 %) Security Cleared 2 13 (25.00 %) SC Cleared 3 8 (15.38 %) FMECA 4 6 (11.54 %) Validation 5 5 (9.615 %) Communications Security 6 3 (5.769 %) IC Design 7 1 (1.923 %) UML 7 1 (1.923 %) Code Coverage 7 1 (1.923 %) Yourdon 7 1 (1.923 %) Software Engineering 7 1 (1.923 %) Requirements Management 7 1 (1.923 %) EDA 7 1 (1.923 %) Project Planning	Programming Languages 1 16 (30.77 %) C 2 9 (17.31 %) Embedded C 3 5 (9.615 %) C++ 4 2 (3.846 %) Perl 4 2 (3.846 %) Assembly Language 4 2 (3.846 %) Tcl 5 1 (1.923 %) Embedded C++
Qualifications 1 5 (9.615 %) Degree	Vendors 1 13 (25.00 %) Telelogic 2 8 (15.38 %) Xilinx 3 6 (11.54 %) Mentor Graphics 4 2 (3.846 %) Cadence 5 1 (1.923 %) Magma