The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Edinburgh 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
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 55 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.240% 0.276% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.316% 2.055% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
152 146 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.25% 13.43% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 62 73
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £200 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £527
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
Average hourly rate £12.42 £40.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.95% +196.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
Scotland

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Edinburgh Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (50.00%) xDSL
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (50.00%) xDSL
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB