The first table below looks at the demand for the Audio Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Audio Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the 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
Audio Engineer
Rank 502 556 565
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Audio Engineer 11 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.026% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.006% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
Average hourly rate £35.00 £30.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% -23.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+14.75% -23.75%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Audio Engineer
UK

Audio Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Audio Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Audio Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Audio Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Audio Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Audio Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Audio Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Audio Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Audio Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Audio Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Audio Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Audio Engineer within the 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
East of England +22 5 - -
South East - 4 - -
London +37 1 - -
South West - 1 £350 -
Audio Engineer
UK

Audio Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Audio Engineer in their job title 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 with Audio Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (31.25%) MPEG
1 5 (31.25%) Wireless
2 4 (25.00%) IBM
2 4 (25.00%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) HP
2 4 (25.00%) CAD
2 4 (25.00%) AutoCAD
3 3 (18.75%) Games
4 2 (12.50%) Adobe
4 2 (12.50%) Windows
4 2 (12.50%) Game Development
4 2 (12.50%) Middleware
5 1 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (6.250%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
5 1 (6.250%) Linux
5 1 (6.250%) OO
5 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
5 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.250%) OOD
5 1 (6.250%) Progress
5 1 (6.250%) Photoshop
5 1 (6.250%) MS Office
5 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.250%) C
5 1 (6.250%) Apple
5 1 (6.250%) OpenGL
5 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.250%) Tandberg
5 1 (6.250%) Video Conferencing

Audio Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Audio Engineer in their job title 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 with Audio Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
2 1 (6.250%) OpenGL
2 1 (6.250%) Qt
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (6.250%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (6.250%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (6.250%) Adobe Premiere
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Wireless
General
1 3 (18.75%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) MPEG
2 1 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
2 1 (6.250%) Android
2 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) CAD
2 2 (12.50%) Game Development
3 1 (6.250%) OO
3 1 (6.250%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) JTAG
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) IBM
1 4 (25.00%) HP
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe
3 1 (6.250%) Progress
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) Apple
3 1 (6.250%) Tandberg
Berkshire
ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound architecture, good knowledge in using and debugging ALSA. - Linux debug skills like GDB, oprofile, ftrace etc... - Used to using git. - Skills in c, c++...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £35 to £45 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013