The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 486 482 524
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +42
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 46 63 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.106% 0.119% 0.098%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.388% 0.470% 0.339%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 8
Average daily rate £525 £409 £481
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.44% -15.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
- -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 20 25
Average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.70 £36.80 £31.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11864 13403 16520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.42% 25.31% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7322 7988 10108
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 629 645
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.95 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the England region.

England Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Histogram

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +50 29 £550 +27.90% 2
East Midlands +3 6 - -
South East +2 6 - - 13
South West +22 2 £275 - 13
East of England +9 2 - - 10
North West - 1 - - 3
West Midlands - - - - 2
Midlands - - - -
Field-Programmable Gate Array
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Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 66 (48.89%) C++
2 47 (34.81%) Front Office
3 42 (31.11%) VHDL
3 42 (31.11%) Multithreading
4 33 (24.44%) Verilog
5 29 (21.48%) Finance
6 28 (20.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 24 (17.78%) C
7 24 (17.78%) Electronics
8 22 (16.30%) ASIC
8 22 (16.30%) Electronic Trading
9 21 (15.56%) Linux
10 20 (14.81%) Degree
11 18 (13.33%) Xilinx
11 18 (13.33%) TCP/IP
12 17 (12.59%) UNIX
12 17 (12.59%) Altera
13 14 (10.37%) Computer Science
14 12 (8.889%) Banking
15 11 (8.148%) Investment Banking
15 11 (8.148%) Telecoms
16 10 (7.407%) Military
16 10 (7.407%) QA
16 10 (7.407%) Embedded Systems
17 8 (5.926%) Ethernet
18 7 (5.185%) Agile Software Development
18 7 (5.185%) Embedded C
18 7 (5.185%) NFS
18 7 (5.185%) Firmware
18 7 (5.185%) Legal

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Applications
1 3 (2.222%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 8 (5.926%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.963%) FTP
4 3 (2.222%) NAS
4 3 (2.222%) Wireless
5 2 (1.481%) SAN
5 2 (1.481%) 3G
5 2 (1.481%) Broadband
5 2 (1.481%) 4G
6 1 (0.741%) VLAN
6 1 (0.741%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.741%) IPv6
Development Applications
1 6 (4.444%) LabVIEW
2 4 (2.963%) Subversion
3 3 (2.222%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.741%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.741%) StarTeam
General
1 47 (34.81%) Front Office
2 29 (21.48%) Finance
3 24 (17.78%) Electronics
4 12 (8.889%) Banking
5 11 (8.148%) Investment Banking
5 11 (8.148%) Telecoms
6 10 (7.407%) Military
7 7 (5.185%) Legal
8 5 (3.704%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.222%) Avionics
9 3 (2.222%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.481%) Automotive
11 1 (0.741%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.741%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (41.48%) Developer
2 48 (35.56%) C++ Developer
3 33 (24.44%) Access Developer
4 29 (21.48%) FPGA Engineer
5 16 (11.85%) Design Engineer
6 10 (7.407%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 9 (6.667%) Software Engineer
8 8 (5.926%) Designer
9 7 (5.185%) Verification Engineer
9 7 (5.185%) Electronics Engineer
10 6 (4.444%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.444%) Development Engineer
11 5 (3.704%) FPGA Designer
12 4 (2.963%) Test Engineer
12 4 (2.963%) Process Engineer
12 4 (2.963%) Digital Design Engineer
12 4 (2.963%) Hardware Engineer
13 3 (2.222%) UNIX Developer
13 3 (2.222%) Senior Development Engineer
13 3 (2.222%) ASIC Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (31.11%) VHDL
2 33 (24.44%) Verilog
3 28 (20.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 22 (16.30%) ASIC
5 14 (10.37%) Computer Science
6 10 (7.407%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (5.185%) Firmware
8 5 (3.704%) ASIC Verification
9 4 (2.963%) Client/Server
9 4 (2.963%) Visualisation
9 4 (2.963%) SystemC
10 3 (2.222%) SCADA
11 2 (1.481%) Device Driver
12 1 (0.741%) CPLD
12 1 (0.741%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.56%) Linux
2 17 (12.59%) UNIX
3 5 (3.704%) Windows
4 2 (1.481%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (31.11%) Multithreading
2 22 (16.30%) Electronic Trading
3 7 (5.185%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (2.963%) OO
5 3 (2.222%) Product Management
5 3 (2.222%) Video Processing
5 3 (2.222%) Test Scripting
5 3 (2.222%) System Testing
5 3 (2.222%) IC Design
5 3 (2.222%) Software Engineering
6 2 (1.481%) Code Coverage
6 2 (1.481%) Validation
6 2 (1.481%) Project Management
6 2 (1.481%) Business Development
7 1 (0.741%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (0.741%) Rapid Prototyping
7 1 (0.741%) Algorithmic Trading
7 1 (0.741%) Image Processing
7 1 (0.741%) Asset Management
7 1 (0.741%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (48.89%) C++
2 24 (17.78%) C
3 7 (5.185%) Embedded C
4 5 (3.704%) MATLAB
5 4 (2.963%) Python
6 3 (2.222%) Perl
7 2 (1.481%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.481%) Java
7 2 (1.481%) Tcl
8 1 (0.741%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.741%) C#
8 1 (0.741%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (2.222%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.407%) QA
2 2 (1.481%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (5.185%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (2.222%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (2.222%) Legato
2 1 (0.741%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (13.33%) Xilinx
2 17 (12.59%) Altera
3 3 (2.222%) Motorola
3 3 (2.222%) Veritas
3 3 (2.222%) HP
4 2 (1.481%) Mentor Graphics
4 2 (1.481%) Actel
4 2 (1.481%) Twitter
5 1 (0.741%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.741%) Borland
5 1 (0.741%) IBM
5 1 (0.741%) Intel
West Midlands
FPGA Design Engineer - Contract -West Midlands A midlands based client of Progressives are looking for a contract FPGA for a 6 month contract... To find out more about.
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 13 June 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
You will be working within a versatile multi-disciplined engineering team where you will be working on the design of high speed industrial marking equipment. You will be...
Real Staffing
Rate: £32 - £36 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
South West England
Experience with Xilinx FPGAs as opposed to Altera FPGAs or ASICs is preferable... * ISE place and route * Embedded firmware soft/hard platforms: Motorola Coldfire, Xilinx Microblaze or similar *...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £35 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
South West England
Experience with Xilinx FPGAs as opposed to Altera FPGAs or ASICs is preferable... * ISE place and route * Embedded firmware soft/hard platforms: Motorola Coldfire, Xilinx Microblaze or similar *...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 3 June 2013
Manchester, North West
FPGA Design Engineer, Manchester, 6 Months, £35ph+ An FPGA Design Engineer is required for an initial 6 month contract to work on the specification, planning, documentation, design, test...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 3 June 2013
Hampshire
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
South West England
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £40 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: 40-45ph
Posted: 13 June 2013
South West England
Computer Futures
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
South East
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Real Staffing
Rate: £30 - £36 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013