England FPGA Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Engineer role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FPGA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Devon East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire London South East South West Stevenage UK West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	505	578
Rank change on same period last year	+73
Matching contract IT job ads	28	44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.047 %
As % of the category below	0.054 %	0.055 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	9	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.56	£37.23
Average hourly rate	£36.44	£37.73
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.33	£38.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.44	£37.67
% change on same period last year	-3.24 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	51839	80183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.20 %	85.35 %
Daily rates quoted	16701	24716
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£389
Average daily rate	£390	£413
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	5072	7279
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.96	£23.46
Average hourly rate	£23.41	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.87	£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
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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 FPGA Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 FPGA Engineer across the 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 FPGA Engineer across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FPGA Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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 FPGA Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
South East	+50	12	-	-
South West	+37	10	-	-
East of England	+23	3	-	-
Yorkshire	+34	1	-	-
London	+91	1	-	-
West Midlands	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited FPGA 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 FPGA Engineer in their job title.

1 48 (100.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 39 (81.25 %) VHDL 3 16 (33.33 %) Xilinx 4 11 (22.92 %) Electronics 5 8 (16.67 %) Verilog 6 7 (14.58 %) C 6 7 (14.58 %) Degree 7 5 (10.42 %) ASIC 8 4 (8.333 %) Project Management 8 4 (8.333 %) Telecoms 8 4 (8.333 %) Wireless 8 4 (8.333 %) Electric 9 3 (6.250 %) FMECA 9 3 (6.250 %) WiMAX 9 3 (6.250 %) Aerospace

9 3 (6.250 %) 3G 9 3 (6.250 %) LTE 10 2 (4.167 %) Security Cleared 10 2 (4.167 %) Mathematics 10 2 (4.167 %) Firmware 10 2 (4.167 %) HNC 10 2 (4.167 %) Military 11 1 (2.083 %) Government 11 1 (2.083 %) Telelogic 11 1 (2.083 %) Telelogic DOORS 11 1 (2.083 %) Cadence 11 1 (2.083 %) OO 11 1 (2.083 %) Ethernet 11 1 (2.083 %) Embedded C 11 1 (2.083 %) C++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited FPGA 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 FPGA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 4 (8.333 %) Wireless 2 3 (6.250 %) WiMAX 2 3 (6.250 %) 3G 2 3 (6.250 %) LTE 3 1 (2.083 %) Ethernet 3 1 (2.083 %) Network Security	Development Applications 1 1 (2.083 %) Telelogic DOORS
General 1 11 (22.92 %) Electronics 2 4 (8.333 %) Telecoms 2 4 (8.333 %) Electric 3 3 (6.250 %) Aerospace 4 2 (4.167 %) Military 5 1 (2.083 %) Government 5 1 (2.083 %) Education	Miscellaneous 1 48 (100.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 39 (81.25 %) VHDL 3 8 (16.67 %) Verilog 4 5 (10.42 %) ASIC 5 2 (4.167 %) Firmware 5 2 (4.167 %) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (8.333 %) Project Management 2 3 (6.250 %) FMECA 3 2 (4.167 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (2.083 %) OO 4 1 (2.083 %) Configuration Management 4 1 (2.083 %) Integration Testing 4 1 (2.083 %) SC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 7 (14.58 %) C 2 1 (2.083 %) C++ 2 1 (2.083 %) Embedded C
Qualifications 1 7 (14.58 %) Degree 2 2 (4.167 %) HNC	Vendors 1 16 (33.33 %) Xilinx 2 1 (2.083 %) Telelogic 2 1 (2.083 %) Cadence