The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 17 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 General category for the Essex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 34 41 46
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Contract jobs citing Electronics 12 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.948% 0.732% 1.013%
As % of the General category 9.091% 2.222% 2.532%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
Average hourly rate £16.75 £30.00 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.16% +26.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £30.00 £22.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.30 £30.00 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
All of the General Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
132 135 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 32.43% 32.93% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 60 61
Average daily rate £375 £396 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.30% +21.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £170 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 14 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.47% -30.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.10 £30.00 £38.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Essex Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Electronics Daily Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Electronics across the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex Electronics Hourly Rate Histogram

Electronics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Brentwood - 7 £325 -
Chelmsford -2 1 - -
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 7 (53.85%) Wireless
2 6 (46.15%) C
2 6 (46.15%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) Windows
3 4 (30.77%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) Embedded C
4 3 (23.08%) 802.11
4 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
4 3 (23.08%) DSL
4 3 (23.08%) TELNET
4 3 (23.08%) ClearCase
4 3 (23.08%) Broadband
4 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 3 (23.08%) DHCP
4 3 (23.08%) FTP
4 3 (23.08%) HTTP
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
4 3 (23.08%) CGI
4 3 (23.08%) HTML
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (23.08%) Firewall
4 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (23.08%) UPnP
4 3 (23.08%) 4G
4 3 (23.08%) DLNA
4 3 (23.08%) Trac
4 3 (23.08%) Streaming Media
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded Linux

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
1 3 (23.08%) CGI
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Wireless
2 3 (23.08%) UPnP
2 3 (23.08%) 4G
2 3 (23.08%) DLNA
2 3 (23.08%) Broadband
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) FTP
2 3 (23.08%) HTTP
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) 802.11
2 3 (23.08%) DSL
2 3 (23.08%) TELNET
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) ClearCase
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
1 3 (23.08%) Trac
General
1 2 (15.38%) Automotive
1 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Project Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Requirements Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Instrumentation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Streaming Media
2 1 (7.692%) Physics
2 1 (7.692%) Telematics
2 1 (7.692%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
2 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (7.692%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded C
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.692%) MATLAB
4 1 (7.692%) C#
4 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) HNC
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) MathWorks
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