The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Aerospace in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Aerospace over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Aerospace
Rank 36 53 34
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -19
Contract jobs citing Aerospace 2 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.727% 2.392% 3.521%
As % of the General category 3.279% 7.273% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £300 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +41.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £371
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -19.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.25 £32.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+23.84% -5.79%
All of the General Category
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
61 220 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 22.18% 32.88% 31.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 127 46
Average daily rate £375 £375 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £275 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £489 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 21 36
Average hourly rate £34.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.65 £25.00 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £38.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Aerospace
South West

Aerospace
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Aerospace Jobs Demand Trend

Aerospace
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Aerospace Daily Rate Trend

Aerospace
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Aerospace Hourly Rate Trend

Aerospace
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aerospace within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheltenham +25 2 - -
Aerospace
South West

Aerospace
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Aerospace 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 Aerospace.

1 12 (50.00%) DO-178B
2 10 (41.67%) Avionics
3 9 (37.50%) Configuration Management
4 7 (29.17%) C
4 7 (29.17%) C++
5 6 (25.00%) SQL
5 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (25.00%) Degree
6 5 (20.83%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
6 5 (20.83%) C#
6 5 (20.83%) Embedded C
7 4 (16.67%) Assembly Language
7 4 (16.67%) Windows
7 4 (16.67%) UML
7 4 (16.67%) Borland
7 4 (16.67%) Electronics
7 4 (16.67%) LINQ
7 4 (16.67%) DO-254
8 3 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
8 3 (12.50%) WPF
8 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
8 3 (12.50%) Automotive
8 3 (12.50%) VHDL
8 3 (12.50%) MATLAB
8 3 (12.50%) Simulink
8 3 (12.50%) OO
9 2 (8.333%) MS Access

Aerospace
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Aerospace 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 Aerospace. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (16.67%) LINQ
2 3 (12.50%) WPF
3 2 (8.333%) .NET
4 1 (4.167%) WinForms
4 1 (4.167%) XML
4 1 (4.167%) ODBC
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Simulink
2 1 (4.167%) MS Project
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (8.333%) NUnit
3 1 (4.167%) C++Builder
3 1 (4.167%) PVCS
General
1 10 (41.67%) Avionics
2 4 (16.67%) Electronics
3 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) FPGA Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Test Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Software Design Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Design Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Software Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Problem Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (12.50%) VHDL
3 2 (8.333%) ASIC
3 2 (8.333%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.167%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Configuration Management
2 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) UML
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
4 3 (12.50%) OO
5 2 (8.333%) Code Coverage
5 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Validation
6 1 (4.167%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C
1 7 (29.17%) C++
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) C#
3 5 (20.83%) Embedded C
4 4 (16.67%) Assembly Language
5 3 (12.50%) MATLAB
6 2 (8.333%) Ada
6 2 (8.333%) XAML
7 1 (4.167%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (50.00%) DO-178B
2 4 (16.67%) DO-254
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Borland
2 2 (8.333%) Serena
2 2 (8.333%) Altera
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) Embarcadero
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