The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 21 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 Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 33 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.460% 0.299% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.407% 1.342% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £275 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
54 149 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 19.71% 22.27% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 83 36
Average daily rate £400 £500 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +60.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £575 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 2
Average hourly rate £42.00 £10.70 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+292.52% -59.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.54 £10.70 £19.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.80 £33.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West

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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (40.00%) LabVIEW
2 4 (40.00%) VHDL
2 4 (40.00%) MATLAB
3 3 (30.00%) Simulink
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) DO-254
4 2 (20.00%) Altera
4 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
4 2 (20.00%) ASIC
5 1 (10.00%) PhD
5 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (10.00%) Electronics
5 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (10.00%) Xilinx
5 1 (10.00%) Degree

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (30.00%) Simulink
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (30.00%) Automotive
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Process Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Development Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) VHDL
2 2 (20.00%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PhD
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Altera
2 1 (10.00%) Xilinx