The first table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FPGA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FPGA Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £373 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +18.57%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
257 597 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 94.83% 92.70% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 349 162
Average daily rate £380 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 34 63
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £20.85 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.30 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
FPGA Engineer
South West

FPGA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire FPGA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

FPGA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire FPGA Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

FPGA Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 6 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
3 4 (66.67%) MATLAB
3 4 (66.67%) VHDL
4 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (50.00%) Simulink
4 3 (50.00%) Automotive
5 2 (33.33%) Code Coverage
5 2 (33.33%) ASIC
5 2 (33.33%) Altera
5 2 (33.33%) DO-254
6 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (16.67%) Xilinx
6 1 (16.67%) Degree
6 1 (16.67%) PhD
6 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
6 1 (16.67%) Electronics

FPGA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Simulink
2 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
General
1 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (66.67%) VHDL
3 2 (33.33%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) DO-254
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Altera
2 1 (16.67%) Xilinx