The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB 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 of the Programming Languages 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank - 65 39
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 0 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - 0.288% 2.331%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.488% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £280 £350
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
Average hourly rate - £37.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +7.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +6.47%
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
151 410 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 55.11% 59.08% 46.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 229 85
Average daily rate £400 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 30 40
Average hourly rate £39.00 £34.25 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.86% -1.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £25.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
MATLAB
South West

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire MATLAB Jobs Demand Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (75.00%) Simulink
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (75.00%) Automotive
3 2 (50.00%) VHDL
4 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Xilinx
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (25.00%) PhD
4 1 (25.00%) MS Visio

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Simulink
2 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (75.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (50.00%) VHDL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PhD
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Xilinx