The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term ASIC in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ASIC over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Rank 97 - 97
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ASIC 3 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.197% - 0.319%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.829% - 1.744%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £238 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £238 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £41.75 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-5.11% +10.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
362 296 344
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.77% 18.66% 18.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 114 136
Average daily rate £350 £350 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £245 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 55 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.74 £14.30 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £38.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
ASIC
South East

ASIC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ASIC across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hampshire ASIC Jobs Demand Trend

ASIC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire ASIC Daily Rate Trend

ASIC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire ASIC Hourly Rate Trend

ASIC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Farnborough - 2 £238 -
ASIC
South East

ASIC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing ASIC 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 ASIC.

1 5 (83.33%) GPRS
1 5 (83.33%) GSM
1 5 (83.33%) WCDMA
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
1 5 (83.33%) Handset
2 4 (66.67%) HSUPA
2 4 (66.67%) HSPA
2 4 (66.67%) LTE
2 4 (66.67%) CDMA
2 4 (66.67%) HSDPA
2 4 (66.67%) 3G
3 3 (50.00%) C
3 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (50.00%) UMTS
3 3 (50.00%) OFDM
4 2 (33.33%) Agilent
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) NAS
4 2 (33.33%) TDMA
4 2 (33.33%) Anite
4 2 (33.33%) 2G
4 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
4 2 (33.33%) Perl
4 2 (33.33%) 3GPP
4 2 (33.33%) PPP
4 2 (33.33%) IPv6
4 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
4 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing ASIC 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 ASIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) GPRS
1 5 (83.33%) GSM
1 5 (83.33%) WCDMA
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
2 4 (66.67%) HSUPA
2 4 (66.67%) HSPA
2 4 (66.67%) LTE
2 4 (66.67%) CDMA
2 4 (66.67%) HSDPA
2 4 (66.67%) 3G
3 3 (50.00%) UMTS
3 3 (50.00%) OFDM
4 2 (33.33%) NAS
4 2 (33.33%) TDMA
4 2 (33.33%) 2G
4 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
4 2 (33.33%) 3GPP
4 2 (33.33%) PPP
4 2 (33.33%) IPv6
5 1 (16.67%) 4G
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Support
2 2 (33.33%) Network Operator
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) GSM Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Handset
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
2 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Agilent
1 2 (33.33%) Anite
2 1 (16.67%) Perforce
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
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Posted: 18 May 2013