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This section looks at the demand for the RF Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hampshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RF Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Radio Frequency Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank99104
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads421
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.198 %0.798 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£203-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£34.00£36.33
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£37.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.67£30.75
% change on same period last year+15.98 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads20212633
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.667 %2.622 %
Daily rates quoted519664
Average minimum daily rate£349£343
Average daily rate£371£365
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted413514
Average minimum hourly rate£25.55£28.09
Average hourly rate£27.28£29.63
% change on same period last year-7.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.02£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
RF Engineer South EastRF Engineer
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

RF Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RF Engineer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire RF Engineer Demand Trend

RF Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire RF Engineer Daily Rate Trend

RF Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire RF Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

RF Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title.

16 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
16 (50.00 %)Degree
25 (41.67 %)Agilent
25 (41.67 %)Telecoms
25 (41.67 %)GSM
34 (33.33 %)WCDMA
34 (33.33 %)Validation
34 (33.33 %)Wireless
43 (25.00 %)Electronics
43 (25.00 %)HND
52 (16.67 %)French Language
52 (16.67 %)Handset
52 (16.67 %)TETRA
61 (8.333 %)LabVIEW
61 (8.333 %)EMC
61 (8.333 %)DVB
61 (8.333 %)UMTS
61 (8.333 %)WLAN

RF Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (41.67 %)GSM
24 (33.33 %)WCDMA
24 (33.33 %)Wireless
32 (16.67 %)TETRA
41 (8.333 %)DVB
41 (8.333 %)UMTS
41 (8.333 %)WLAN
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)LabVIEW
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (41.67 %)Telecoms
23 (25.00 %)Electronics
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)French Language
12 (16.67 %)Handset
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
24 (33.33 %)Validation
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (50.00 %)Degree
23 (25.00 %)HND
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (41.67 %)Agilent
21 (8.333 %)EMC