The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 22 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 General category for the Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 60 59 61
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing Electronics 4 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.614% 1.638% 0.351%
As % of the General category 1.290% 3.412% 0.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
Average hourly rate - £48.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +48.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
All of the General Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
310 469 450
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 47.62% 48.00% 52.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 199 214
Average daily rate £400 £375 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £463 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 36 32
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +118.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.06
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Hertfordshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Electronics Daily Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Royston - 2 - -
Hemel Hempstead +8 1 - -
Electronics
East of England

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 3 (50.00%) Physics
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) 2G
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) 3GPP
2 2 (33.33%) LTE
3 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (16.67%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) DTV
3 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (16.67%) Simulink
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) OLAP
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Cognos
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Simulink
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 2G
1 2 (33.33%) 3GPP
1 2 (33.33%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (16.67%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Automated Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Cognos Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Physics
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) SysML
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Cognos
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