Hertfordshire FMECA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FMECA over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
Location Bristol Cheshire Derbyshire Dorking East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire North West Portsmouth South East South West Stevenage Surrey UK	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	67	92
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	3	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.468 %	0.336 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£260	£535
% change on same period last year	-51.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.87	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£37.20	£34.50
% change on same period last year	+7.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.53	£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£46.76	£39.75
% change on same period last year	+17.64 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	641	892
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.010 %	0.956 %
Daily rates quoted	216	385
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£350
Average daily rate	£366	£374
% change on same period last year	-2.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	76	96
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.78	£33.16
Average hourly rate	£32.88	£34.34
% change on same period last year	-4.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.98	£35.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
FMECA East of England

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.

FMECA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing FMECA across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

FMECA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

FMECA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FMECA across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

FMECA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMECA within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Stevenage	+2	1	-	-

FMECA East of England

FMECA
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing FMECA 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 FMECA.

1 4 (57.14 %) Electric 1 4 (57.14 %) VHDL 1 4 (57.14 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 3 (42.86 %) Construction 3 2 (28.57 %) Mathematics 3 2 (28.57 %) Degree 3 2 (28.57 %) Electronics 4 1 (14.29 %) ASIC

FMECA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing FMECA 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 FMECA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 4 (57.14 %) Electric 2 3 (42.86 %) Construction 3 2 (28.57 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 3 (42.86 %) Hardware Engineer 1 3 (42.86 %) FPGA Engineer 2 1 (14.29 %) Design Engineer 2 1 (14.29 %) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 4 (57.14 %) VHDL 1 4 (57.14 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 2 (28.57 %) Mathematics 3 1 (14.29 %) ASIC	Qualifications 1 2 (28.57 %) Degree