The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 24 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 Leeds 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 73 64 53
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -11
Contract jobs citing Electronics 1 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.135% 0.345% 0.157%
As % of the General category 0.518% 1.068% 0.446%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-0.70% +0.71%
All of the General Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
193 281 224
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 26.12% 32.34% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 191 103
Average daily rate £323 £375 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £264 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -29.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.35 £10.50 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £51.20 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Electronics
West Yorkshire

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Electronics Jobs Demand 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Struts
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) DTV

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe CQ
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe