The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 345 404 436
Rank change year-on-year
+59 +32
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 40 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.185% 0.007% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.559% 0.023% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 0 0
Average daily rate £625 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £70.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -35.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7160 8579 11824
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.16% 32.03% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4979 5832 7989
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 205 199
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
England

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the London region.

London Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Histogram

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the London region.

London Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +18 7 £700 -
Field-Programmable Gate Array
England

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array.

1 49 (79.03%) C++
2 44 (70.97%) Front Office
3 39 (62.90%) Multithreading
4 28 (45.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (37.10%) Finance
6 19 (30.65%) Electronic Trading
7 16 (25.81%) Linux
8 14 (22.58%) VHDL
9 13 (20.97%) UNIX
10 12 (19.35%) Banking
11 11 (17.74%) Investment Banking
12 10 (16.13%) Computer Science
12 10 (16.13%) Degree
13 7 (11.29%) Altera
13 7 (11.29%) Verilog
13 7 (11.29%) Legal
13 7 (11.29%) TCP/IP
13 7 (11.29%) ASIC
14 4 (6.452%) Xilinx
15 2 (3.226%) Mentor Graphics
15 2 (3.226%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (3.226%) C
15 2 (3.226%) Ethernet
15 2 (3.226%) Firmware
16 1 (1.613%) C#
16 1 (1.613%) Electronics
16 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
16 1 (1.613%) QA
16 1 (1.613%) Algorithmic Trading
16 1 (1.613%) Asset Management

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.226%) Ethernet
General
1 44 (70.97%) Front Office
2 23 (37.10%) Finance
3 12 (19.35%) Banking
4 11 (17.74%) Investment Banking
5 7 (11.29%) Legal
6 1 (1.613%) Electronics
6 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (75.81%) Developer
2 45 (72.58%) C++ Developer
3 30 (48.39%) Access Developer
4 14 (22.58%) FPGA Engineer
5 6 (9.677%) Design Engineer
5 6 (9.677%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 3 (4.839%) UNIX Developer
7 2 (3.226%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Senior Design Engineer
8 1 (1.613%) QA Engineer
8 1 (1.613%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (1.613%) Digital Design Engineer
8 1 (1.613%) C# Developer
8 1 (1.613%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (45.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (22.58%) VHDL
3 10 (16.13%) Computer Science
4 7 (11.29%) ASIC
4 7 (11.29%) Verilog
5 2 (3.226%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.81%) Linux
2 13 (20.97%) UNIX
3 2 (3.226%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (62.90%) Multithreading
2 19 (30.65%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (1.613%) Asset Management
3 1 (1.613%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 49 (79.03%) C++
2 2 (3.226%) C
3 1 (1.613%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (11.29%) Altera
2 4 (6.452%) Xilinx
3 2 (3.226%) Mentor Graphics