The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Middlesex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 16 28 38
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +10
Contract jobs citing Electronics 10 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 5.025% 1.384% 0.526%
As % of the General category 14.71% 4.348% 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
Average daily rate £308 - £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £305 £313
% change year-on-year
+6.55% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £37.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.69% +6.42%
All of the General Category
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
68 92 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 34.17% 31.83% 32.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 34 73
Average daily rate £350 £420 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -1.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £563 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £34.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.48% +5.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Electronics
South East

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 11 (78.57%) C
1 11 (78.57%) C++
2 7 (50.00%) Military
3 6 (42.86%) TDMA
3 6 (42.86%) Eclipse
3 6 (42.86%) Subversion
3 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
4 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
5 4 (28.57%) OpenGL
5 4 (28.57%) Java
5 4 (28.57%) Linux
5 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 4 (28.57%) Marketing
5 4 (28.57%) Degree
5 4 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
6 3 (21.43%) Android
6 3 (21.43%) GLSL
6 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) Finance
6 3 (21.43%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
7 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 2 (14.29%) NHS
7 2 (14.29%) Games
7 2 (14.29%) Banking
7 2 (14.29%) Retail
7 2 (14.29%) DTV
7 2 (14.29%) SAP

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (28.57%) OpenGL
2 2 (14.29%) Qt
3 1 (7.143%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (7.143%) CSS
3 1 (7.143%) DOM
3 1 (7.143%) WAP
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) TDMA
2 1 (7.143%) GPRS
2 1 (7.143%) GSM
2 1 (7.143%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Eclipse
1 6 (42.86%) Subversion
General
1 7 (50.00%) Military
2 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
3 4 (28.57%) Marketing
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (14.29%) Games
5 2 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Real Time Software Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Real Time Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Development Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Graphics Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (7.143%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) C++ Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (14.29%) NHS
4 2 (14.29%) DTV
4 2 (14.29%) IPTV
4 2 (14.29%) Animation
4 2 (14.29%) FMCG
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Media
5 1 (7.143%) Open Source
5 1 (7.143%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (7.143%) Device Driver
5 1 (7.143%) Handset
5 1 (7.143%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Android
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Web Development
5 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) C
1 11 (78.57%) C++
2 4 (28.57%) Java
3 3 (21.43%) GLSL
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.143%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.143%) Intel