The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 21 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 Northamptonshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank - - 31
Contract jobs citing Electronics 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - - 0.369%
As % of the General category - - 0.662%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £295 £300
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
130 237 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 52.00% 58.81% 55.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 171 108
Average daily rate £425 £400 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +4.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £273 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £16.31
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +22.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Electronics
East Midlands

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) QNX
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 2 (100.00%) Middleware
General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) QNX
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