The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Oxfordshire 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
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.231% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.694% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £280 £350
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +6.47%
All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
144 259 192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 33.33% 40.47% 43.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 137 103
Average daily rate £325 £315 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +4.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 21 5
Average hourly rate £23.75 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MATLAB across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxfordshire MATLAB Jobs Demand Trend

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MATLAB across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MATLAB Daily Rate Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MATLAB across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing MATLAB 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 MATLAB.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing MATLAB 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 MATLAB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
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