The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Altera products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Altera over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the South East 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Altera
Rank 219 237 254
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +17
Contract jobs citing Altera 4 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.049% 0.047%
As % of the Vendors category 0.102% 0.100% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £270 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £270 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.25 £41.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-3.01% +10.66%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 5017 5160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.61% 49.34% 48.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1935 2193 2036
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 383 429
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.35 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Altera
England

Altera
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Altera across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East Altera Jobs Demand Trend

Altera
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Altera Daily Rate Trend

Altera
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Altera Hourly Rate Trend

Altera
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altera within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Altera
England

Altera
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Altera 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 Altera.

1 4 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (75.00%) Verilog
3 1 (25.00%) VHDL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Xilinx
3 1 (25.00%) Image Processing

Altera
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Altera 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 Altera. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (75.00%) Verilog
3 1 (25.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Image Processing
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Xilinx