The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Avionics 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 Avionics over the 3 months to 24 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 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Avionics
Rank - 231 232
Contract jobs citing Avionics 0 8 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.079% 0.202%
As % of the General category - 0.206% 0.539%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £250 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 16
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-19.44% +2.85%
All of the General Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2746 3878 3895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 35.23% 38.22% 37.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1251 1713 1689
Average daily rate £375 £375 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 194 253
Average hourly rate £21.88 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.08% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Avionics
England

Avionics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Avionics Jobs Demand Trend

Avionics
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Avionics Daily Rate Trend

Avionics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Avionics Hourly Rate Trend

Avionics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Avionics 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 Avionics.

1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) LINQ
2 1 (25.00%) SCOM
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (25.00%) DO-178B
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) COM
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) IPv6
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP

Avionics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Avionics 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 Avionics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) LINQ
1 1 (25.00%) COM
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) IPsec
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) IPv6
1 1 (25.00%) DMZ
1 1 (25.00%) OSPF
1 1 (25.00%) BGP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security Management
1 1 (25.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) DO-178B
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Juniper
Woking, Surrey
Our client is a leading automotive company who produces some of the most cutting edge technologies found in the motor racing industry AND avionics sector. Other skills include...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £35 to £38 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Additional duties will include supporting embedded software and firmware teams throughout the implementation and integration test phases as well as working alongside Systems Engineering and Systems VV&T...
s-com
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013