South East Field-Programmable Gate Array Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Field-Programmable Gate Array over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Livingston London Midlands North East North West Reading Scotland South Coast South East South West Stevenage Swindon UK West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	222	180
Rank change on same period last year	-42
Matching contract IT job ads	25	116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.035 %	0.117 %
As % of the category below	1.465 %	4.694 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£325
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£250	£325
% change on same period last year	-23.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	60
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.22	£39.02
Average hourly rate	£39.83	£39.69
% change on same period last year	+0.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.44	£40.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.31	£38.40
% change on same period last year	-2.82 %
Miscellaneous South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1706	2471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.402 %	2.497 %
Daily rates quoted	431	536
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£319
Average daily rate	£351	£341
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	281	413
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.34	£27.84
Average hourly rate	£24.97	£29.50
% change on same period last year	-15.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.60	£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.99	£26.29
% change on same period last year	-4.93 %
Field-Programmable Gate Array England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Buckinghamshire	-	9	-	-
Berkshire	+34	5	-	-
Hampshire	-33	4	-	-

Field-Programmable Gate Array England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array.

1 48 (53.93 %) VHDL 2 37 (41.57 %) C 3 26 (29.21 %) Telecoms 4 22 (24.72 %) Electronics 5 21 (23.60 %) ASIC 6 14 (15.73 %) Xilinx 7 13 (14.61 %) Verilog 7 13 (14.61 %) EMC 8 12 (13.48 %) Aerospace 8 12 (13.48 %) Degree 9 11 (12.36 %) Validation 10 10 (11.24 %) C++ 11 9 (10.11 %) UML 12 8 (8.989 %) Wireless 13 7 (7.865 %) HNC

13 7 (7.865 %) Assembly Language 14 5 (5.618 %) Java 14 5 (5.618 %) EDA 14 5 (5.618 %) Security Cleared 15 4 (4.494 %) MFC 15 4 (4.494 %) Construction 16 3 (3.371 %) Linux 16 3 (3.371 %) Mentor Graphics 16 3 (3.371 %) WiMAX 16 3 (3.371 %) MS Project 16 3 (3.371 %) ClearCase 16 3 (3.371 %) Project Management 16 3 (3.371 %) VxWorks 16 3 (3.371 %) 3G 16 3 (3.371 %) Avionics

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (4.494 %) MFC	Applications 1 3 (3.371 %) MS Project 2 1 (1.124 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.124 %) MATLAB 2 1 (1.124 %) Simulink
Communications & Networking 1 8 (8.989 %) Wireless 2 3 (3.371 %) WiMAX 2 3 (3.371 %) LTE 2 3 (3.371 %) 3G 3 1 (1.124 %) 802.11 3 1 (1.124 %) Ethernet	Development Applications 1 3 (3.371 %) ClearCase 2 2 (2.247 %) Telelogic DOORS 2 2 (2.247 %) Ant 3 1 (1.124 %) Bugzilla
General 1 26 (29.21 %) Telecoms 2 22 (24.72 %) Electronics 3 12 (13.48 %) Aerospace 4 4 (4.494 %) Construction 5 3 (3.371 %) Avionics 6 2 (2.247 %) Education 6 2 (2.247 %) Electric 7 1 (1.124 %) Multimedia 7 1 (1.124 %) Automotive	Job Titles 1 42 (47.19 %) FPGA Engineer 2 21 (23.60 %) Hardware Engineer 3 15 (16.85 %) Integration Engineer 4 12 (13.48 %) Design Engineer 5 7 (7.865 %) Software Engineer 6 6 (6.742 %) Developer 6 6 (6.742 %) Hardware Design Engineer 7 5 (5.618 %) DSP Engineer 8 4 (4.494 %) Java Developer 8 4 (4.494 %) C++ Developer 8 4 (4.494 %) C++/Java Developer 8 4 (4.494 %) FPGA Design Engineer 9 2 (2.247 %) Principal Engineer 9 2 (2.247 %) GUI Developer 9 2 (2.247 %) Digital Design Engineer 9 2 (2.247 %) C++ Software Engineer 9 2 (2.247 %) Java Software Engineer 9 2 (2.247 %) Systems Engineer 10 1 (1.124 %) Graduate 10 1 (1.124 %) Junior
Miscellaneous 1 48 (53.93 %) VHDL 2 21 (23.60 %) ASIC 3 13 (14.61 %) Verilog 4 1 (1.124 %) ASIC Verification 4 1 (1.124 %) Mathematics 4 1 (1.124 %) Physics 4 1 (1.124 %) Computer Science 4 1 (1.124 %) Multithreading 4 1 (1.124 %) Device Driver 4 1 (1.124 %) Firmware	Operating Systems 1 3 (3.371 %) Linux 1 3 (3.371 %) VxWorks 2 1 (1.124 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (12.36 %) Validation 2 9 (10.11 %) UML 3 5 (5.618 %) EDA 3 5 (5.618 %) Security Cleared 4 3 (3.371 %) Project Management 5 2 (2.247 %) Configuration Management 5 2 (2.247 %) OO 5 2 (2.247 %) OOD 5 2 (2.247 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (1.124 %) Refactoring 6 1 (1.124 %) Integration Testing 6 1 (1.124 %) CAD 6 1 (1.124 %) IC Design 6 1 (1.124 %) Software Engineering	Programming Languages 1 37 (41.57 %) C 2 10 (11.24 %) C++ 3 7 (7.865 %) Assembly Language 4 5 (5.618 %) Java 5 2 (2.247 %) Embedded C 6 1 (1.124 %) Tcl 6 1 (1.124 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 12 (13.48 %) Degree 2 7 (7.865 %) HNC	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.247 %) ISO9001
Vendors 1 14 (15.73 %) Xilinx 2 13 (14.61 %) EMC 3 3 (3.371 %) Mentor Graphics 4 2 (2.247 %) Telelogic 4 2 (2.247 %) Microsoft 4 2 (2.247 %) Cadence 5 1 (1.124 %) Magma