The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Field-Programmable Gate Array 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 Miscellaneous 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
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Rank 213 213 225
Rank change year-on-year
0 +12
Contract jobs citing Field-Programmable Gate Array 11 26 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.256% 0.270%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.704% 1.358% 1.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £270 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 13
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Field-Programmable Gate Array
England

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

South East Field-Programmable Gate Array Jobs Demand Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Daily Rate Trend

This 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.

South East Field-Programmable Gate Array Daily Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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.

South East Field-Programmable Gate Array Hourly Rate Trend

Field-Programmable Gate Array
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 24 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
Berkshire +15 6 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Oxfordshire +6 1 - -
Hampshire -9 1 - -
Field-Programmable Gate Array
England

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 14 (48.28%) Verilog
2 10 (34.48%) C
3 8 (27.59%) C++
4 7 (24.14%) NFS
4 7 (24.14%) TCP/IP
4 7 (24.14%) ASIC
4 7 (24.14%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (24.14%) QA
5 6 (20.69%) Degree
6 5 (17.24%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (13.79%) Altera
7 4 (13.79%) SystemC
7 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
7 4 (13.79%) ASIC Verification
7 4 (13.79%) Electronics
7 4 (13.79%) FTP
7 4 (13.79%) Windows
7 4 (13.79%) OO
7 4 (13.79%) Python
7 4 (13.79%) Client/Server
8 3 (10.34%) UNIX
8 3 (10.34%) HP
8 3 (10.34%) Veritas
8 3 (10.34%) VHDL
8 3 (10.34%) Legato
8 3 (10.34%) IC Design
8 3 (10.34%) Xilinx
8 3 (10.34%) Product Management
8 3 (10.34%) NAS
8 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting

Field-Programmable Gate Array
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (13.79%) FTP
3 3 (10.34%) NAS
4 2 (6.897%) SAN
5 1 (3.448%) IPv6
5 1 (3.448%) Ethernet
5 1 (3.448%) VLAN
General
1 4 (13.79%) Electronics
2 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) FPGA Engineer
1 5 (17.24%) Verification Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Design Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Software Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Designer
4 2 (6.897%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Storage Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Tester
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Tester
5 1 (3.448%) Team Leader
5 1 (3.448%) QA Tester
5 1 (3.448%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Systems Tester
5 1 (3.448%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (3.448%) Digital Design Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (48.28%) Verilog
2 7 (24.14%) ASIC
3 5 (17.24%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (13.79%) SystemC
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.79%) ASIC Verification
4 4 (13.79%) Client/Server
5 3 (10.34%) VHDL
6 2 (6.897%) Firmware
7 1 (3.448%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (13.79%) OO
3 3 (10.34%) IC Design
3 3 (10.34%) Product Management
3 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting
3 3 (10.34%) System Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Video Processing
4 1 (3.448%) Project Management
4 1 (3.448%) Communications Security
4 1 (3.448%) Image Processing
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) C
2 8 (27.59%) C++
3 4 (13.79%) Python
4 1 (3.448%) Tcl
4 1 (3.448%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) QA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Legato
1 3 (10.34%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Altera
2 3 (10.34%) HP
2 3 (10.34%) Veritas
2 3 (10.34%) Xilinx
3 1 (3.448%) Motorola
3 1 (3.448%) Cadence
3 1 (3.448%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (3.448%) Actel
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