The first table below looks at the demand for Digital Signal Processing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Digital Signal Processing over the 3 months to 22 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the South West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Signal Processing
Rank 109 - 118
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.097% - 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.147% - 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1365 2249 1801
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.23% 68.09% 65.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1391 925
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 125
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -22.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Digital Signal Processing
England

Digital Signal Processing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Digital Signal Processing across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Digital Signal Processing Jobs Demand Trend

Digital Signal Processing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Digital Signal Processing across the South West region.

South West Digital Signal Processing Daily Rate Trend

Digital Signal Processing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Digital Signal Processing across the South West region.

South West Digital Signal Processing Hourly Rate Trend

Digital Signal Processing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Signal Processing within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol - 1 £400 -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Digital Signal Processing
England

Digital Signal Processing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Digital Signal Processing 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 Digital Signal Processing.

1 3 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared

Digital Signal Processing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Digital Signal Processing 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 Digital Signal Processing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) RF Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared