MATLAB Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB 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 MATLAB 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 Programming Languages 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
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 100 127 100
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -27
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 11 12 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.534% 0.363% 0.724%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.475% 0.955% 2.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £450 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £280 £375
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -25.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 13
Average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +1.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.40 £33.75 £31.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.20 £38.50 £41.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +5.71%
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 746 1257 959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 36.20% 38.06% 34.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 725 426
Average daily rate £325 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 77 91
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £17.30 £20.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.20 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MATLAB across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West MATLAB Jobs Demand Trend

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West MATLAB Daily Rate Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB 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
Dorset +8 5 - -
Wiltshire +10 3 £450 -
Bristol +11 2 - -
Devon - 1 - -
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (52.38%) C++
2 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) UML
4 6 (28.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (23.81%) OO
5 5 (23.81%) Multithreading
5 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
6 4 (19.05%) MS Office
6 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
6 4 (19.05%) Finance
6 4 (19.05%) Simulink
6 4 (19.05%) VHDL
6 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
7 3 (14.29%) Physics
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (14.29%) Data Management
7 3 (14.29%) Electronics
7 3 (14.29%) SPSS
7 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
7 3 (14.29%) Automotive
7 3 (14.29%) SAS
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
7 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 3 (14.29%) R
7 3 (14.29%) Big Data
7 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
7 3 (14.29%) Degree

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) OpenGL
1 1 (4.762%) OpenCV
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Office
1 4 (19.05%) Simulink
1 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (14.29%) SPSS
2 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.762%) Pro/ENGINEER
3 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) 3G
1 1 (4.762%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Rational Rhapsody
1 2 (9.524%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (9.524%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Electronics
2 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 3 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (9.524%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.762%) French Language
4 1 (4.762%) German Language
4 1 (4.762%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.762%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.762%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) FPGA Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Data Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Design Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Digital Design Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Systems Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Business Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Information Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Principle Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Information Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (19.05%) VHDL
3 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 3 (14.29%) Physics
4 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.762%) Verilog
4 1 (4.762%) Firmware
4 1 (4.762%) Biometrics
4 1 (4.762%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
1 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) UML
2 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (23.81%) OO
2 5 (23.81%) Multithreading
2 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
3 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (14.29%) Data Management
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 3 (14.29%) Analytics
4 2 (9.524%) Signal Processing
4 2 (9.524%) SysML
5 1 (4.762%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) CAD
5 1 (4.762%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) C++
2 3 (14.29%) R
3 2 (9.524%) Delphi
3 2 (9.524%) C
3 2 (9.524%) C#
3 2 (9.524%) VB
4 1 (4.762%) Tcl
4 1 (4.762%) VBA
4 1 (4.762%) Java
4 1 (4.762%) Perl
4 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (4.762%) PhD
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.524%) Borland
2 2 (9.524%) Xilinx
3 1 (4.762%) Green Hills
3 1 (4.762%) SIMUL8
3 1 (4.762%) Motorola
3 1 (4.762%) Altera
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