South West RF Design Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the RF Design Engineer role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RF Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Radio Frequency Design Engineer
Location Berkshire England Hereford Herefordshire Kent South East South West Swindon UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	136
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	4	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	0.101 %	0.503 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£261	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£36.80
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	3950	5371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.222 %	5.755 %
Daily rates quoted	1138	1373
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£342
Average daily rate	£367	£362
% change on same period last year	+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	557	675
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.34	£25.38
Average hourly rate	£24.90	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.46	£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
RF Design Engineer 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.

RF Design Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RF Design Engineer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

RF Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RF Design Engineer across the South West region.

RF Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RF Design Engineer across the South West region.

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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 RF Design Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Wiltshire	-3	3	-	-

RF Design Engineer England

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Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited RF Design Engineer in their job title 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 with RF Design Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (77.78 %) CDMA 2 5 (55.56 %) Manufacturing 3 4 (44.44 %) Handset 3 4 (44.44 %) Wireless 4 3 (33.33 %) UMTS 5 2 (22.22 %) HP 5 2 (22.22 %) 3G 5 2 (22.22 %) MATLAB 6 1 (11.11 %) Telecoms 6 1 (11.11 %) 2G 6 1 (11.11 %) GSM 6 1 (11.11 %) Broadband 6 1 (11.11 %) Validation 6 1 (11.11 %) TDD 6 1 (11.11 %) WiMAX

RF Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited RF Design Engineer in their job title 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 with RF Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (22.22 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 7 (77.78 %) CDMA 2 4 (44.44 %) Wireless 3 3 (33.33 %) UMTS 4 2 (22.22 %) 3G 5 1 (11.11 %) 2G 5 1 (11.11 %) GSM 5 1 (11.11 %) Broadband 5 1 (11.11 %) WiMAX
General 1 5 (55.56 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (11.11 %) Telecoms	Miscellaneous 1 4 (44.44 %) Handset
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (11.11 %) Validation 1 1 (11.11 %) TDD	Vendors 1 2 (22.22 %) HP