The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 19 June 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 General category for the Staffordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 18 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 4.348% 0.952% -
As % of the General category 15.38% 3.636% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £305 £313
% change year-on-year
+6.55% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £37.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.69% +6.42%
All of the General Category
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
26 55 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.26% 26.19% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 29
Average daily rate £263 £298 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -0.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £149 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £370 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
Average hourly rate £17.00 £29.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.37% -17.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Electronics
West Midlands

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Staffordshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Electronics across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Staffordshire Electronics Hourly Rate Histogram

Electronics
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (50.00%) Simulink
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Solid Edge
3 1 (16.67%) Modbus
3 1 (16.67%) CATIA
3 1 (16.67%) Pro/ENGINEER
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) SolidWorks
3 1 (16.67%) HND
3 1 (16.67%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens
3 1 (16.67%) CAD

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Simulink
2 1 (16.67%) Solid Edge
2 1 (16.67%) CATIA
2 1 (16.67%) Pro/ENGINEER
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Modbus
General
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) PLC Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) PLC Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Development Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Development Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
1 1 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SolidWorks
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens