Stevenage VHDL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) skills within the Stevenage region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VHDL over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
Location Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Livingston London Scotland South East South West Stevenage Surrey Thames Valley UK West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	14
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	6	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	42.86 %	27.27 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.33	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£35.17	£35.00
% change on same period last year	+0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.00	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.80	£39.98
% change on same period last year	-7.96 %
Miscellaneous Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads	14	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.012 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£250
Average daily rate	-	£278
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£306
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.90	£32.71
Average hourly rate	£35.45	£35.21
% change on same period last year	+0.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.00	£37.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.46	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
VHDL Hertfordshire

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.

VHDL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VHDL across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

VHDL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VHDL across the Stevenage region.

VHDL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VHDL across the Stevenage region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

VHDL
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage region citing VHDL 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 VHDL.

1 9 (69.23 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 7 (53.85 %) Firmware 3 4 (30.77 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (30.77 %) Security Cleared 3 4 (30.77 %) Degree 3 4 (30.77 %) Electric 3 4 (30.77 %) Telelogic 3 4 (30.77 %) Telelogic DOORS 3 4 (30.77 %) FMECA 4 2 (15.38 %) HNC 4 2 (15.38 %) Electronics 4 2 (15.38 %) Mathematics 5 1 (7.692 %) ASIC

VHDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage region citing VHDL 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 VHDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 4 (30.77 %) Telelogic DOORS	General 1 4 (30.77 %) Electric 2 2 (15.38 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 5 (38.46 %) Hardware Engineer 1 5 (38.46 %) FPGA Engineer 2 1 (7.692 %) Design Engineer 2 1 (7.692 %) Electronics Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (69.23 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 7 (53.85 %) Firmware 3 2 (15.38 %) Mathematics 4 1 (7.692 %) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (30.77 %) FMECA 1 4 (30.77 %) SC Cleared 1 4 (30.77 %) Security Cleared	Qualifications 1 4 (30.77 %) Degree 2 2 (15.38 %) HNC
Vendors 1 4 (30.77 %) Telelogic