The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Actel products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Actel over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Actel Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Actel
Rank 528 577 583
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +6
Contract jobs citing Actel 2 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.002% 0.008%
As % of the Vendors category 0.009% 0.004% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £34.00
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Actel
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Actel within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Actel Jobs Demand Trend

Actel
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Actel within the UK.

Actel Daily Rate Trend

Actel
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Actel within the UK.

Actel Hourly Rate Trend

Actel
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actel within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -

Actel
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Actel 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 Actel.

1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
1 3 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (66.67%) Military
3 1 (33.33%) Tcl
3 1 (33.33%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Xilinx
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (33.33%) Communications Security
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) EMB Igloo

Actel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Actel 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 Actel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) EMB Igloo
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
1 3 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Communications Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Xilinx
West Midlands
You will be involved in the design and development of firmware and its integration to the system. There is potential that the contract may require the successful candidate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £45 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
Senior FPGA Design Engineer Buckinghamshire 3months+ £35-45p/h FPGA/ ASIC/VHDL/ ACTEL/ DSP/ TCL/ SOC/ MATLAB/AEROSPACEFPGA/ ASIC/VHDL/ ACTEL/ DSP/ TCL/ SOC/ MATLAB/AEROSPACEI am currently...
Computer Futures
Rate: £35 - £45 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013