The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Avionics in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Avionics 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.

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
Avionics
Rank 523 535 547
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +12
Contract jobs citing Avionics 18 35 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.037% 0.060% 0.087%
As % of the General category 0.086% 0.133% 0.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £350 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 43
Average hourly rate £30.00 £38.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.07% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.80 £35.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.40 £40.00 £36.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £38.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-22.07% +10.00%
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
20890 26265 30622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 43.42% 45.26% 49.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12652 15668 18449
Average daily rate £450 £430 £489
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.65% -12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 690 917
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.70 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.35 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%

Avionics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Avionics Jobs Demand Trend

Avionics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Avionics Daily Rate Trend

Avionics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Avionics Hourly Rate Trend

Avionics
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Avionics within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -4 17 £350 +16.66% 11
South West +22 7 £350 -
Wales - - - -
West Wales - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Cheltenham - - - -
Crawley - - - -
London - - - -
Preston - - - -
Stroud - - - -
Swansea - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1
Gloucestershire - - - -
Hampshire - - - - 4
Lancashire - - - -
Middlesex - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
North West - - - -
South East - - - - 9
South Wales - - - -

Avionics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Avionics 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 Avionics.

1 15 (31.25%) Military
2 14 (29.17%) Aerospace
3 13 (27.08%) Degree
3 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
4 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
4 11 (22.92%) Telecoms
4 11 (22.92%) Validation
5 10 (20.83%) C++
6 9 (18.75%) SCOM
7 8 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 8 (16.67%) DO-178B
8 7 (14.58%) Electronics
8 7 (14.58%) Automotive
8 7 (14.58%) Software Engineering
9 6 (12.50%) C
9 6 (12.50%) C#
9 6 (12.50%) Windows
10 5 (10.42%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (8.333%) Project Management
11 4 (8.333%) Linux
11 4 (8.333%) OO
11 4 (8.333%) MS Office
11 4 (8.333%) Finance
12 3 (6.250%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 3 (6.250%) XML
12 3 (6.250%) OOD
12 3 (6.250%) Assembly Language
12 3 (6.250%) DO-254
12 3 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
13 2 (4.167%) Rational Rhapsody

Avionics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Avionics 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 Avionics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.250%) XML
2 2 (4.167%) JSP
2 2 (4.167%) LINQ
3 1 (2.083%) SGML
Applications
1 4 (8.333%) MS Office
2 2 (4.167%) FrameMaker
2 2 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.167%) Sentinel
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.167%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (4.167%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.083%) Bugzilla
3 1 (2.083%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.083%) ClearQuest
General
1 15 (31.25%) Military
2 14 (29.17%) Aerospace
3 11 (22.92%) Telecoms
4 7 (14.58%) Electronics
4 7 (14.58%) Automotive
5 4 (8.333%) Finance
6 2 (4.167%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Software Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Validation Engineer
3 5 (10.42%) Author
3 5 (10.42%) Technical Author
3 5 (10.42%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (8.333%) Project Officer
4 4 (8.333%) Security Officer
5 3 (6.250%) Systems Tester
5 3 (6.250%) Electronics Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) Tester
6 2 (4.167%) Development Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Information Assurance Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Software Design Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Test Development Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Information Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.250%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 3 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.083%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (8.333%) Linux
3 2 (4.167%) VxWorks
4 1 (2.083%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.92%) Validation
2 8 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 7 (14.58%) Software Engineering
4 4 (8.333%) Project Management
4 4 (8.333%) OO
5 3 (6.250%) OOD
6 2 (4.167%) Information Assurance
6 2 (4.167%) Configuration Management
6 2 (4.167%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (2.083%) Integration Testing
7 1 (2.083%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.083%) UML
7 1 (2.083%) Hazard Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.83%) C++
2 6 (12.50%) C
2 6 (12.50%) C#
3 3 (6.250%) Assembly Language
4 2 (4.167%) Ada
4 2 (4.167%) Perl
4 2 (4.167%) SQL
5 1 (2.083%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.083%) Python
5 1 (2.083%) sed
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) Degree
1 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.083%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (2.083%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) DO-178B
2 3 (6.250%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 9 (18.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (4.167%) Borland
2 1 (2.083%) Red Hat
Southampton, South East
I am seeking an Electrical/Avionics Design Engineer to work for an Engineering team in the Southampton area. Contract length is 6 months. The ideal candidates will have...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £40 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
Surrey, South East
The ideal candidates will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Avionics Design Electrical installation AutoCAD Electrical CATIA These contract positions are 18 - 24...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £40 per hour
Posted: 31 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The ideal candidates will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Avionics Design Electrical installation AutoCAD Electrical CATIA These contract positions are 18 - 24...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £40 per hour
Posted: 1 June 2013
Surrey, South East
The ideal candidates will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Avionics Design Electrical installation AutoCAD Electrical CATIA These contract positions are 18 - 24...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £40 per hour
Posted: 12 June 2013
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