The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cadence 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 Cadence 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 Cadence Design Systems.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cadence
Rank 519 569 579
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +10
Contract jobs citing Cadence 11 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.015% 0.015%
As % of the Vendors category 0.051% 0.033% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £278 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.11% -14.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £325
% change year-on-year
+17.11% -14.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
Average hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.15% +14.03%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+46.15% +14.03%
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%

Cadence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cadence Jobs Demand Trend

Cadence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cadence Daily Rate Trend

Cadence
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cadence Hourly Rate Trend

Cadence
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cadence 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 +53 11 £325 +17.11%
South East +31 9 £325 +17.11%
Berkshire +18 4 - -
Kent - 3 - -
Surrey - 2 £325 -
North West - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
London - 1 - -
Camberley - 1 £325 -

Cadence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (27.78%) IC Design
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Data Mining
3 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Internet
3 3 (16.67%) Omniture
3 3 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Billing
3 3 (16.67%) Tableau
3 3 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
3 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) VMware ESX
4 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) MBA
4 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.11%) Windows
4 2 (11.11%) Linux
4 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.556%) ERP
5 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
5 1 (5.556%) NFS
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco
5 1 (5.556%) LDAP
5 1 (5.556%) MS Excel

Cadence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.556%) Lync
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Project
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) Firewall
2 1 (5.556%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.556%) VLAN
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (5.556%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (5.556%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Subversion
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Billing
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.556%) Back Office
4 1 (5.556%) Electronics
4 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
1 3 (16.67%) Analyst
1 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 3 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (5.556%) Development Engineer
2 1 (5.556%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (5.556%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (5.556%) Operations Manager
2 1 (5.556%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) IC Design
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
3 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.556%) ERP
5 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
5 1 (5.556%) PLM
5 1 (5.556%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (5.556%) Release Management
5 1 (5.556%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (5.556%) Logistics
5 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.556%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) MBA
3 1 (5.556%) PMP
3 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware ESX
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) XenApp
2 1 (5.556%) vCloud
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (5.556%) NFS
2 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
2 1 (5.556%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) AppManager
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) Omniture
1 3 (16.67%) Tableau
2 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.556%) Primavera
3 1 (5.556%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) Sun
3 1 (5.556%) EMC
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) CommVault
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Posted: 17 May 2013