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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Electronics' in contract IT jobs across the UK together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronics
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank344349
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads276346
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.364 %0.367 %
As % of the category below0.757 %0.764 %
Daily rates quoted2539
Average minimum daily rate£318£268
Average daily rate£348£299
% change on same period last year+16.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£306
% change on same period last year+4.18 %
Hourly rates quoted9486
Average minimum hourly rate£29.55£30.76
Average hourly rate£31.06£31.84
% change on same period last year-2.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.57£32.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.60
% change on same period last year-4.73 %
General UKGeneral
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3644645261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled48.06 %48.01 %
Daily rates quoted1348615871
Average minimum daily rate£413£421
Average daily rate£442£449
% change on same period last year-1.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£471£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted21272253
Average minimum hourly rate£24.59£25.31
Average hourly rate£26.33£26.99
% change on same period last year-2.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.07£28.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %

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.

Electronics
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Electronics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Electronics Demand Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Electronics Daily Rate Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Electronics within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Electronics Daily Rate Histogram

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Electronics within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Electronics Hourly Rate Histogram

Electronics
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Electronics within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+8260£354+18.20 %
South EastUp+8103£340+16.88 %
East of EnglandUp+866£337-3.59 %
CambridgeshireDown-1033£325-11.94 %
CambridgeNo change032£325-11.94 %
HampshireUp+1530--
LondonUp+7426£419+51.35 %
South WestDown-226£272-
BuckinghamshireUp+2021£350-
HertfordshireUp+220£450+246.15 %
BerkshireUp+3614--
North WestDown-1913£283+18.94 %
PortsmouthUp+411--
Milton KeynesDown-18£350-
StevenageDown-17--
ScotlandUp+187£225-
West MidlandsDown-17--
EssexNew entry-7£294-
SurreyUp+56£325-
ReadingDown-26--
ManchesterDown-175£283-
MiddlesexDown-15£325+22.64 %
Thames ValleyUp+65--
East MidlandsDown-25--
MidlandsDown-154--
YorkshireUp+94--
WalesDown-54£340-
CoventryNew entry-4--
StockportNew entry-4--
BasingstokeUp+34--

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1159 (23.31 %)C
2133 (19.50 %)Degree
397 (14.22 %)C++
475 (11.00 %)Windows
566 (9.677 %)Manufacturing
663 (9.238 %)Electric
759 (8.651 %)Embedded C
850 (7.331 %)EMC
949 (7.185 %)Aerospace
949 (7.185 %)Security Cleared
1048 (7.038 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1146 (6.745 %)Automotive
1146 (6.745 %)Telecoms
1244 (6.452 %)HND
1343 (6.305 %)Microsoft
1343 (6.305 %)Project Management
1437 (5.425 %)HNC
1531 (4.545 %)Linux
1630 (4.399 %)Physics
1729 (4.252 %)ASIC
1827 (3.959 %)STB
1827 (3.959 %)C#
1926 (3.812 %).NET
1926 (3.812 %)DTV
1926 (3.812 %)Firmware
2025 (3.666 %)MS Project
2025 (3.666 %)Computer Science
2025 (3.666 %)Marketing
2124 (3.519 %)GSM
2124 (3.519 %)Wireless

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
126 (3.812 %).NET
221 (3.079 %)MFC
314 (2.053 %)HTML
411 (1.613 %)Middleware
58 (1.173 %)XML
58 (1.173 %)WinForms
67 (1.026 %)ActiveX
67 (1.026 %)CSS
76 (0.880 %)SOAP
85 (0.733 %)ASP
94 (0.587 %)ASP.NET
94 (0.587 %)WAP
103 (0.440 %)SGML
112 (0.293 %)Series 60
112 (0.293 %)XHTML
112 (0.293 %)EDI
121 (0.147 %)WSDL
121 (0.147 %)J2EE
121 (0.147 %)STL
121 (0.147 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
111 (1.613 %)SharePoint
29 (1.320 %)MS Exchange
36 (0.880 %)Exchange Server 2007
44 (0.587 %)CMS
53 (0.440 %)Lotus Notes
53 (0.440 %)Apache
61 (0.147 %)GroupWise
61 (0.147 %)Exchange Server 2003
Applications
125 (3.666 %)MS Project
223 (3.372 %)AutoCAD
321 (3.079 %)MS Office
412 (1.760 %)MATLAB
58 (1.173 %)Simulink
67 (1.026 %)MS Excel
76 (0.880 %)Photoshop
84 (0.587 %)CATIA
93 (0.440 %)Pro/ENGINEER
93 (0.440 %)Stateflow
102 (0.293 %)MS Visio
111 (0.147 %)FrameMaker
111 (0.147 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.147 %)Maya
Business Applications
12 (0.293 %)SAP SD
12 (0.293 %)SAP WM
12 (0.293 %)LabWindows
21 (0.147 %)SAP SCM
21 (0.147 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
124 (3.519 %)GSM
124 (3.519 %)Wireless
220 (2.933 %)TCP/IP
319 (2.786 %)Ethernet
418 (2.639 %)DVB
516 (2.346 %)GPRS
612 (1.760 %)WLAN
710 (1.466 %)CDMA
89 (1.320 %)LAN
89 (1.320 %)VoIP
89 (1.320 %)DNS
98 (1.173 %)Bluetooth
98 (1.173 %)Wi-Fi
107 (1.026 %)WiMAX
107 (1.026 %)WAN
107 (1.026 %)WCDMA
116 (0.880 %)SNMP
116 (0.880 %)RTP
125 (0.733 %)3G
125 (0.733 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
117 (2.493 %)SQL Server
26 (0.880 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (0.440 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.293 %)Datawarehouse
42 (0.293 %)ETL
51 (0.147 %)RDBMS
51 (0.147 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.147 %)DataStage
51 (0.147 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.147 %)ReportNet
51 (0.147 %)Siebel EIM
51 (0.147 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.147 %)Cognos Powerplay
Development Applications
115 (2.199 %)LabVIEW
29 (1.320 %)Visual Studio
37 (1.026 %)Flash
37 (1.026 %)Telelogic DOORS
45 (0.733 %)ClearCase
52 (0.293 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (0.293 %)C++Builder
61 (0.147 %)Dreamweaver
General
166 (9.677 %)Manufacturing
263 (9.238 %)Electric
349 (7.185 %)Aerospace
446 (6.745 %)Automotive
446 (6.745 %)Telecoms
525 (3.666 %)Marketing
621 (3.079 %)Government
718 (2.639 %)Military
812 (1.760 %)Finance
98 (1.173 %)Construction
98 (1.173 %)Multimedia
105 (0.733 %)Health
114 (0.587 %)Education
123 (0.440 %)Retail
132 (0.293 %)Publishing
141 (0.147 %)Games
141 (0.147 %)Law
141 (0.147 %)Front Office
141 (0.147 %)Back Office
141 (0.147 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1124 (18.18 %)Electronics Engineer
2103 (15.10 %)Software Engineer
360 (8.798 %)Test Engineer
458 (8.504 %)Design Engineer
555 (8.065 %)Project Manager
646 (6.745 %)Developer
737 (5.425 %)Hardware Engineer
828 (4.106 %)Embedded Software Engineer
921 (3.079 %)Systems Engineer
1019 (2.786 %)Tester
1118 (2.639 %)Electronics Technician
1215 (2.199 %)Electrical Engineer
1313 (1.906 %)Author
1313 (1.906 %)Analyst
1313 (1.906 %)Technical Author
1313 (1.906 %)Consultant
1412 (1.760 %)Integration Engineer
1511 (1.613 %)Test Manager
1610 (1.466 %)Junior
1610 (1.466 %)C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
148 (7.038 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
230 (4.399 %)Physics
329 (4.252 %)ASIC
427 (3.959 %)STB
526 (3.812 %)DTV
526 (3.812 %)Firmware
625 (3.666 %)Computer Science
722 (3.226 %)Mathematics
819 (2.786 %)VHDL
910 (1.466 %)Handset
109 (1.320 %)MPEG
118 (1.173 %)Verilog
127 (1.026 %)iDTV
127 (1.026 %)Device Driver
127 (1.026 %)CPLD
136 (0.880 %)Biometrics
136 (0.880 %)Multithreading
145 (0.733 %)SCADA
145 (0.733 %)Data Conversion
154 (0.587 %)Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
175 (11.00 %)Windows
231 (4.545 %)Linux
318 (2.639 %)Unix
412 (1.760 %)Windows XP
510 (1.466 %)VxWorks
69 (1.320 %)Windows Mobile
75 (0.733 %)Solaris
83 (0.440 %)Windows CE
83 (0.440 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (0.440 %)Windows NT
83 (0.440 %)Nucleus RTOS
83 (0.440 %)ThreadX
83 (0.440 %)pSOS
92 (0.293 %)Embedded Linux
101 (0.147 %)Symbian OS
101 (0.147 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
149 (7.185 %)Security Cleared
243 (6.305 %)Project Management
322 (3.226 %)CAD
322 (3.226 %)SC Cleared
419 (2.786 %)Validation
517 (2.493 %)UML
517 (2.493 %)OO
612 (1.760 %)PRINCE2
612 (1.760 %)Test Scripting
612 (1.760 %)Software Engineering
711 (1.613 %)Software Testing
88 (1.173 %)Test Management
97 (1.026 %)Configuration Management
106 (0.880 %)Computer Security
106 (0.880 %)Workflow
115 (0.733 %)Statistical Analysis
115 (0.733 %)Product Marketing
115 (0.733 %)IC Design
115 (0.733 %)Agile Software Development
124 (0.587 %)DRM
Programming Languages
1159 (23.31 %)C
297 (14.22 %)C++
359 (8.651 %)Embedded C
427 (3.959 %)C#
519 (2.786 %)Embedded C++
519 (2.786 %)VB
612 (1.760 %)SQL
612 (1.760 %)Assembly Language
710 (1.466 %)Java
710 (1.466 %)VC++
88 (1.173 %)Python
96 (0.880 %)Delphi
104 (0.587 %)Perl
104 (0.587 %)VB.NET
113 (0.440 %)ActionScript
113 (0.440 %)JavaScript
122 (0.293 %)Ada
131 (0.147 %)PHP
131 (0.147 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.147 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
1133 (19.50 %)Degree
244 (6.452 %)HND
337 (5.425 %)HNC
47 (1.026 %)MCSE
47 (1.026 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (0.733 %)ISEB
64 (0.587 %)PhD
73 (0.440 %)Cisco Certification
73 (0.440 %)Chartered Engineer
82 (0.293 %)PRINCE2 Certification
82 (0.293 %)MBA
82 (0.293 %)CCNP
91 (0.147 %)CCNA
91 (0.147 %)MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.173 %)ISO9001
26 (0.880 %)QA
35 (0.733 %)ISO27001
43 (0.440 %)ISO9000
52 (0.293 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.293 %)JTAG
61 (0.147 %)JSP 440
61 (0.147 %)SLA
System Software
17 (1.026 %)Active Directory
23 (0.440 %)NDS
32 (0.293 %)NFS
32 (0.293 %)Samba
Systems Management
12 (0.293 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
150 (7.331 %)EMC
243 (6.305 %)Microsoft
312 (1.760 %)Mentor Graphics
47 (1.026 %)Telelogic
47 (1.026 %)Cisco
56 (0.880 %)Xilinx
65 (0.733 %)Agilent
65 (0.733 %)Sun
65 (0.733 %)Oracle
74 (0.587 %)SAP
74 (0.587 %)OpenTV
74 (0.587 %)Trolltech
83 (0.440 %)QNX
83 (0.440 %)NEC
83 (0.440 %)Green Hills
83 (0.440 %)Siebel
83 (0.440 %)Symbian
83 (0.440 %)Lotus
83 (0.440 %)Borland
92 (0.293 %)Avaya
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