The first table below looks at the demand for the FPGA Designer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FPGA Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FPGA Designer
Rank 540 578 589
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +11
Contract jobs requiring an FPGA Designer 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £700
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
45063 52855 57510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.16% 92.46% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25972 29220 31540
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2142 2525 2941
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.77 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

FPGA Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FPGA Designer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

FPGA Designer Jobs Demand Trend

FPGA Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

FPGA Designer Daily Rate Trend

FPGA Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

FPGA Designer Hourly Rate Trend

FPGA Designer
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 FPGA Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
Edinburgh - - - -
Scotland - - - -

FPGA Designer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited FPGA Designer in their job title 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 with FPGA Designer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 6 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 6 (100.00%) Verilog
2 5 (83.33%) VHDL
2 5 (83.33%) Electronics
3 4 (66.67%) Military
3 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
4 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
4 2 (33.33%) C
5 1 (16.67%) C++
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) Altera
5 1 (16.67%) Twitter
5 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems

FPGA Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited FPGA Designer in their job title 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 with FPGA Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
2 4 (66.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 6 (100.00%) Verilog
2 5 (83.33%) VHDL
3 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
4 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
5 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (16.67%) Altera
2 1 (16.67%) Twitter
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