The first table below looks at the demand for JTAG skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JTAG over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
Rank 524 573 570
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -3
Contract jobs citing JTAG 16 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.034% 0.014% 0.017%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.486% 0.187% 0.236%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
Average daily rate £240 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £250 -
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -10.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+12.06% -10.76%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3293 4289 4238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.975% 7.337% 7.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1970 2244 2313
Average daily rate £400 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 227 224
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.72 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -39.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £122.50 £36.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%

JTAG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JTAG within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

JTAG Jobs Demand Trend

JTAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

JTAG Daily Rate Trend

JTAG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JTAG within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

JTAG Daily Rate Histogram

JTAG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

JTAG Hourly Rate Trend

JTAG
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 JTAG within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +56 16 £240 -4.00%
South West +36 13 £240 -4.00%
Wiltshire - 13 £240 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
Cambridge - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Salisbury - 1 £350 -
Coventry - 1 - -

JTAG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JTAG 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 JTAG.

1 25 (92.59%) C
2 23 (85.19%) Linux
3 17 (62.96%) C++
3 17 (62.96%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (59.26%) Android
4 16 (59.26%) Apple iOS
5 14 (51.85%) Degree
6 13 (48.15%) Computer Science
7 8 (29.63%) Device Driver
8 7 (25.93%) Embedded Linux
8 7 (25.93%) Ethernet
9 6 (22.22%) Electronic Design Automation
9 6 (22.22%) Xen
9 6 (22.22%) VMware
9 6 (22.22%) VHDL
9 6 (22.22%) Verilog
9 6 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (18.52%) OpenGL
11 4 (14.81%) OO
11 4 (14.81%) OOD
11 4 (14.81%) Qt
12 3 (11.11%) Electronics
13 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
13 2 (7.407%) Embedded C
14 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++
14 1 (3.704%) Windows CE
14 1 (3.704%) Firmware
14 1 (3.704%) Mapinfo
14 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management

JTAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JTAG 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 JTAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (18.52%) OpenGL
2 4 (14.81%) Qt
3 1 (3.704%) SyncML
3 1 (3.704%) WAP
3 1 (3.704%) Flash
3 1 (3.704%) J2ME
3 1 (3.704%) HTML
3 1 (3.704%) J2EE
3 1 (3.704%) JDBC
3 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.704%) KML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) Apache
1 1 (3.704%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.704%) RTCP
2 1 (3.704%) RTP
2 1 (3.704%) RFID
2 1 (3.704%) GSM
2 1 (3.704%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (11.11%) Electronics
2 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.704%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) GUI Developer
2 3 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (3.704%) Electronics Technician
3 1 (3.704%) Technical Leader
3 1 (3.704%) Audio Engineer
3 1 (3.704%) Audio Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (62.96%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (48.15%) Computer Science
3 8 (29.63%) Device Driver
4 6 (22.22%) VHDL
4 6 (22.22%) Verilog
4 6 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.704%) Firmware
5 1 (3.704%) N-Tier
5 1 (3.704%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 23 (85.19%) Linux
2 16 (59.26%) Android
2 16 (59.26%) Apple iOS
3 7 (25.93%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (3.704%) Windows CE
4 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Electronic Design Automation
2 4 (14.81%) OO
2 4 (14.81%) OOD
3 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
3 1 (3.704%) E-business
3 1 (3.704%) Software Testing
3 1 (3.704%) Unit Testing
3 1 (3.704%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 25 (92.59%) C
2 17 (62.96%) C++
3 2 (7.407%) Embedded C
4 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++
4 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.704%) SQL
4 1 (3.704%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Xen
1 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) VMware
2 1 (3.704%) Mapinfo
2 1 (3.704%) ESRI
2 1 (3.704%) Progress
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle