The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General category for the Wiltshire region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 48 49 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Electronics 4 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.875% 0.653% -
As % of the General category 1.860% 1.449% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £240 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £39.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-0.70% +0.71%
All of the General Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
215 276 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 47.05% 45.02% 49.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 206 160
Average daily rate £409 £370 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.54% -12.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £275 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £525 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-57.14% +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £17.50 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £44.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Electronics
South West

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Wiltshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Electronics across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Electronics Daily Rate Trend

Electronics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Electronics across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Electronics Hourly Rate Trend

Electronics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Salisbury - 1 £240 -
Electronics
South West

Electronics
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region 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.

1 5 (50.00%) C++
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (30.00%) Qt
4 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (20.00%) C
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) CAD
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Military

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region 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
1 3 (30.00%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Design Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Mechanical Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (10.00%) CAD
1 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Wiltshire, South West
The role will be fairly hands on, so they are looking for someone who is prepared to get their hands dirty with the project. They will be looking...
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Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013