Yorkshire RF Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the RF Engineer role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RF Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Radio Frequency Engineer
Location Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London South East South West Sussex Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	116	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	6	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.205 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£110	-
Average daily rate	£110	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£110	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£120	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.67	£31.81
% change on same period last year	+12.13 %
Job Titles Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2933	3441
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.909 %	3.481 %
Daily rates quoted	625	633
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£314
Average daily rate	£340	£334
% change on same period last year	+1.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	288	298
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.52	£23.17
Average hourly rate	£23.29	£24.50
% change on same period last year	-4.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.06	£25.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RF Engineer across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RF Engineer across the Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 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.

Location	Rank 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
West Yorkshire	-	5	£110	-

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited RF Engineer 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 RF Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (90.91 %) C 1 10 (90.91 %) EMC 1 10 (90.91 %) DOCSIS 1 10 (90.91 %) DTV 1 10 (90.91 %) DVB 1 10 (90.91 %) Electric 1 10 (90.91 %) STB 1 10 (90.91 %) Degree 2 6 (54.55 %) Wireless 2 6 (54.55 %) Broadband 3 1 (9.091 %) Ethernet 3 1 (9.091 %) Genesys 3 1 (9.091 %) MATLAB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited RF Engineer 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 RF Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 10 (90.91 %) DOCSIS 1 10 (90.91 %) DVB 2 6 (54.55 %) Wireless 2 6 (54.55 %) Broadband 3 1 (9.091 %) Ethernet
General 1 10 (90.91 %) Electric	Miscellaneous 1 10 (90.91 %) DTV 1 10 (90.91 %) STB
Programming Languages 1 10 (90.91 %) C	Qualifications 1 10 (90.91 %) Degree
Vendors 1 10 (90.91 %) EMC 2 1 (9.091 %) Genesys