Altera Contract Job Trends in Essex

Altera
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring knowledge or experience of Altera products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Altera over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Altera 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.54% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - £60 £438
% change year-on-year - -86.29% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63.50 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £84.00 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

All Vendors
Essex

Altera falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 122 40 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 32.80% 35.09% 39.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 25 29
10th Percentile £326 £197 £173
25th Percentile £350 £225 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +33.33% -34.07%
75th Percentile £501 £473 £350
90th Percentile £563 £525 £550
East of England median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 4 4
10th Percentile £13.49 £35.28 £17.19
25th Percentile £16.18 £36.06 £19.00
Median hourly rate £18.25 £40.60 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -55.05% +70.95% -47.22%
75th Percentile £27.82 £51.15 £39.88
90th Percentile £70.50 £65.46 £59.90
East of England median hourly rate £31.96 £20.75 £16.23
% change year-on-year +54.04% +27.85% -62.69%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Altera relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Altera job vacancy trend in Essex

Altera
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Altera.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Altera

Altera
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altera within the Essex region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basildon - 2 - - 3
Altera
East of England

Altera
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 2 (100.00%) Xilinx