JTAG Contracts in England

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for JTAG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JTAG over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 630 -
Rank change year-on-year +96 - -
Contract jobs citing JTAG 8 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.019% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £516 £350 -
25th Percentile £522 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -
75th Percentile £547 £538 -
90th Percentile £549 - -
UK median daily rate £538 £525 -
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £56.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

JTAG is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,087 6,452 9,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 13.51% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,361 6,380
10th Percentile £300 £300 £294
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 223 268
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.04 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.65 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.35% +54.55% +30.95%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.95 £69.07
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
% change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing JTAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for JTAG in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JTAG in England.

Daily rate trend for JTAG in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JTAG in England.

Hourly rate trend for JTAG in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JTAG within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
South East - 4 - - 4
South West +4 2 £538 +2.38% 2
East of England +8 1 - - 6
London - 1 - - 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Git
2 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 4 (50.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (75.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital IC Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital IC Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IC Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (50.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (12.50%) ASIC
2 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 1 (12.50%) Verilog
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Validation
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (50.00%) Signal Processing
3 4 (50.00%) Software Optimisation
3 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (12.50%) IC Design
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (87.50%) C
2 7 (87.50%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Assembly Language
3 4 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 4 (50.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (12.50%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (12.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) PhD
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Siemens