The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Design Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire 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
Design Engineer
Rank 64 16 69
Rank change year-on-year
-48 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 59 201 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.463% 6.391% 2.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.706% 6.994% 2.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 2
Average daily rate £274 £275 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.45% -32.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £154 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £371 £482
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £32.25 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £30.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year
- +5.17%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Design Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Design Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Design Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Berkshire 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
Reading -37 21 £274 +1.38%
Newbury - 4 - -
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Design 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 Design Engineer in their job title.

1 100 (78.13%) Telecoms
2 68 (53.13%) ATM
3 67 (52.34%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 63 (49.22%) 3G
5 61 (47.66%) Ethernet
6 60 (46.88%) LTE
7 56 (43.75%) Project Management
8 55 (42.97%) Radio Access Network
9 52 (40.63%) MPLS
10 46 (35.94%) Ericsson
11 42 (32.81%) SDH
12 40 (31.25%) Network Design
13 29 (22.66%) 2G
14 28 (21.88%) 3GPP
15 27 (21.09%) UTRAN
16 25 (19.53%) Huawei
17 22 (17.19%) Resource Management
18 21 (16.41%) Capacity Planning
19 20 (15.63%) Handset
19 20 (15.63%) OSPF
20 17 (13.28%) BGP
21 15 (11.72%) VPN
22 14 (10.94%) BT
23 13 (10.16%) Nokia
24 12 (9.375%) 4G
25 11 (8.594%) HSRP
25 11 (8.594%) NEC
25 11 (8.594%) RSVP
25 11 (8.594%) VRRP
25 11 (8.594%) RNC

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Design 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 Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (3.906%) MS Office
2 1 (0.781%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 68 (53.13%) ATM
2 63 (49.22%) 3G
3 61 (47.66%) Ethernet
4 60 (46.88%) LTE
5 55 (42.97%) Radio Access Network
6 52 (40.63%) MPLS
7 42 (32.81%) SDH
8 29 (22.66%) 2G
9 28 (21.88%) 3GPP
10 27 (21.09%) UTRAN
11 20 (15.63%) OSPF
12 17 (13.28%) BGP
13 15 (11.72%) VPN
14 12 (9.375%) 4G
15 11 (8.594%) HSRP
15 11 (8.594%) RSVP
15 11 (8.594%) VRRP
15 11 (8.594%) RNC
16 10 (7.813%) DWDM
17 5 (3.906%) Firewall
General
1 100 (78.13%) Telecoms
2 2 (1.563%) Billing
3 1 (0.781%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.63%) Handset
2 1 (0.781%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.781%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (43.75%) Project Management
2 40 (31.25%) Network Design
3 22 (17.19%) Resource Management
4 21 (16.41%) Capacity Planning
5 9 (7.031%) Validation
6 6 (4.688%) Capacity Management
7 5 (3.906%) Project Planning
8 2 (1.563%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (1.563%) Migration
8 2 (1.563%) Load Balancing
8 2 (1.563%) Performance Management
8 2 (1.563%) Change Control
9 1 (0.781%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (0.781%) Network Management
9 1 (0.781%) Network Planning
9 1 (0.781%) B2B
9 1 (0.781%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.781%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (5.469%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (3.906%) CCIE
3 4 (3.125%) JNCIP
3 4 (3.125%) JNCIE
3 4 (3.125%) CCSP
4 3 (2.344%) CISSP
5 1 (0.781%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (0.781%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.563%) SLA
2 1 (0.781%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 67 (52.34%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 46 (35.94%) Ericsson
3 25 (19.53%) Huawei
4 14 (10.94%) BT
5 13 (10.16%) Nokia
6 11 (8.594%) NEC
7 9 (7.031%) Cisco
8 4 (3.125%) Juniper
9 2 (1.563%) Oracle
9 2 (1.563%) Business Objects
10 1 (0.781%) Redback
10 1 (0.781%) Cadence
10 1 (0.781%) Cramer
10 1 (0.781%) Nortel
10 1 (0.781%) CheckPoint
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Posted: 22 May 2013