The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Principal 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 Bristol 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
Principal Engineer
Rank - 63 -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - 0.120% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.128% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £315 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
491 782 611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.16% 93.54% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 519 331
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £218 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 40
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £36.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Principal Engineer
South West

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Principal Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Principal Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Principal Engineer
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper