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The table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT contracts within the East Anglia 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 Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Design Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1720
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.837 %1.515 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£380
% change on same period last year-12.68 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£36.32
% change on same period last year-10.86 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads141132
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.191 %0.130 %
Daily rates quoted2423
Average minimum daily rate£322£369
Average daily rate£350£385
% change on same period last year-9.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted1114
Average minimum hourly rate£24.52£29.30
Average hourly rate£25.39£32.08
% change on same period last year-20.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.26£34.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Design Engineer East of EnglandDesign Engineer
East of England

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.

Design Engineer
Demand Trend

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

East Anglia Design Engineer Demand Trend

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Anglia Design Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Anglia Design Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

14 (66.67 %)Validation
23 (50.00 %)Xilinx
23 (50.00 %)Mentor Graphics
23 (50.00 %)C
23 (50.00 %)Embedded C
23 (50.00 %)VHDL
32 (33.33 %)CATIA
32 (33.33 %)Automotive
41 (16.67 %)Communications Security
41 (16.67 %)Network Design
41 (16.67 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
41 (16.67 %)CAD
41 (16.67 %)Electronics

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)CATIA
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Automotive
21 (16.67 %)Electronics
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)VHDL
21 (16.67 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)Validation
21 (16.67 %)Network Design
21 (16.67 %)Communications Security
21 (16.67 %)CAD
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)C
13 (50.00 %)Embedded C
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Xilinx
13 (50.00 %)Mentor Graphics