East of England CAD Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CAD over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent King's Lynn London Manchester Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Reading Salford Scotland South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	116	139
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	22	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	1.024 %	0.916 %
Daily rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum daily rate	£225	£200
Average daily rate	£238	£210
% change on same period last year	+13.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£220
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£212
% change on same period last year	+75.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.17	£26.29
Average hourly rate	£26.58	£28.64
% change on same period last year	-7.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.00	£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£24.11
% change on same period last year	+16.25 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2148	2401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.835 %	2.391 %
Daily rates quoted	734	833
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£357
Average daily rate	£400	£377
% change on same period last year	+5.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	215	268
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.01	£30.49
Average hourly rate	£30.26	£31.93
% change on same period last year	-5.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.51	£33.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.30	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
CAD 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CAD across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CAD across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CAD across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CAD across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CAD across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	-	9	£238	-
Suffolk	-	7	-	-
Bedfordshire	+17	3	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+7	1	-	-
Hertfordshire	0	1	-	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-

CAD England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing CAD also 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 that cited CAD.

1 12 (27.27 %) Microsoft 2 11 (25.00 %) AutoCAD 3 10 (22.73 %) MS Project 4 9 (20.45 %) Electronics 4 9 (20.45 %) Automotive 5 8 (18.18 %) MS Office 6 7 (15.91 %) Project Management 6 7 (15.91 %) Pro/ENGINEER 7 6 (13.64 %) Electric 7 6 (13.64 %) Degree 8 5 (11.36 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 8 5 (11.36 %) CCTV 8 5 (11.36 %) CATIA 8 5 (11.36 %) EMC 8 5 (11.36 %) C

9 4 (9.091 %) UNIX 9 4 (9.091 %) Windows 9 4 (9.091 %) Aerospace 10 3 (6.818 %) Cisco 10 3 (6.818 %) HND 11 2 (4.545 %) HNC 11 2 (4.545 %) C++ 11 2 (4.545 %) Ethernet 11 2 (4.545 %) TCP/IP 11 2 (4.545 %) MS Excel 11 2 (4.545 %) Cisco Certification 11 2 (4.545 %) Xilinx 11 2 (4.545 %) SolidWorks 11 2 (4.545 %) Manufacturing 12 1 (2.273 %) 3ds Max

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing CAD also 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 that cited CAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.273 %) .NET 1 1 (2.273 %) ASP.NET	Applications 1 11 (25.00 %) AutoCAD 2 10 (22.73 %) MS Project 3 8 (18.18 %) MS Office 4 7 (15.91 %) Pro/ENGINEER 5 5 (11.36 %) CATIA 6 2 (4.545 %) MS Excel 7 1 (2.273 %) 3ds Max 7 1 (2.273 %) MATLAB 7 1 (2.273 %) Photoshop
Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.545 %) Ethernet 1 2 (4.545 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (2.273 %) IPCC 2 1 (2.273 %) Cisco ICM 2 1 (2.273 %) OFDM 2 1 (2.273 %) Wi-Fi 2 1 (2.273 %) Wireless 2 1 (2.273 %) Bluetooth 2 1 (2.273 %) VPN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server 2005 1 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server 2000 1 1 (2.273 %) SQL Server
General 1 9 (20.45 %) Electronics 1 9 (20.45 %) Automotive 2 6 (13.64 %) Electric 3 4 (9.091 %) Aerospace 4 2 (4.545 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (2.273 %) Construction 5 1 (2.273 %) Telecoms 5 1 (2.273 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 12 (27.27 %) Design Engineer 2 8 (18.18 %) Mechanical Engineer 3 6 (13.64 %) CAD Designer 4 5 (11.36 %) CAD Engineer 5 4 (9.091 %) Electronics Engineer 6 3 (6.818 %) CAD Design Engineer 6 3 (6.818 %) Data Centre Engineer 7 2 (4.545 %) Analyst 7 2 (4.545 %) Systems Engineer 7 2 (4.545 %) Industrial Designer 7 2 (4.545 %) Mechanical Design Engineer 7 2 (4.545 %) Test Engineer 8 1 (2.273 %) Data Analyst 8 1 (2.273 %) Team Leader 8 1 (2.273 %) RF Engineer 8 1 (2.273 %) Senior RF Engineer 8 1 (2.273 %) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 5 (11.36 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 1 5 (11.36 %) CCTV 2 1 (2.273 %) VHDL	Operating Systems 1 4 (9.091 %) UNIX 1 4 (9.091 %) Windows 2 1 (2.273 %) Mac OS X 2 1 (2.273 %) Windows Server 2003 2 1 (2.273 %) Windows NT 2 1 (2.273 %) Windows XP 2 1 (2.273 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (15.91 %) Project Management 2 1 (2.273 %) PDM 2 1 (2.273 %) FMECA 2 1 (2.273 %) Time Management	Programming Languages 1 5 (11.36 %) C 2 2 (4.545 %) C++ 3 1 (2.273 %) SQL 3 1 (2.273 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 6 (13.64 %) Degree 2 3 (6.818 %) HND 3 2 (4.545 %) HNC 3 2 (4.545 %) Cisco Certification	Vendors 1 12 (27.27 %) Microsoft 2 5 (11.36 %) EMC 3 3 (6.818 %) Cisco 4 2 (4.545 %) Xilinx 4 2 (4.545 %) SolidWorks 5 1 (2.273 %) Cadence 5 1 (2.273 %) Epicor