East of England Design Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Feltham Fife Glasgow Glenrothes Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Kent Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Reading Rochester Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Stockport Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	111	77
Rank change on same period last year	-34
Matching contract IT job ads	40	67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.071 %
As % of the category below	1.060 %	1.609 %
Daily rates quoted	4	2
Average minimum daily rate	£270	£250
Average daily rate	£296	£288
% change on same period last year	+2.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£320	£340
% change on same period last year	-5.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.31	£32.33
Average hourly rate	£34.74	£35.27
% change on same period last year	-1.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.17	£38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£34.36
% change on same period last year	-14.62 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3775	4164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.978 %	4.417 %
Daily rates quoted	1208	1257
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£331
Average daily rate	£361	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	513	534
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.45	£23.65
Average hourly rate	£23.94	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-4.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.42	£26.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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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 Design Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Design Engineer 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 Design Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 Design Engineer 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 Design Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 job ads citing Design Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Hertfordshire	0	24	£383	+9.28 %
Cambridgeshire	-30	8	-	-
Essex	-1	4	£267	-
Bedfordshire	-	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 21 (26.25 %) VHDL 2 20 (25.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 15 (18.75 %) ASIC 4 13 (16.25 %) Telecoms 5 11 (13.75 %) CAD 6 10 (12.50 %) Verilog 7 9 (11.25 %) Electronics 8 8 (10.00 %) Degree 9 7 (8.750 %) Electric 9 7 (8.750 %) Multimedia 9 7 (8.750 %) Network Design 9 7 (8.750 %) Wireless 10 6 (7.500 %) EMC 10 6 (7.500 %) GSM 11 5 (6.250 %) CATIA

11 5 (6.250 %) Ethernet 11 5 (6.250 %) C++ 11 5 (6.250 %) 3G 12 4 (5.000 %) CDMA2000 12 4 (5.000 %) WCDMA 12 4 (5.000 %) Automotive 12 4 (5.000 %) FMECA 12 4 (5.000 %) TETRA 12 4 (5.000 %) WiMAX 12 4 (5.000 %) Gigabit Ethernet 13 3 (3.750 %) Pro/ENGINEER 13 3 (3.750 %) Construction 13 3 (3.750 %) Microsoft 13 3 (3.750 %) C 13 3 (3.750 %) HNC

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development 1 2 (2.500 %) MFC 1 2 (2.500 %) OpenGL	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.250 %) ArcGIS
Applications 1 5 (6.250 %) CATIA 2 3 (3.750 %) Pro/ENGINEER 2 3 (3.750 %) AutoCAD 3 2 (2.500 %) MATLAB 4 1 (1.250 %) MS Office 4 1 (1.250 %) MS Excel 4 1 (1.250 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 7 (8.750 %) Wireless 2 6 (7.500 %) GSM 3 5 (6.250 %) Ethernet 3 5 (6.250 %) 3G 4 4 (5.000 %) CDMA2000 4 4 (5.000 %) WCDMA 4 4 (5.000 %) TETRA 4 4 (5.000 %) WiMAX 4 4 (5.000 %) Gigabit Ethernet 5 2 (2.500 %) Firewall 5 2 (2.500 %) BGP 5 2 (2.500 %) MPLS 5 2 (2.500 %) VPN 5 2 (2.500 %) LAN 5 2 (2.500 %) ATM 5 2 (2.500 %) GPRS 5 2 (2.500 %) UMTS 6 1 (1.250 %) WLAN 6 1 (1.250 %) PBX 6 1 (1.250 %) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.250 %) MS Access	General 1 13 (16.25 %) Telecoms 2 9 (11.25 %) Electronics 3 7 (8.750 %) Electric 3 7 (8.750 %) Multimedia 4 4 (5.000 %) Automotive 5 3 (3.750 %) Construction 6 2 (2.500 %) Finance 6 2 (2.500 %) Aerospace 7 1 (1.250 %) Marketing 7 1 (1.250 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (1.250 %) Military
Miscellaneous 1 21 (26.25 %) VHDL 2 20 (25.00 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 15 (18.75 %) ASIC 4 10 (12.50 %) Verilog 5 2 (2.500 %) Mathematics 6 1 (1.250 %) German Language 6 1 (1.250 %) Firmware 6 1 (1.250 %) ASIC Verification 6 1 (1.250 %) Device Driver	Operating Systems 1 3 (3.750 %) Unix 2 1 (1.250 %) Windows 2 1 (1.250 %) Solaris 2 1 (1.250 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (13.75 %) CAD 2 7 (8.750 %) Network Design 3 4 (5.000 %) FMECA 4 2 (2.500 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.250 %) Load Balancing 5 1 (1.250 %) CRM 5 1 (1.250 %) Validation 5 1 (1.250 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 5 (6.250 %) C++ 2 3 (3.750 %) C 3 1 (1.250 %) C# 3 1 (1.250 %) VB
Qualifications 1 8 (10.00 %) Degree 2 3 (3.750 %) HNC 3 1 (1.250 %) CCNP 3 1 (1.250 %) CCIP 3 1 (1.250 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.250 %) ISO9001
Vendors 1 6 (7.500 %) EMC 2 3 (3.750 %) Ericsson 2 3 (3.750 %) Microsoft 3 2 (2.500 %) Xilinx 3 2 (2.500 %) Cisco 3 2 (2.500 %) Nokia 3 2 (2.500 %) CheckPoint 3 2 (2.500 %) Nortel 4 1 (1.250 %) Citrix 4 1 (1.250 %) Avaya 4 1 (1.250 %) Mapinfo 4 1 (1.250 %) SolidWorks 4 1 (1.250 %) Cadence 4 1 (1.250 %) Crossbeam 4 1 (1.250 %) Sun 4 1 (1.250 %) HP