The first table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Field Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 East of England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field Engineer
Rank 114 119 123
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 6 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.275% 0.409% 0.116%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.294% 0.434% 0.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £131 £105 £89
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +17.97%
UK excluding London average daily rate £138 £135 £148
% change year-on-year
+1.85% -8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 - £12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +8.00%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2038 2765 2452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.49% 94.14% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1044 1303 1080
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 285 319
Average hourly rate £24.90 £25.75 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.30% +25.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Field Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Field Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Field Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Field Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire +11 4 £138 -
Suffolk +9 1 £125 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Field 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 Field Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows XP
2 7 (43.75%) Dell
3 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 5 (31.25%) Windows Vista
5 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (25.00%) HP
6 3 (18.75%) Compaq
6 3 (18.75%) Windows 2000
6 3 (18.75%) Toshiba
6 3 (18.75%) Fujitsu
7 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (12.50%) Wireless
7 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
7 2 (12.50%) LAN
7 2 (12.50%) WAN
7 2 (12.50%) VPN
7 2 (12.50%) NHS
7 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
7 2 (12.50%) iPad
8 1 (6.250%) Citrix
8 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (6.250%) Cisco
8 1 (6.250%) CCNA
8 1 (6.250%) Service Management
8 1 (6.250%) DCSE
8 1 (6.250%) VMware
8 1 (6.250%) Cisco IOS

Field Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Field 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 Field Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Wireless
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco IOS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
1 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 2 (12.50%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows XP
3 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 5 (31.25%) Windows Vista
5 3 (18.75%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.250%) CCNA
2 1 (6.250%) DCSE
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Dell
2 4 (25.00%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) Compaq
3 3 (18.75%) Toshiba
3 3 (18.75%) Fujitsu
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.250%) Citrix
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco
5 1 (6.250%) VMware