England Field Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT contracts within the England 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 Field Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aldershot Angus Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chertsey Cheshire Chippenham City of London Cornwall Crewe Croydon Daventry Derbyshire Devon Diss Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Falmouth Fareham Fife Forfar Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hampshire Huddersfield Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Rochester Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Telford Thetford Tidworth Towcester Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Warrington Warwickshire Wellingborough West Midlands West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	342	379
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching contract IT job ads	197	271
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.312 %	0.288 %
As % of the category below	0.380 %	0.338 %
Daily rates quoted	53	34
Average minimum daily rate	£117	£118
Average daily rate	£118	£124
% change on same period last year	-4.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£119	£129
UK excluding London average daily rate	£112	£114
% change on same period last year	-1.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	84	104
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.68	£17.23
Average hourly rate	£18.31	£18.67
% change on same period last year	-1.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.94	£20.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.29	£18.57
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	51839	80183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.20 %	85.35 %
Daily rates quoted	16701	24716
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£389
Average daily rate	£390	£413
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	5072	7279
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.96	£23.46
Average hourly rate	£23.41	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.87	£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Field Engineer UK

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 Field Engineer across the 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 Field Engineer across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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 Field Engineer across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
South East	+49	55	£110	+13.03 %
South West	+35	40	£113	-34.38 %
London	+47	33	£196	+41.90 %
Yorkshire	+40	18	£105	-4.54 %
East of England	+12	16	£88	-11.24 %
East Midlands	+25	15	£116	+28.33 %
North West	+21	13	£130	-16.12 %
West Midlands	+12	11	£106	+1.19 %
North East	+25	9	£122	-
Midlands	+22	6	£220	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 119 (31.15 %) Windows 2 82 (21.47 %) Dell 3 71 (18.59 %) Windows XP 4 56 (14.66 %) Microsoft 5 54 (14.14 %) Active Directory 5 54 (14.14 %) DCSE 6 46 (12.04 %) HP 7 39 (10.21 %) Windows Server 2003 8 37 (9.686 %) EPoS 9 35 (9.162 %) Microsoft Certification 10 34 (8.901 %) Cisco 11 32 (8.377 %) MS Office 12 26 (6.806 %) ATM 12 26 (6.806 %) Dell Certification 13 25 (6.545 %) Windows 2000

14 24 (6.283 %) CCNA 14 24 (6.283 %) Cisco Certification 15 23 (6.021 %) LAN 16 22 (5.759 %) Retail 17 20 (5.236 %) Telecoms 18 19 (4.974 %) Compaq 18 19 (4.974 %) WAN 19 18 (4.712 %) MS Exchange 20 17 (4.450 %) HP APS 20 17 (4.450 %) MCSE 21 16 (4.188 %) TCP/IP 21 16 (4.188 %) Wireless 22 15 (3.927 %) MCP 23 14 (3.665 %) MS Excel 24 13 (3.403 %) NHS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 Development 1 7 (1.832 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 18 (4.712 %) MS Exchange 2 12 (3.141 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 5 (1.309 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 5 (1.309 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (0.785 %) GroupWise 4 3 (0.785 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 1 (0.262 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.262 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.262 %) IIS
Applications 1 32 (8.377 %) MS Office 2 14 (3.665 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.262 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.262 %) AutoCAD 3 1 (0.262 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 26 (6.806 %) ATM 2 23 (6.021 %) LAN 3 19 (4.974 %) WAN 4 16 (4.188 %) TCP/IP 4 16 (4.188 %) Wireless 5 13 (3.403 %) VoIP 6 10 (2.618 %) VPN 7 9 (2.356 %) SAN 8 7 (1.832 %) Broadband 9 4 (1.047 %) Firewall 10 3 (0.785 %) Ethernet 10 3 (0.785 %) 3G 10 3 (0.785 %) ADSL 10 3 (0.785 %) WLAN 11 2 (0.524 %) DHCP 11 2 (0.524 %) DNS 11 2 (0.524 %) Internet 11 2 (0.524 %) MPLS 11 2 (0.524 %) Cisco PIX 12 1 (0.262 %) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (1.571 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 1 (0.262 %) MSI
General 1 22 (5.759 %) Retail 2 20 (5.236 %) Telecoms 3 9 (2.356 %) Insurance 4 8 (2.094 %) Finance 4 8 (2.094 %) Government 5 7 (1.832 %) Front Office 5 7 (1.832 %) Electronics 6 6 (1.571 %) Health 7 4 (1.047 %) Electric 8 2 (0.524 %) Local Government 8 2 (0.524 %) Military 8 2 (0.524 %) Education 9 1 (0.262 %) Banking 9 1 (0.262 %) Home Office 9 1 (0.262 %) Auditing 9 1 (0.262 %) Billing	Miscellaneous 1 37 (9.686 %) EPoS 2 13 (3.403 %) NHS 3 6 (1.571 %) IPTV 3 6 (1.571 %) PDA 3 6 (1.571 %) Client/Server 4 4 (1.047 %) Handset 5 2 (0.524 %) CLARiiON 5 2 (0.524 %) EMC Centera 5 2 (0.524 %) Smartcard 6 1 (0.262 %) NPfIT 6 1 (0.262 %) CCTV 6 1 (0.262 %) Data Protection Act 6 1 (0.262 %) Italian Language 6 1 (0.262 %) Spanish Language
Operating Systems 1 119 (31.15 %) Windows 2 71 (18.59 %) Windows XP 3 39 (10.21 %) Windows Server 2003 4 25 (6.545 %) Windows 2000 5 11 (2.880 %) Windows Vista 6 7 (1.832 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 6 (1.571 %) NetWare 7 6 (1.571 %) AIX 7 6 (1.571 %) UNIX 8 4 (1.047 %) Windows NT 9 2 (0.524 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (2.880 %) Migration 1 11 (2.880 %) Security Cleared 2 9 (2.356 %) ITIL 3 7 (1.832 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (0.785 %) Data Protection 5 2 (0.524 %) Project Management 6 1 (0.262 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (0.262 %) Risk Management 6 1 (0.262 %) SEO 6 1 (0.262 %) Workflow 6 1 (0.262 %) BC Cleared 6 1 (0.262 %) Network Design 6 1 (0.262 %) Logistics
Programming Languages 1 7 (1.832 %) C 2 2 (0.524 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 54 (14.14 %) DCSE 2 35 (9.162 %) Microsoft Certification 3 26 (6.806 %) Dell Certification 4 24 (6.283 %) CCNA 4 24 (6.283 %) Cisco Certification 5 17 (4.450 %) MCSE 5 17 (4.450 %) HP APS 6 15 (3.927 %) MCP 7 11 (2.880 %) A+ Certification 8 10 (2.618 %) MCSA 9 7 (1.832 %) CCNP 10 3 (0.785 %) Server+ Certification 10 3 (0.785 %) Novell Certification 10 3 (0.785 %) ITIL Certification 10 3 (0.785 %) Degree 11 2 (0.524 %) CNE 11 2 (0.524 %) CCA 11 2 (0.524 %) Citrix Certification 12 1 (0.262 %) MCT 12 1 (0.262 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.309 %) SLA	System Software 1 54 (14.14 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.047 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (0.524 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.262 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (0.262 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 2 (0.524 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 2 (0.524 %) ZENworks 1 2 (0.524 %) Norton AntiVirus 1 2 (0.524 %) Windows Storage Server 2 1 (0.262 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.262 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 82 (21.47 %) Dell 2 56 (14.66 %) Microsoft 3 46 (12.04 %) HP 4 34 (8.901 %) Cisco 5 19 (4.974 %) Compaq 6 10 (2.618 %) Citrix 6 10 (2.618 %) Novell 7 7 (1.832 %) Lotus 8 6 (1.571 %) EMC 8 6 (1.571 %) Sun 9 5 (1.309 %) NCR 10 4 (1.047 %) IBM 10 4 (1.047 %) Remedy 10 4 (1.047 %) Toshiba 10 4 (1.047 %) Wincor Nixdorf 11 3 (0.785 %) VMware 11 3 (0.785 %) Mitel 11 3 (0.785 %) BT 12 2 (0.524 %) CheckPoint 12 2 (0.524 %) iSOFT