England Hardware Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Hardware 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 Hardware 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 Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexley Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Carlisle City of London Croydon Cumbria Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire London Maidstone Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North Wales North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oswestry Portsmouth Preston Rochester Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West St Asaph Stevenage Swindon UK Wales Watford West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	412	392
Rank change on same period last year	-20
Matching contract IT job ads	121	253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.192 %	0.269 %
As % of the category below	0.233 %	0.316 %
Daily rates quoted	5	18
Average minimum daily rate	£175	£178
Average daily rate	£191	£187
% change on same period last year	+2.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£208	£196
UK excluding London average daily rate	£242	£224
% change on same period last year	+8.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	99
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.79	£22.36
Average hourly rate	£24.97	£24.03
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.16	£25.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.05	£24.11
% change on same period last year	+8.02 %
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 %
Hardware 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 Hardware 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 Hardware 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 Hardware 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 Hardware 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 Hardware 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 Hardware 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	+23	35	£188	-4.33 %
South West	-3	21	£350	+25.22 %
London	+51	20	£141	+3.60 %
Midlands	+32	13	-	-
East Midlands	+25	10	-	-
North West	+15	9	-	-
East of England	+13	9	-	-
West Midlands	+17	3	-	-
Yorkshire	+33	1	-	-

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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 Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title.

1 78 (25.83 %) HP 2 44 (14.57 %) Security Cleared 3 43 (14.24 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 40 (13.25 %) SC Cleared 5 38 (12.58 %) VHDL 6 36 (11.92 %) Electronics 7 32 (10.60 %) Compaq 8 30 (9.934 %) IBM 9 28 (9.272 %) Windows 10 26 (8.609 %) C 11 25 (8.278 %) EMC 12 20 (6.623 %) Dell 13 18 (5.960 %) Degree 14 17 (5.629 %) Aerospace 15 16 (5.298 %) Microsoft

16 14 (4.636 %) EPoS 16 14 (4.636 %) Electric 17 13 (4.305 %) Telecoms 17 13 (4.305 %) Government 17 13 (4.305 %) Sun 18 12 (3.974 %) Automotive 19 11 (3.642 %) Solaris 19 11 (3.642 %) UNIX 20 10 (3.311 %) MS Office 21 9 (2.980 %) HP APS 21 9 (2.980 %) Banking 21 9 (2.980 %) Verilog 21 9 (2.980 %) Toshiba 21 9 (2.980 %) Linux 21 9 (2.980 %) C++

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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 Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (1.987 %) ASP 2 1 (0.331 %) OpenGL	Application Platforms 1 2 (0.662 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.331 %) CICS
Applications 1 10 (3.311 %) MS Office 2 8 (2.649 %) MS Excel 3 3 (0.993 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.331 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.331 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 7 (2.318 %) Wireless 2 6 (1.987 %) Ethernet 3 4 (1.325 %) GSM 4 3 (0.993 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (0.993 %) SAN 4 3 (0.993 %) 3G 4 3 (0.993 %) RFID 4 3 (0.993 %) WiMAX 4 3 (0.993 %) LTE 5 2 (0.662 %) Internet 5 2 (0.662 %) LAN 6 1 (0.331 %) SMS 6 1 (0.331 %) UMTS 6 1 (0.331 %) WLAN 6 1 (0.331 %) WAN 6 1 (0.331 %) DNS 6 1 (0.331 %) WEP 6 1 (0.331 %) WPA 6 1 (0.331 %) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (0.331 %) SQL Server 1 1 (0.331 %) DB2 1 1 (0.331 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 2 (0.662 %) CodeWarrior 2 1 (0.331 %) LabVIEW 2 1 (0.331 %) Telelogic DOORS 2 1 (0.331 %) Bugzilla 2 1 (0.331 %) ClearCase
General 1 36 (11.92 %) Electronics 2 17 (5.629 %) Aerospace 3 14 (4.636 %) Electric 4 13 (4.305 %) Government 4 13 (4.305 %) Telecoms 5 12 (3.974 %) Automotive 6 9 (2.980 %) Banking 7 8 (2.649 %) Manufacturing 8 7 (2.318 %) Avionics 9 6 (1.987 %) Military 10 3 (0.993 %) Education 10 3 (0.993 %) Law 10 3 (0.993 %) Finance 11 2 (0.662 %) Pharmaceutical 11 2 (0.662 %) Games 12 1 (0.331 %) Financial Institution 12 1 (0.331 %) Front Office 12 1 (0.331 %) Chemicals	Miscellaneous 1 43 (14.24 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 38 (12.58 %) VHDL 3 14 (4.636 %) EPoS 4 9 (2.980 %) ASIC 4 9 (2.980 %) Verilog 5 8 (2.649 %) Firmware 6 6 (1.987 %) NHS 6 6 (1.987 %) CPLD 7 5 (1.656 %) Computer Science 8 4 (1.325 %) SCADA 9 2 (0.662 %) Mathematics 9 2 (0.662 %) STB 9 2 (0.662 %) Smartcard 9 2 (0.662 %) Handset 10 1 (0.331 %) IBM Mainframe 10 1 (0.331 %) Blackberry 10 1 (0.331 %) DTV 10 1 (0.331 %) Mainframe 10 1 (0.331 %) Device Driver 10 1 (0.331 %) ASIC Verification
Operating Systems 1 28 (9.272 %) Windows 2 11 (3.642 %) UNIX 2 11 (3.642 %) Solaris 3 9 (2.980 %) Linux 3 9 (2.980 %) Windows XP 4 6 (1.987 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (1.325 %) Windows 2000 6 3 (0.993 %) AIX 6 3 (0.993 %) HPUX 7 2 (0.662 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 2 (0.662 %) Windows NT 8 1 (0.331 %) SUSE 8 1 (0.331 %) Embedded Linux 8 1 (0.331 %) Windows Vista 8 1 (0.331 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 44 (14.57 %) Security Cleared 2 40 (13.25 %) SC Cleared 3 6 (1.987 %) DV Cleared 4 4 (1.325 %) CAD 4 4 (1.325 %) Project Management 4 4 (1.325 %) Validation 5 3 (0.993 %) FMECA 6 2 (0.662 %) ITIL 6 2 (0.662 %) UML 6 2 (0.662 %) Software Engineering 7 1 (0.331 %) Requirements Management 7 1 (0.331 %) Problem Management 7 1 (0.331 %) Integration Testing 7 1 (0.331 %) Configuration Management 7 1 (0.331 %) Asset Management 7 1 (0.331 %) Logistics 7 1 (0.331 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 26 (8.609 %) C 2 9 (2.980 %) C++ 3 8 (2.649 %) Embedded C 4 6 (1.987 %) Perl 5 5 (1.656 %) Assembly Language 6 4 (1.325 %) Tcl 6 4 (1.325 %) Shell Script 6 4 (1.325 %) Java 7 3 (0.993 %) Python 8 2 (0.662 %) SQL 9 1 (0.331 %) VBScript 9 1 (0.331 %) Embedded C++	Qualifications 1 18 (5.960 %) Degree 2 9 (2.980 %) HP APS 2 9 (2.980 %) HNC 3 5 (1.656 %) A+ Certification 3 5 (1.656 %) IBM Certification 3 5 (1.656 %) Network+ Certification 4 2 (0.662 %) Sun Certification 5 1 (0.331 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.331 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.331 %) CCNA 5 1 (0.331 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (0.331 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (0.331 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.325 %) SLA 2 2 (0.662 %) JTAG	System Software 1 9 (2.980 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.331 %) ARCserve 1 1 (0.331 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 78 (25.83 %) HP 2 32 (10.60 %) Compaq 3 30 (9.934 %) IBM 4 25 (8.278 %) EMC 5 20 (6.623 %) Dell 6 16 (5.298 %) Microsoft 7 13 (4.305 %) Sun 8 9 (2.980 %) Toshiba 9 6 (1.987 %) VERITAS 9 6 (1.987 %) Xilinx 10 4 (1.325 %) Motorola 11 3 (0.993 %) Mentor Graphics 11 3 (0.993 %) Cisco 12 2 (0.662 %) Perforce 12 2 (0.662 %) Fujitsu 13 1 (0.331 %) Fujitsu Siemens 13 1 (0.331 %) Red Hat 13 1 (0.331 %) Remedy 13 1 (0.331 %) Telelogic 13 1 (0.331 %) Siemens