The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 506 484 503
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 26 61 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.060% 0.115% 0.134%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.124% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 11
Average daily rate £129 £285 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.82% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £105 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £305 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £100 £285 £285
% change year-on-year
-64.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 27
Average hourly rate £13.50 £24.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.89% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.28 £13.70 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.31 £33.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.64 £27.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-46.78% -19.11%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40014 49001 53004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.53% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23687 27821 29587
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1959 2399 2806
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.68 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -6.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Hardware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Hardware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Hardware Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Hardware Engineer
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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +9 9 - - 10
South West +35 6 £115 -54.00% 14
London +21 6 £143 - 2
West Midlands +4 3 - - 2
East Midlands -1 1 - -
North West - - - -
East of England - - - - 2
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 16 (23.19%) Windows
2 15 (21.74%) HP
3 10 (14.49%) Dell
3 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
4 9 (13.04%) Windows XP
5 8 (11.59%) Sun
5 8 (11.59%) IBM
5 8 (11.59%) Electronics
6 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.14%) Security Cleared
7 6 (8.696%) HP Superdome
7 6 (8.696%) Windows 7
7 6 (8.696%) Active Directory
7 6 (8.696%) EMC
8 4 (5.797%) VHDL
8 4 (5.797%) Automotive
8 4 (5.797%) StorageTek
8 4 (5.797%) EPoS
8 4 (5.797%) EqualLogic
8 4 (5.797%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 3 (4.348%) Retail
9 3 (4.348%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) Linux
9 3 (4.348%) Oracle
9 3 (4.348%) MATLAB
9 3 (4.348%) Simulink
10 2 (2.899%) Remedy
10 2 (2.899%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.899%) Wireless
10 2 (2.899%) STB

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 1 (1.449%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (4.348%) Simulink
2 1 (1.449%) MS Project
2 1 (1.449%) MS Office
2 1 (1.449%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.899%) Wireless
1 2 (2.899%) ATM
1 2 (2.899%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.899%) SAN
2 1 (1.449%) IPX
2 1 (1.449%) IPX/SPX
2 1 (1.449%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.449%) VPN
2 1 (1.449%) DNS
2 1 (1.449%) LAN
2 1 (1.449%) VoIP
2 1 (1.449%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (1.449%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (11.59%) Electronics
2 4 (5.797%) Automotive
3 3 (4.348%) Retail
4 2 (2.899%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.449%) Marketing
5 1 (1.449%) Finance
5 1 (1.449%) Back Office
5 1 (1.449%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.696%) HP Superdome
2 4 (5.797%) VHDL
2 4 (5.797%) EPoS
2 4 (5.797%) EqualLogic
2 4 (5.797%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (2.899%) STB
3 2 (2.899%) Firmware
4 1 (1.449%) Derivative
4 1 (1.449%) HP StorageWorks
4 1 (1.449%) NHS
4 1 (1.449%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.19%) Windows
2 9 (13.04%) Windows XP
3 6 (8.696%) Windows 7
4 3 (4.348%) Linux
5 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.449%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (2.899%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (2.899%) Performance Testing
1 2 (2.899%) Automated Testing
1 2 (2.899%) Software Testing
2 1 (1.449%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (1.449%) Network Architecture
2 1 (1.449%) Asset Management
2 1 (1.449%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (1.449%) Integration Testing
2 1 (1.449%) PRINCE
2 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2
2 1 (1.449%) Network Design
2 1 (1.449%) Logistics
2 1 (1.449%) Migration
2 1 (1.449%) Configuration Management
2 1 (1.449%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.348%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.449%) C
2 1 (1.449%) C#
2 1 (1.449%) SQL
2 1 (1.449%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.348%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (2.899%) ISEB
3 2 (2.899%) Degree
4 1 (1.449%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.449%) EMC Certification
4 1 (1.449%) HNC
4 1 (1.449%) HND
4 1 (1.449%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) DO-178B
1 1 (1.449%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (8.696%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.449%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.449%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.899%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.449%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (1.449%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) HP
2 10 (14.49%) Dell
2 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.59%) Sun
3 8 (11.59%) IBM
4 6 (8.696%) EMC
5 4 (5.797%) StorageTek
6 3 (4.348%) Oracle
7 2 (2.899%) Remedy
8 1 (1.449%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.449%) Xilinx
8 1 (1.449%) Symantec
8 1 (1.449%) NetApp
8 1 (1.449%) Cisco
8 1 (1.449%) VMware
South East
The role involves design of digital hardware including FPGA... Embedded software development of 8/16/32 Bit Microcontrollers Design, implementation and verification of FPGA's in VHDL Knowledge,...
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Posted: 13 June 2013
Stevenage, South East
Hardware, electronics, board, systems, analogue, digital, PCB, microcontroller, ARM, Communications, RF, I require two hardware engineers, (1 x Systems Design, 1 x Board Design) for immediate start contracts...
Computer Futures
Rate: £33 - £40 per hour
Posted: 10 June 2013
Yorkshire and the Humber
I have a requirement for a Hardware Deployment Engineer (X86 IBM X Series Hardware) on a 6 month contract based in Yorkshire. The role: The role will involve...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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