England Mechanical Design Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Mechanical Design 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 Mechanical Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Location Basingstoke East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Manchester North West Salford Scotland Sevenoaks South East Surrey UK	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	543	613
Rank change on same period last year	+70
Matching contract IT job ads	15	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.032 %
As % of the category below	0.026 %	0.038 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	8	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.25	£26.47
Average hourly rate	£23.50	£27.66
% change on same period last year	-15.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.75	£28.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	£26.67
% change on same period last year	-11.87 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	58715	84627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.67 %	85.52 %
Daily rates quoted	19537	26197
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£390
Average daily rate	£399	£414
% change on same period last year	-3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	5390	7544
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.65	£23.91
Average hourly rate	£24.18	£25.49
% change on same period last year	-5.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.71	£27.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
Mechanical Design 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.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mechanical Design Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Mechanical Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Mechanical Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mechanical Design Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mechanical Design Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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	+52	10	-	-
East of England	+21	3	-	-
North West	+19	2	-	-

Mechanical Design Engineer UK

Mechanical Design Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Mechanical 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 Mechanical Design Engineer in their job title.

1 21 (44.68 %) Pro/ENGINEER 2 20 (42.55 %) CAD 3 18 (38.30 %) SolidWorks 4 9 (19.15 %) AutoCAD 5 7 (14.89 %) Finite Element Analysis 6 6 (12.77 %) Electric 7 5 (10.64 %) Handset 7 5 (10.64 %) Degree 8 4 (8.511 %) Project Planning 8 4 (8.511 %) SC Cleared 8 4 (8.511 %) Security Cleared 8 4 (8.511 %) Risk Analysis 8 4 (8.511 %) Education 9 3 (6.383 %) Aerospace 9 3 (6.383 %) PDM

10 2 (4.255 %) Automotive 10 2 (4.255 %) HNC 10 2 (4.255 %) Electronics 10 2 (4.255 %) Data Management 11 1 (2.128 %) CATIA 11 1 (2.128 %) Military 11 1 (2.128 %) Telecoms 11 1 (2.128 %) Chartered Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Mechanical 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 Mechanical Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 21 (44.68 %) Pro/ENGINEER 2 9 (19.15 %) AutoCAD 3 1 (2.128 %) CATIA	General 1 6 (12.77 %) Electric 2 4 (8.511 %) Education 3 3 (6.383 %) Aerospace 4 2 (4.255 %) Automotive 4 2 (4.255 %) Electronics 5 1 (2.128 %) Telecoms 5 1 (2.128 %) Military
Miscellaneous 1 5 (10.64 %) Handset	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (42.55 %) CAD 2 7 (14.89 %) Finite Element Analysis 3 4 (8.511 %) Risk Analysis 3 4 (8.511 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (8.511 %) Security Cleared 3 4 (8.511 %) Project Planning 4 3 (6.383 %) PDM 5 2 (4.255 %) Data Management
Qualifications 1 5 (10.64 %) Degree 2 2 (4.255 %) HNC 3 1 (2.128 %) Chartered Engineer	Vendors 1 18 (38.30 %) SolidWorks