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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank461465
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads118184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.160 %0.181 %
As % of the category below0.191 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted1831
Average minimum daily rate£245£293
Average daily rate£266£310
% change on same period last year-14.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£247£334
% change on same period last year-26.16 %
Hourly rates quoted3039
Average minimum hourly rate£19.05£21.78
Average hourly rate£20.49£22.96
% change on same period last year-10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.94£24.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.23£24.24
% change on same period last year-20.65 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6166986841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.36 %85.64 %
Daily rates quoted2105527028
Average minimum daily rate£378£393
Average daily rate£405£418
% change on same period last year-3.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted53797431
Average minimum hourly rate£22.68£24.27
Average hourly rate£24.30£25.83
% change on same period last year-5.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.91£27.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Technical Engineer UKTechnical 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.

Technical Engineer
Demand Trend

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

England Technical Engineer Demand Trend

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Technical Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

England Technical Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Technical Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

England Technical Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+4325£412+44.09 %
South EastDown-720--
YorkshireUp+2315£350-9.67 %
West MidlandsUp+2615£186-26.91 %
South WestUp+3813£220-
North WestUp+1611£226-0.62 %
East MidlandsUp+1210£315-
East of EnglandUp+227--
North EastNew entry-2--
Technical Engineer UKTechnical Engineer
UK

Technical Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Engineer in their job title.

1100 (37.31 %)Windows
252 (19.40 %)HP
349 (18.28 %)Microsoft
448 (17.91 %)Active Directory
544 (16.42 %)Windows Server 2003
640 (14.93 %)Security Cleared
737 (13.81 %)Windows XP
834 (12.69 %)Microsoft Certification
933 (12.31 %)Citrix
1032 (11.94 %)MCSE
1129 (10.82 %)Cisco
1226 (9.701 %)Windows 2000
1324 (8.955 %)Telecoms
1324 (8.955 %)SC Cleared
1423 (8.582 %)Windows 2000 Server
1423 (8.582 %)MS Exchange
1423 (8.582 %)ITIL
1522 (8.209 %)Government
1621 (7.836 %)UNIX
1720 (7.463 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1819 (7.090 %)Solaris
1819 (7.090 %)Dell
1819 (7.090 %)Cisco Certification
1918 (6.716 %)SAN
1918 (6.716 %)Linux
1918 (6.716 %)Finance
2017 (6.343 %)TCP/IP
2116 (5.970 %)Sun
2116 (5.970 %)CCNA
2116 (5.970 %)Compaq

Technical Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (1.119 %)HTML
13 (1.119 %).NET
13 (1.119 %)J2EE
13 (1.119 %)Middleware
13 (1.119 %)XML
22 (0.746 %)WebServices
31 (0.373 %)XSL
31 (0.373 %)WAP
31 (0.373 %)X-Windows
31 (0.373 %)WMI
31 (0.373 %).NET Framework
31 (0.373 %)Servlets
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (8.582 %)MS Exchange
213 (4.851 %)Exchange Server 2003
39 (3.358 %)WebLogic
48 (2.985 %)GroupWise
57 (2.612 %)Lotus Notes
66 (2.239 %)IIS
66 (2.239 %)Apache
75 (1.866 %)SharePoint
84 (1.493 %)Lotus Domino
84 (1.493 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (1.119 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
93 (1.119 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.746 %)WebLogic Portal
102 (0.746 %)Exchange Server 5.5
111 (0.373 %)Exchange Server 2000
111 (0.373 %)SharePoint Portal Server
111 (0.373 %)Documentum
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (3.731 %)MS Excel
27 (2.612 %)MS Office
32 (0.746 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.373 %)Photoshop
41 (0.373 %)Acrobat
41 (0.373 %)MATLAB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.746 %)GoldMine
21 (0.373 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.373 %)Navision
21 (0.373 %)Dynamics NAV
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (6.716 %)SAN
217 (6.343 %)TCP/IP
314 (5.224 %)WAN
314 (5.224 %)LAN
412 (4.478 %)VPN
511 (4.104 %)DNS
511 (4.104 %)Firewall
610 (3.731 %)Internet
79 (3.358 %)Ethernet
87 (2.612 %)VoIP
96 (2.239 %)DHCP
96 (2.239 %)SDH
105 (1.866 %)ISDN
105 (1.866 %)DSL
105 (1.866 %)Wireless
114 (1.493 %)TETRA
114 (1.493 %)DSLAM
114 (1.493 %)OSPF
114 (1.493 %)BGP
114 (1.493 %)DECnet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (3.731 %)SQL Server
23 (1.119 %)MySQL
23 (1.119 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (0.746 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.373 %)Oracle OLAP
41 (0.373 %)Oracle BI EE
41 (0.373 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (0.373 %)OLAP
41 (0.373 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.373 %)ETL
41 (0.373 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (0.373 %)RDBMS
41 (0.373 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.373 %)BusinessObjects
41 (0.373 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.373 %)SQLPlus
41 (0.373 %)EDRMS
41 (0.373 %)Oracle OWB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.746 %)LoadRunner
12 (0.746 %)MSI
21 (0.373 %)Rational Functional Tester
21 (0.373 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.373 %)QuickTest Pro
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (8.955 %)Telecoms
222 (8.209 %)Government
318 (6.716 %)Finance
49 (3.358 %)Banking
57 (2.612 %)Health
57 (2.612 %)Education
66 (2.239 %)Electronics
66 (2.239 %)Insurance
74 (1.493 %)Investment Banking
74 (1.493 %)Aerospace
83 (1.119 %)Electric
83 (1.119 %)Publishing
83 (1.119 %)Retail
92 (0.746 %)Local Government
92 (0.746 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.746 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.373 %)Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (4.478 %)NHS
210 (3.731 %)Client/Server
39 (3.358 %)Thin Client
39 (3.358 %)Fat Client
47 (2.612 %)Clustering
54 (1.493 %)VAX
54 (1.493 %)Blackberry
63 (1.119 %)PACS
72 (0.746 %)Data Protection Act
72 (0.746 %)NPfIT
72 (0.746 %)VLE
72 (0.746 %)AS400
72 (0.746 %)BBC
81 (0.373 %)Handset
81 (0.373 %)SCORM
81 (0.373 %)IVR
81 (0.373 %)Pocket PC
81 (0.373 %)Management Information System
81 (0.373 %)MPEG
81 (0.373 %)PMI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1100 (37.31 %)Windows
244 (16.42 %)Windows Server 2003
337 (13.81 %)Windows XP
426 (9.701 %)Windows 2000
523 (8.582 %)Windows 2000 Server
621 (7.836 %)UNIX
719 (7.090 %)Solaris
818 (6.716 %)Linux
913 (4.851 %)Windows NT
109 (3.358 %)NetWare
109 (3.358 %)Windows Vista
117 (2.612 %)Mac OS X
117 (2.612 %)HPUX
125 (1.866 %)VMS
134 (1.493 %)Windows Server 2008
142 (0.746 %)Red Hat Linux
142 (0.746 %)OpenVMS
142 (0.746 %)Tru64
142 (0.746 %)AIX
151 (0.373 %)Symbian OS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (14.93 %)Security Cleared
224 (8.955 %)SC Cleared
323 (8.582 %)ITIL
49 (3.358 %)Test Scripting
57 (2.612 %)Migration
65 (1.866 %)Project Management
65 (1.866 %)Service Management
65 (1.866 %)BC Cleared
74 (1.493 %)Time Management
74 (1.493 %)BPR
83 (1.119 %)Configuration Management
83 (1.119 %)Service Delivery
83 (1.119 %)Change Management
83 (1.119 %)ITSM
83 (1.119 %)PRINCE2
83 (1.119 %)Supplier Management
83 (1.119 %)Content Management
83 (1.119 %)Network Design
83 (1.119 %)Technical Architecture
92 (0.746 %)Business Desktop Deployment
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (5.224 %)SQL
212 (4.478 %)C
37 (2.612 %)Java
46 (2.239 %)Shell Script
54 (1.493 %)C++
54 (1.493 %)Perl
62 (0.746 %)JavaScript
62 (0.746 %)C#
62 (0.746 %)VBA
62 (0.746 %)VB
71 (0.373 %)VB.NET
71 (0.373 %)Korn
71 (0.373 %)XPath
71 (0.373 %)PHP
71 (0.373 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.373 %)VBScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
134 (12.69 %)Microsoft Certification
232 (11.94 %)MCSE
319 (7.090 %)Cisco Certification
416 (5.970 %)CCNA
511 (4.104 %)Novell Certification
610 (3.731 %)CNE
78 (2.985 %)Citrix Certification
78 (2.985 %)CCEA
87 (2.612 %)CNA
87 (2.612 %)CCNP
87 (2.612 %)MCSA
87 (2.612 %)MCP
96 (2.239 %)Degree
105 (1.866 %)ISEB
112 (0.746 %)A+ Certification
112 (0.746 %)CCIE
112 (0.746 %)ITIL Certification
112 (0.746 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
121 (0.373 %)Chartered Engineer
121 (0.373 %)HP AIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.866 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
148 (17.91 %)Active Directory
220 (7.463 %)Citrix Presentation Server
310 (3.731 %)NetBackup
49 (3.358 %)VMware Infrastructure
58 (2.985 %)Terminal Server
58 (2.985 %)ISA Server
67 (2.612 %)NDS
75 (1.866 %)VMware ESX
84 (1.493 %)MetaFrame
93 (1.119 %)Oracle RAC
102 (0.746 %)Novell eDirectory
102 (0.746 %)Backup Exec
102 (0.746 %)AquaLogic
102 (0.746 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.373 %)VMware Workstation
111 (0.373 %)NFS
111 (0.373 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (2.612 %)ARCserve
26 (2.239 %)OpenView
34 (1.493 %)SCCM
43 (1.119 %)Tivoli
43 (1.119 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (1.119 %)MOM
43 (1.119 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.746 %)Netcool
52 (0.746 %)ZENworks
52 (0.746 %)Netcool/Proviso
52 (0.746 %)CiscoWorks
52 (0.746 %)Legato
52 (0.746 %)DameWare
61 (0.373 %)OVSD
61 (0.373 %)SCOM
61 (0.373 %)Norton AntiVirus
61 (0.373 %)MIMEsweeper
61 (0.373 %)BMC PATROL
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (19.40 %)HP
249 (18.28 %)Microsoft
333 (12.31 %)Citrix
429 (10.82 %)Cisco
519 (7.090 %)Dell
616 (5.970 %)Sun
616 (5.970 %)Compaq
715 (5.597 %)VMware
814 (5.224 %)IBM
814 (5.224 %)Novell
913 (4.851 %)Oracle
1010 (3.731 %)VERITAS
117 (2.612 %)Lotus
126 (2.239 %)Nortel
135 (1.866 %)Fujitsu
144 (1.493 %)BEA
144 (1.493 %)CheckPoint
153 (1.119 %)Ericsson
162 (0.746 %)Symantec
162 (0.746 %)Nokia