Essex Computer Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Computer Engineer role in IT contracts within the Essex region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Computer Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Computer Engineer
Location Canary Wharf East Midlands East of England England Essex London Middlesex Northampton Northamptonshire South East UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	57	58
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	4	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.621 %	0.158 %
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	-	£222
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£12.50
Average hourly rate	-	£12.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.13	£17.31
% change on same period last year	-6.81 %
Job Titles Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	644	632
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.849 %	0.670 %
Daily rates quoted	249	188
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£331
Average daily rate	£292	£356
% change on same period last year	-18.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£308	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	104	144
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.68	£25.12
Average hourly rate	£28.17	£25.86
% change on same period last year	+8.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.66	£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Computer Engineer East of England

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.

Computer Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Computer Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Computer Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Computer 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 Computer Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00 %) Windows 1 4 (100.00 %) MS Exchange 1 4 (100.00 %) DHCP 1 4 (100.00 %) VPN 1 4 (100.00 %) DNS 1 4 (100.00 %) Terminal Services 1 4 (100.00 %) Firewall 1 4 (100.00 %) Back Office

Computer Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Computer 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 Computer Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 4 (100.00 %) MS Exchange	Communications & Networking 1 4 (100.00 %) DHCP 1 4 (100.00 %) VPN 1 4 (100.00 %) DNS 1 4 (100.00 %) Firewall
General 1 4 (100.00 %) Back Office	Operating Systems 1 4 (100.00 %) Windows
System Software 1 4 (100.00 %) Terminal Services