Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Wintel 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 jobs that have cited Wintel Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Wintel Engineer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4566
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.765 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£238
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.00
Average hourly rate-£30.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.13£28.13
% change on same period last year-7.13 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads680799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.969 %0.826 %
Daily rates quoted237251
Average minimum daily rate£252£279
Average daily rate£268£296
% change on same period last year-9.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted106172
Average minimum hourly rate£20.60£27.46
Average hourly rate£21.83£28.17
% change on same period last year-22.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.06£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Wintel Engineer East of EnglandWintel 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.

Wintel Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Essex Wintel Engineer Demand Trend

Wintel Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Wintel Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Wintel Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Wintel Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Wintel Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wintel Engineer within the Essex region over the 3 months to 15 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.

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
BasildonNew entry-7--
Wintel Engineer East of EnglandWintel Engineer
East of England

Wintel Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Wintel 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 Wintel Engineer in their job title.

19 (75.00 %)Windows
19 (75.00 %)Active Directory
26 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (50.00 %)Validation
35 (41.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (25.00 %)VMware
53 (25.00 %)MCSE
53 (25.00 %)Citrix
53 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (25.00 %)SAN
62 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
62 (16.67 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (16.67 %)SQL
62 (16.67 %)HP
62 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
62 (16.67 %)DNS
62 (16.67 %)Clustering
62 (16.67 %)NetBackup
62 (16.67 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
62 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (8.333 %)Automotive
71 (8.333 %)Backup Exec
71 (8.333 %)Microsoft

Wintel Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Wintel 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 Wintel Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
25 (41.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (16.67 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (25.00 %)SAN
22 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (16.67 %)DNS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Automotive
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)Clustering
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (75.00 %)Windows
24 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)Validation
22 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)SQL
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)MCSE
13 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (75.00 %)Active Directory
22 (16.67 %)NetBackup
22 (16.67 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (8.333 %)Backup Exec
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Citrix
13 (25.00 %)VMware
22 (16.67 %)HP
31 (8.333 %)Microsoft