The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 98 95 94
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 6 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.388% 0.250% 0.703%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.416% 0.265% 0.751%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £369
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
Average hourly rate - £29.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £30.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-0.81% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1443 1508 1731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.22% 94.07% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 700 725
Average daily rate £350 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 221 241
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -22.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.49 £11.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Design Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Design Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Design Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Basingstoke - 2 - -
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Design Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) Cisco
2 10 (45.45%) Network Design
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 6 (27.27%) Network Security
5 5 (22.73%) CCNA
5 5 (22.73%) Electronics
5 5 (22.73%) Firewall
5 5 (22.73%) Juniper
6 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 4 (18.18%) 3Com
6 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 4 (18.18%) Nortel
6 4 (18.18%) C
6 4 (18.18%) Windows
6 4 (18.18%) LAN
6 4 (18.18%) WAN
6 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
6 4 (18.18%) MS Exchange
6 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (13.64%) Solaris
7 3 (13.64%) Linux
7 3 (13.64%) Oracle
7 3 (13.64%) HNC

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
1 4 (18.18%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Network Security
2 5 (22.73%) Firewall
3 4 (18.18%) LAN
3 4 (18.18%) WAN
3 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (9.091%) SNMP
4 2 (9.091%) IPsec
4 2 (9.091%) DNS
4 2 (9.091%) MPLS
4 2 (9.091%) BGP
4 2 (9.091%) EIGRP
5 1 (4.545%) NetScreen
5 1 (4.545%) OSPF
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (4.545%) ATM
5 1 (4.545%) VPN
5 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.545%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (4.545%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (22.73%) Electronics
2 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.545%) Military
4 1 (4.545%) Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Firmware
2 1 (4.545%) Verilog
2 1 (4.545%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (4.545%) PKI
2 1 (4.545%) Derivative
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Solaris
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) SUSE
3 2 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Network Design
2 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (9.091%) Test Scripting
3 2 (9.091%) Change Management
4 1 (4.545%) Time Management
4 1 (4.545%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.545%) Migration
4 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.545%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.545%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) C
2 1 (4.545%) C++
2 1 (4.545%) Embedded C
2 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (22.73%) CCNA
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
6 3 (13.64%) HNC
7 1 (4.545%) HND
7 1 (4.545%) CCIE
7 1 (4.545%) CCNP
7 1 (4.545%) CCIP
7 1 (4.545%) CCDP
7 1 (4.545%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.545%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) OpenView
2 1 (4.545%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Cisco
2 5 (22.73%) Juniper
3 4 (18.18%) Nortel
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) 3Com
4 3 (13.64%) VMware
4 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle
5 2 (9.091%) HP
6 1 (4.545%) EMC
6 1 (4.545%) Motorola
6 1 (4.545%) Altera
Hampshire, South East
The ideal candidates will have a skill set to include as many of the following: MECHNICAL DESIGN, SOLIDWORKS, PROENGINEER, SHEET METAL, CASTINGS, PLASTICS These contract positions are ranging...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £30 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The ideal candidates will have a skill set to include as many of the following: MECHNICAL DESIGN, SOLIDWORKS, PROENGINEER, SHEET METAL, CASTINGS, PLASTICS These contract positions are ranging...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £30 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013