Hampshire Systems Test Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Systems Test Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hampshire 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 Systems Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

System Test Engineer
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Dorset East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Lancashire Midlands North West South East South West UK	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	97	118
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	1	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.050 %	0.194 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£280
Average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£377
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£31.50
Average hourly rate	£45.00	£34.00
% change on same period last year	+32.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.00	£36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.95	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-6.43 %
Job Titles Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1994	2573
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.658 %	2.567 %
Daily rates quoted	526	649
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£339
Average daily rate	£372	£362
% change on same period last year	+2.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	418	513
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.19	£27.69
Average hourly rate	£27.89	£29.32
% change on same period last year	-4.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.59	£30.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Systems Test Engineer South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Systems Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Basingstoke	-	1	-	-

Systems Test Engineer South East

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Systems Test 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 Systems Test Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00 %) Government 1 1 (100.00 %) TETRA 1 1 (100.00 %) System Testing 1 1 (100.00 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (100.00 %) Security Cleared

Systems Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Systems Test 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 Systems Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (100.00 %) TETRA	General 1 1 (100.00 %) Government
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) System Testing 1 1 (100.00 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (100.00 %) Security Cleared