The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank - 66 62
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 0 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.417% 0.352%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.443% 0.369%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £100 £286 £220
% change year-on-year
-65.06% +30.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-32.50% -38.46%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
617 902 814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.22% 93.96% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 398 340
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 87 105
Average hourly rate £17.47 £22.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.59% +35.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Hardware Engineer
East of England

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Hardware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Hardware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend