Hertfordshire Mechanical Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Mechanical Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 Mechanical Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mechanical Engineer
Location Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Bristol Cheshire Derbyshire East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Farnborough Fife Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Manchester North West Northern Ireland Portsmouth Scotland Sevenoaks South East South West Stevenage UK West Midlands Worcester Worcestershire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	93
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.217 %	0.125 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£23.75
Average hourly rate	£31.50	£23.75
% change on same period last year	+32.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.00	£23.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.50	£27.54
% change on same period last year	+7.10 %
Job Titles Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	921	1599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.480 %	1.717 %
Daily rates quoted	284	619
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£344
% change on same period last year	+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	112	194
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.57	£23.77
Average hourly rate	£27.67	£24.98
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.76	£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Mechanical 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.

Mechanical Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Mechanical Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Mechanical Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mechanical Engineer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Mechanical Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mechanical Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Stevenage	+1	2	-	-

Mechanical Engineer East of England

Mechanical Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (37.50 %) Pro/ENGINEER 1 3 (37.50 %) NASTRAN 1 3 (37.50 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (25.00 %) Telecoms 3 1 (12.50 %) Electric 3 1 (12.50 %) Data Management 3 1 (12.50 %) NCR 3 1 (12.50 %) Finite Element Analysis

Mechanical Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) Pro/ENGINEER 1 3 (37.50 %) NASTRAN	General 1 2 (25.00 %) Telecoms 2 1 (12.50 %) Electric
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (12.50 %) Data Management 2 1 (12.50 %) Finite Element Analysis	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) NCR