Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

 Switch Engineer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank64-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.760 %0.000 %
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£363£218
% change on same period last year+66.66 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£22.50
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
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 quoted112194
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 %
Switch Engineer East of EnglandSwitch 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.

Switch Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Switch Engineer Demand Trend

Switch Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Switch Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Switch Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

110 (100.00 %)Nortel
110 (100.00 %)Telecoms
28 (80.00 %)TCP/IP
28 (80.00 %)SGSN
37 (70.00 %)3G
46 (60.00 %)Cisco
46 (60.00 %)Nokia
46 (60.00 %)Network Design
55 (50.00 %)RNC
55 (50.00 %)SIGTRAN
63 (30.00 %)SS7
63 (30.00 %)Data Management
63 (30.00 %)Packet Switching
72 (20.00 %)Ericsson
72 (20.00 %)2G
81 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
81 (10.00 %)BSS
81 (10.00 %)SAP
81 (10.00 %)XML
81 (10.00 %)Fault Management

Switch Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %)XML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (80.00 %)TCP/IP
18 (80.00 %)SGSN
27 (70.00 %)3G
35 (50.00 %)RNC
35 (50.00 %)SIGTRAN
43 (30.00 %)Packet Switching
43 (30.00 %)SS7
52 (20.00 %)2G
61 (10.00 %)BSS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)Network Design
23 (30.00 %)Data Management
31 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (10.00 %)Fault Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (100.00 %)Nortel
26 (60.00 %)Cisco
26 (60.00 %)Nokia
32 (20.00 %)Ericsson
41 (10.00 %)SAP