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The table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT contracts within the Leeds 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 Field Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Field Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank7370
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.421 %0.173 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£120-
Average daily rate£120-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£120-
UK excluding London average daily rate£116£165
% change on same period last year-29.75 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50£35.00
Average hourly rate£28.50£35.00
% change on same period last year-18.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.39£18.30
% change on same period last year+11.44 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11891155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.607 %1.139 %
Daily rates quoted296201
Average minimum daily rate£325£336
Average daily rate£347£358
% change on same period last year-3.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted6494
Average minimum hourly rate£22.63£27.41
Average hourly rate£24.80£28.65
% change on same period last year-13.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.98£29.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Field Engineer West YorkshireField Engineer
West Yorkshire

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.

Field Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Field Engineer Demand Trend

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Field Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field Engineer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Leeds Field Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Field Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Field Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Field 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 Field Engineer in their job title.

14 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)Active Directory
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)Microsoft
32 (25.00 %)Windows XP
41 (12.50 %)ATM
41 (12.50 %)DHCP
41 (12.50 %)Ethernet
41 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
41 (12.50 %)DNS
41 (12.50 %)Cisco
41 (12.50 %)MS Excel
41 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
41 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (12.50 %)Dell
41 (12.50 %)EPoS
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003

Field Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Field 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 Field Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (12.50 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)ATM
11 (12.50 %)DHCP
11 (12.50 %)Ethernet
11 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
11 (12.50 %)DNS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)EPoS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (37.50 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (12.50 %)Dell
21 (12.50 %)Cisco