The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 June 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 London 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 380 398 432
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 6 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.026% 0.042% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.045% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £143 - £245
UK excluding London average daily rate £100 £285 £285
% change year-on-year
-64.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £8.13 £18.00 £16.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.86% +6.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.64 £27.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-46.78% -19.11%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21332 24237 29116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 91.99% 92.49% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14410 15699 18765
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 597 655
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Hardware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Feltham +1 1 - -
Docklands, London - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (11.76%) Dell
3 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
3 2 (11.76%) STB
3 2 (11.76%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) ISEB
3 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
3 2 (11.76%) Firmware
3 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 1 (5.882%) Finance
4 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.882%) Migration
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
4 1 (5.882%) Symantec
4 1 (5.882%) Remedy
4 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.882%) DTV
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
4 1 (5.882%) ATM
4 1 (5.882%) LAN
4 1 (5.882%) VoIP
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Project
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) ATM
1 1 (5.882%) LAN
1 1 (5.882%) VoIP
1 1 (5.882%) SAN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Electronics
2 1 (5.882%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
2 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) STB
1 2 (11.76%) Firmware
2 1 (5.882%) DTV
2 1 (5.882%) EPoS
2 1 (5.882%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
1 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
1 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
2 1 (5.882%) Migration
2 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
2 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.882%) Project Management
2 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
2 1 (5.882%) Network Design
2 1 (5.882%) Logistics
2 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
2 1 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (5.882%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C
1 1 (5.882%) C#
1 1 (5.882%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
2 1 (5.882%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.882%) ISEB Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) HP
2 2 (11.76%) Dell
3 1 (5.882%) Symantec
3 1 (5.882%) Remedy
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco
3 1 (5.882%) IBM
3 1 (5.882%) NetApp
3 1 (5.882%) StorageTek
3 1 (5.882%) Sun
3 1 (5.882%) EMC
3 1 (5.882%) Fujitsu
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