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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the Maidstone 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 Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank12-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.887 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£120-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£180-
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£330
% change on same period last year-11.86 %
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£32.55£30.91
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Maidstone
Matching contract IT job ads5331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.083 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted239
Average minimum daily rate£305£322
Average daily rate£316£333
% change on same period last year-5.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted135
Average minimum hourly rate£19.19£20.52
Average hourly rate£20.86£23.13
% change on same period last year-9.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.52£25.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Systems Engineer KentSystems Engineer
Kent

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.

Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Maidstone Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maidstone Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidstone Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Maidstone region that cited Systems 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 Systems Engineer in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)Dell
13 (75.00 %)DCSE
21 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE
21 (25.00 %)Management Information System
21 (25.00 %)Government
21 (25.00 %)VMware
21 (25.00 %)Local Government
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (25.00 %)LAN
21 (25.00 %)VoIP
21 (25.00 %)WAN
21 (25.00 %)VPN
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Maidstone region that cited Systems 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 Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)LAN
11 (25.00 %)VoIP
11 (25.00 %)WAN
11 (25.00 %)VPN
11 (25.00 %)SAN
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Government
11 (25.00 %)Local Government
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Management Information System
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
11 (25.00 %)PRINCE
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)DCSE
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Dell
21 (25.00 %)VMware
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft