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

 PC Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank74-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.181 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£80-
Average daily rate£90-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£100-
UK excluding London average daily rate£87£120
% change on same period last year-27.83 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£10.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£10.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.30£13.71
% change on same period last year+11.55 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads11071081
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.496 %1.066 %
Daily rates quoted212222
Average minimum daily rate£318£329
Average daily rate£337£352
% change on same period last year-4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted147134
Average minimum hourly rate£19.28£17.66
Average hourly rate£20.97£19.48
% change on same period last year+7.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.67£21.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
PC Engineer North WestPC Engineer
North West

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.

PC Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Manchester PC Engineer Demand Trend

PC Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester PC Engineer Daily Rate Trend

PC Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester PC Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

PC Engineer
Top 3 Related IT Skills

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

11 (20.00 %)HP
11 (20.00 %)Compaq
11 (20.00 %)Dell

PC Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)HP
11 (20.00 %)Compaq
11 (20.00 %)Dell