Midlands Project Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Engineer role in IT contracts within the Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Project Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Engineer
Location Belfast Berkshire Bristol Burton-upon-Trent City of London County Antrim Cumbria Docklands, London Dudley East Midlands East of England Egham England Glasgow Hampshire Harpenden Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds London Manchester Midlands Newcastle Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stockport Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	69
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	2	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.152 %	0.566 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£305	£339
% change on same period last year	-9.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	5
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£29.60
Average hourly rate	-	£31.60
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.59	£29.24
% change on same period last year	+11.46 %
Job Titles Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1319	1589
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.739 %	1.662 %
Daily rates quoted	261	260
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£377
Average daily rate	£387	£396
% change on same period last year	-2.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£415
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	56	108
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.68	£30.73
Average hourly rate	£23.78	£31.80
% change on same period last year	-25.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.88	£32.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.39	£25.89
% change on same period last year	-9.63 %
Project Engineer 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Project 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 Project Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (62.50 %) Pharmaceutical 2 3 (37.50 %) SDH 2 3 (37.50 %) Network Planning 2 3 (37.50 %) Project Planning 3 2 (25.00 %) 3G 3 2 (25.00 %) Telecoms 4 1 (12.50 %) C

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Project 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 Project Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 3 (37.50 %) SDH 2 2 (25.00 %) 3G	General 1 5 (62.50 %) Pharmaceutical 2 2 (25.00 %) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Network Planning 1 3 (37.50 %) Project Planning	Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) C