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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts within the Romford 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 Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5-
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 below11.11 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£135£139
% change on same period last year-2.88 %
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£15.78£16.11
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Romford
Matching contract IT job ads914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£390£300
Average daily rate£395£350
% change on same period last year+12.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£16.62
Average hourly rate£11.25£17.68
% change on same period last year-36.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.50£18.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.38£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Desktop Engineer LondonDesktop Engineer
London

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.

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Romford Desktop Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Romford region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Engineer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory