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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Engineer role in IT contracts within the Sheffield 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 Technical Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank38-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.410 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£246£341
% change on same period last year-27.84 %
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£19.97£24.38
% change on same period last year-18.09 %
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Sheffield
Matching contract IT job ads244304
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.322 %0.303 %
Daily rates quoted4856
Average minimum daily rate£290£305
Average daily rate£306£320
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted6772
Average minimum hourly rate£25.58£24.66
Average hourly rate£26.48£25.68
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.38£26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Technical Engineer South YorkshireTechnical Engineer
South Yorkshire

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.

Technical Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Sheffield Technical Engineer Demand Trend

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sheffield Technical Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sheffield Technical Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield region that cited Technical 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 Technical Engineer in their job title.

16 (75.00 %)HPUX
16 (75.00 %)HP
25 (62.50 %)Telecoms
32 (25.00 %)Oracle RAC
32 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (25.00 %)SAN
32 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (12.50 %)Windows
41 (12.50 %)Linux
41 (12.50 %)Citrix
41 (12.50 %)Citrix Certification
41 (12.50 %)CCEA
41 (12.50 %)Check Point Certification
41 (12.50 %)CheckPoint
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (12.50 %)Symantec
41 (12.50 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
41 (12.50 %)Active Directory
41 (12.50 %)Firewall
41 (12.50 %)VMware
41 (12.50 %)Backup Exec
41 (12.50 %)Northgate
41 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003

Technical Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
11 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (12.50 %)Firewall
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (62.50 %)Telecoms
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)HPUX
21 (12.50 %)Windows
21 (12.50 %)Linux
21 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Citrix Certification
11 (12.50 %)CCEA
11 (12.50 %)Check Point Certification
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Oracle RAC
21 (12.50 %)Active Directory
21 (12.50 %)Backup Exec
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (12.50 %)Norton AntiVirus
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)HP
22 (25.00 %)Oracle
31 (12.50 %)Citrix
31 (12.50 %)CheckPoint
31 (12.50 %)Symantec
31 (12.50 %)VMware
31 (12.50 %)Northgate