The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 209 225 224
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 11 20 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.139% 0.197% 0.283%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.150% 0.213% 0.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 5
Average daily rate - £273 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate £100 £286 £220
% change year-on-year
-65.06% +30.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 9
Average hourly rate £15.77 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.00% -41.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-32.50% -38.46%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7336 9394 9506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.60% 92.47% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3629 4201 4116
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 724 798
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Hardware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the South East region.

South East Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the South East region.

South East Hardware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Buckinghamshire +4 5 - -
East Sussex - 3 - -
Hampshire -10 2 - -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Hardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 5 (31.25%) Dell
3 5 (31.25%) EMC
4 4 (25.00%) Sun
4 4 (25.00%) EqualLogic
5 3 (18.75%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) HP
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
6 2 (12.50%) Electronics
6 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
7 1 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (6.250%) DO-178B
7 1 (6.250%) DO-254
7 1 (6.250%) Derivative
7 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
7 1 (6.250%) Wireless
7 1 (6.250%) Back Office
7 1 (6.250%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
7 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
7 1 (6.250%) LabVIEW
7 1 (6.250%) VMware
7 1 (6.250%) Military

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 1 (6.250%) Wireless
2 1 (6.250%) SAN
2 1 (6.250%) IPX
2 1 (6.250%) IPX/SPX
2 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.250%) VPN
2 1 (6.250%) DNS
2 1 (6.250%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (6.250%) Back Office
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) EqualLogic
2 1 (6.250%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) Linux
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) EMC Certification
3 1 (6.250%) HNC
3 1 (6.250%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) DO-178B
1 1 (6.250%) DO-254
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) HP Data Protector
1 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Dell
1 5 (31.25%) EMC
2 4 (25.00%) Sun
3 3 (18.75%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.250%) VMware
5 1 (6.250%) Remedy
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking to recruit an experienced EMC Hardware engineer for a Managed Services provider based in High Wycombe. This is a 6 month contract to...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + Contract
Posted: 16 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
This is a fixed term contract starting in May running through to 31st December and will likely to be extended for one year thereafter: Essential Skills: (candidates must...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: Fixed Term contract until Dec 3st intially
Posted: 20 May 2013