South East Project Engineer Contracts

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

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Location Berkshire Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheshire City of London Cumbria East of England England Hampshire Jersey Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Norfolk North East North West Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland South East South West Stockport UK Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	207	256
Rank change on same period last year	+49
Matching contract IT job ads	25	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	0.258 %	0.222 %
Daily rates quoted	2	5
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£252
Average daily rate	£335	£282
% change on same period last year	+18.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£312
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£277
% change on same period last year	+27.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£24.00
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£25.73
% change on same period last year	+16.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.25	£26.80
% change on same period last year	-2.05 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	9673	14397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.78 %	15.77 %
Daily rates quoted	2444	3551
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£332
Average daily rate	£350	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	1190	1970
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.16	£23.12
Average hourly rate	£23.65	£24.67
% change on same period last year	-4.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.14	£26.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£23.82
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
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 South East 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 South East 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 South East region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hampshire	+35	7	£450	+275.00 %
Berkshire	+22	4	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	2	£220	-
West Sussex	+11	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 24 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 21 (58.33 %) 3G 2 21 (58.33 %) SDH 2 21 (58.33 %) Network Planning 3 4 (11.11 %) Project Planning 3 4 (11.11 %) Construction 4 2 (5.556 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (5.556 %) AutoCAD 4 2 (5.556 %) Cisco 4 2 (5.556 %) Microsoft 4 2 (5.556 %) MCSE 4 2 (5.556 %) HNC 4 2 (5.556 %) UNIX 4 2 (5.556 %) Electric 4 2 (5.556 %) VMware

4 2 (5.556 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (5.556 %) Avionics 5 1 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (2.778 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 1 (2.778 %) CCVP 5 1 (2.778 %) Health 5 1 (2.778 %) IPCC 5 1 (2.778 %) NGN 5 1 (2.778 %) Degree 5 1 (2.778 %) SIGTRAN 5 1 (2.778 %) GGSN 5 1 (2.778 %) SGSN 5 1 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 1 (2.778 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 1 (2.778 %) Software Engineering

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development 1 1 (2.778 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 1 (2.778 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 1 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 2 (5.556 %) AutoCAD 2 1 (2.778 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 21 (58.33 %) SDH 1 21 (58.33 %) 3G 2 1 (2.778 %) MGCP 2 1 (2.778 %) SS7 2 1 (2.778 %) TACACS 2 1 (2.778 %) ISUP 2 1 (2.778 %) Q.931 2 1 (2.778 %) IPCC 2 1 (2.778 %) NGN 2 1 (2.778 %) SIGTRAN 2 1 (2.778 %) GGSN 2 1 (2.778 %) SGSN 2 1 (2.778 %) ATM 2 1 (2.778 %) GSM 2 1 (2.778 %) ISDN 2 1 (2.778 %) PSTN
General 1 24 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 4 (11.11 %) Construction 3 2 (5.556 %) Electric 3 2 (5.556 %) Avionics 4 1 (2.778 %) Electronics 4 1 (2.778 %) Health 4 1 (2.778 %) Finance 4 1 (2.778 %) Automotive	Operating Systems 1 2 (5.556 %) UNIX 2 1 (2.778 %) Windows 2 1 (2.778 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (2.778 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (58.33 %) Network Planning 2 4 (11.11 %) Project Planning 3 1 (2.778 %) Software Engineering 3 1 (2.778 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (2.778 %) Project Management 3 1 (2.778 %) Workflow	Programming Languages 1 1 (2.778 %) C 1 1 (2.778 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 2 (5.556 %) HNC 1 2 (5.556 %) MCSE 1 2 (5.556 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.778 %) CCVP 2 1 (2.778 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 2 1 (2.778 %) Degree 2 1 (2.778 %) CCIE 2 1 (2.778 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (2.778 %) HND	System Software 1 2 (5.556 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (2.778 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 1 (2.778 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 2 (5.556 %) Cisco 1 2 (5.556 %) Microsoft 1 2 (5.556 %) VMware 2 1 (2.778 %) Oracle 2 1 (2.778 %) Citrix 2 1 (2.778 %) Avaya