The first table below looks at the demand for the Project 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 Project Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Engineer
Rank 224 223 220
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 5 23 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.063% 0.222% 0.214%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.241% 0.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
Average daily rate £300 £290 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +93.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £313 £270
% change year-on-year
+32.00% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £55.00 £29.69
% change year-on-year
-57.72% +85.26%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7340 9547 9507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.65% 92.30% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3646 4278 4096
Average daily rate £350 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 732 811
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £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%
Project Engineer
England

Project Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Project Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Project Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Project Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Project Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Project Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Project Engineer
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 22 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 2 - -
Surrey +14 1 - -
Middlesex +5 1 £300 +20.00%
West Sussex - 1 - -
Project Engineer
England

Project Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) VPN
2 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) Citrix
2 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) PKI
3 4 (25.00%) SCOM
3 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (25.00%) Firewall
3 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (25.00%) IPsec
3 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (25.00%) Juniper
3 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 4 (25.00%) DNS
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) IPv6
3 4 (25.00%) VBScript
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (25.00%) DHCP
3 4 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (18.75%) WLAN
4 3 (18.75%) WAN
4 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
4 3 (18.75%) HP
4 3 (18.75%) Dell
4 3 (18.75%) EMC
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003

Project Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.250%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) VPN
2 4 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (25.00%) IPsec
2 4 (25.00%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) IPv6
2 4 (25.00%) LAN
2 4 (25.00%) DHCP
2 4 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (18.75%) WLAN
3 3 (18.75%) WAN
4 2 (12.50%) LTE
4 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
5 1 (6.250%) ATM
5 1 (6.250%) VRRP
5 1 (6.250%) SAN
5 1 (6.250%) VLAN
5 1 (6.250%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Electronics
2 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (6.250%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Release Management
2 2 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (6.250%) Project Management
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (25.00%) VBScript
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) HNC
1 1 (6.250%) HND
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
1 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.250%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Citrix
1 5 (31.25%) VMware
2 4 (25.00%) Juniper
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) Dell
3 3 (18.75%) EMC
4 2 (12.50%) Huawei
5 1 (6.250%) Nokia
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
This includes support of customer specific hardware and communication links.Key skills required:- MS Products - Knowledge of MS windows server products, with particular emphasis on SQL, Active Directory...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
VMware Project Engineer - VSphere 5/SAN/CitrixOne of our client has a new opportunity for an experience Virtualisation Project Engineer. This is to work for a established client...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Kent, South East
An immediate requirement for an experienced Power Projects Engineer/Electrical Controls Engineer to join my market leading client who are recognised as true leaders in their fields. You...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £18 - £22 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013