The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Engineer
Rank 206 211 226
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 18 28 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.231% 0.276% 0.260%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.250% 0.299% 0.281%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 4
Average daily rate £203 £208 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.40% -20.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £140 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £233 £263
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Average hourly rate £182.50 £17.00 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+973.52% +15.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £13.75
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +45.45%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
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 577 716 825
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 £11.38 £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%
Technical Engineer
England

Technical Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Technical Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Technical Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Technical Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Technical Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +13 6 £262 +9.06%
Hampshire -7 5 £238 -
Surrey +12 3 £128 -8.92%
Oxfordshire +6 2 - -
Technical Engineer
England

Technical Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 10 (40.00%) MS Office
2 10 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (36.00%) VMware
4 7 (28.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 7 (28.00%) MS Excel
4 7 (28.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (24.00%) MS Exchange
5 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
5 6 (24.00%) ITIL
5 6 (24.00%) SAN
5 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (20.00%) ISA Server
6 5 (20.00%) CommVault
6 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (20.00%) Linux
6 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
6 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 5 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
7 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
7 4 (16.00%) WAN
7 4 (16.00%) LAN
8 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
8 3 (12.00%) VoIP
8 3 (12.00%) Oracle
8 3 (12.00%) CCNA
8 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (12.00%) Internet

Technical Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (24.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) MS Office
2 7 (28.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (24.00%) SAN
3 4 (16.00%) WAN
3 4 (16.00%) LAN
4 3 (12.00%) VoIP
4 3 (12.00%) Internet
5 2 (8.000%) DVB
6 1 (4.000%) SMS
6 1 (4.000%) DHCP
6 1 (4.000%) HTTP
6 1 (4.000%) DNS
6 1 (4.000%) Wireless
6 1 (4.000%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) Cognos Impromptu
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.000%) DB2
1 1 (4.000%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.000%) Multimedia
1 1 (4.000%) German Language
1 1 (4.000%) Portuguese Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) MPEG
2 1 (4.000%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.000%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.000%) STB
2 1 (4.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 10 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (28.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (20.00%) Linux
6 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
7 2 (8.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (8.000%) UNIX
8 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000
8 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) ITIL
2 2 (8.000%) Migration
3 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.000%) CAE
3 1 (4.000%) Service Management
3 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.000%) Workflow
3 1 (4.000%) Data Migration
3 1 (4.000%) Data Protection
3 1 (4.000%) Operations Management
3 1 (4.000%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.000%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.000%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) CCNA
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.000%) ACSA
5 1 (4.000%) MCSE
5 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.000%) Avaya Certification
5 1 (4.000%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (20.00%) ISA Server
2 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (4.000%) Terminal Services
3 1 (4.000%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (4.000%) ARCserve
1 1 (4.000%) SCCM
1 1 (4.000%) SCOM
1 1 (4.000%) HP Data Protector
1 1 (4.000%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) VMware
2 5 (20.00%) CommVault
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle
4 2 (8.000%) Citrix
4 2 (8.000%) Avaya
4 2 (8.000%) Red Hat
4 2 (8.000%) Cisco
4 2 (8.000%) HP
5 1 (4.000%) Dell
5 1 (4.000%) Intel
5 1 (4.000%) Cognos
5 1 (4.000%) Sybase
5 1 (4.000%) Remedy
5 1 (4.000%) McAfee
5 1 (4.000%) Tandberg
Reading, Berkshire
As a Technical Support Engineer you will have extensive experience in Session/System Manager, Avaya Communication Manager, Call Recording (ACR/Eventra/Red Box). You will have extensive Helpdesk...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
3rd level server engineer- SCCM OR SCOM - SECURITY CLEARED My client is looking for an experienced 3rd line Engineer for a contract position in Bracknell. The role is...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £340 - £342 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013