South West Mechanical Design Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Mechanical Design Engineer role in IT contracts within the South West 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 Mechanical Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Location Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Manchester North West Salford Scotland Sevenoaks South East South West Surrey UK	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	167
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.071 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.72	£27.14
% change on same period last year	-12.60 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4265	5654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.078 %	5.847 %
Daily rates quoted	1214	1430
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£356
% change on same period last year	+3.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	604	674
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.26	£25.23
Average hourly rate	£26.99	£26.82
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.73	£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %
Mechanical Design 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.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Mechanical Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mechanical Design Engineer across the South West region.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Mechanical Design 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 Mechanical Design Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (66.67 %) CAD 1 8 (66.67 %) SolidWorks 2 4 (33.33 %) Education 2 4 (33.33 %) Risk Analysis 3 2 (16.67 %) Pro/ENGINEER 3 2 (16.67 %) Electric 3 2 (16.67 %) AutoCAD 4 1 (8.333 %) Aerospace

Mechanical Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Mechanical Design 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 Mechanical Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (16.67 %) AutoCAD 1 2 (16.67 %) Pro/ENGINEER	General 1 4 (33.33 %) Education 2 2 (16.67 %) Electric 3 1 (8.333 %) Aerospace
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (66.67 %) CAD 2 4 (33.33 %) Risk Analysis	Vendors 1 8 (66.67 %) SolidWorks