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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Field Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Field Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank305289401
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Up+112
Matching contract IT job ads203156204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.420 %0.395 %0.248 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.459 %0.432 %0.267 %
Daily rates quoted371633
Average daily rate£140£123£108
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28 %+13.95 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£100£91£75
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£222£123
UK excluding London average daily rate£120£105£110
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-4.540 %
Hourly rates quoted355891
Average hourly rate£13.75£15.00£13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %+11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.80£8.00£9.76
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.60£25.00£22.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.00£15.00£13.50
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %+11.11 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441973611776460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.56 %93.02 %
Daily rates quoted201431156723643
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted252830286720
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.67£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %

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.

Field Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Field Engineer Demand Trend

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK.

Field Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Field Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK.

Field Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Field Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Field Engineer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandNo change0170£140+14.28 %
LondonDown-1663£175-20.45 %
South EastUp+1744£140+33.33 %
City of LondonDown-4226£115-42.50 %
South WestDown-1113£140+16.66 %
North WestDown-1213£80-36.00 %
East MidlandsDown-310£140-
ManchesterDown-510--
YorkshireUp+109--
BerkshireUp+138--
West MidlandsUp+67£105-
HampshireDown-37£120+14.28 %
BristolDown-87£140+16.66 %
ScotlandDown-167£100-6.97 %
BirminghamUp+56--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-6--
Milton KeynesNew entry-6--
NottinghamshireUp+25£140-
MiddlesexNew entry-5--
South YorkshireNew entry-5--
Northern IrelandNew entry-5--
PortsmouthUp+114£140+33.33 %
WiltshireUp+54--
ReadingUp+34--
NottinghamUp+14£140-
GlasgowDown-94£100-28.57 %
SurreyDown-104£140-
SloughNew entry-4--
East of EnglandUp+123£95-
SwindonUp+63--

Field Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Field 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 Field Engineer in their job title.

1253 (49.13 %)Ericsson
1253 (49.13 %)2G
2247 (47.96 %)3G
3208 (40.39 %)Telecoms
4152 (29.51 %)Nokia
595 (18.45 %)Nortel
689 (17.28 %)Windows
689 (17.28 %)NEC
764 (12.43 %)Dell
848 (9.320 %)Alcatel
946 (8.932 %)Security Cleared
1045 (8.738 %)Lucent
1140 (7.767 %)Windows Server 2003
1140 (7.767 %)Microsoft
1140 (7.767 %)Insurance
1238 (7.379 %)Windows XP
1330 (5.825 %)SC Cleared
1427 (5.243 %)EPoS
1526 (5.049 %)MS Excel
1624 (4.660 %)Active Directory
1722 (4.272 %)SLA
1815 (2.913 %)Siemens
1815 (2.913 %)Dell Certification
1815 (2.913 %)PBX
1815 (2.913 %)RNC
1914 (2.718 %)Cisco
2013 (2.524 %)TCP/IP
2013 (2.524 %)HP
2013 (2.524 %)DCSE
2112 (2.330 %)Windows 2000 Server

Field Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Field 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 Field Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (0.194 %)COM
11 (0.194 %)WAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (2.136 %)MS Exchange
29 (1.748 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (1.165 %)Exchange Server 2007
44 (0.777 %)SharePoint
51 (0.194 %)Exchange Server 5.5
51 (0.194 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
126 (5.049 %)MS Excel
212 (2.330 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1253 (49.13 %)2G
2247 (47.96 %)3G
315 (2.913 %)PBX
315 (2.913 %)RNC
413 (2.524 %)TCP/IP
512 (2.330 %)UMTS
512 (2.330 %)GSM
68 (1.553 %)Wireless
77 (1.359 %)LAN
77 (1.359 %)MGW
77 (1.359 %)GGSN
77 (1.359 %)SGSN
86 (1.165 %)ATM
86 (1.165 %)WAN
95 (0.971 %)HSDPA
95 (0.971 %)SDH
104 (0.777 %)SAN
113 (0.583 %)NAS
113 (0.583 %)Ethernet
113 (0.583 %)WLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (0.583 %)SQL Server
22 (0.388 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1208 (40.39 %)Telecoms
240 (7.767 %)Insurance
37 (1.359 %)Government
45 (0.971 %)Health
53 (0.583 %)Auditing
53 (0.583 %)Electric
53 (0.583 %)Retail
61 (0.194 %)Music
61 (0.194 %)Marketing
61 (0.194 %)Front Office
61 (0.194 %)Electronics
61 (0.194 %)Finance
61 (0.194 %)Education
61 (0.194 %)Home Office
61 (0.194 %)Advertising
61 (0.194 %)Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (5.243 %)EPoS
24 (0.777 %)NHS
33 (0.583 %)CLARiiON
33 (0.583 %)EMC Centera
42 (0.388 %)Handset
42 (0.388 %)Management Information System
42 (0.388 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
189 (17.28 %)Windows
240 (7.767 %)Windows Server 2003
338 (7.379 %)Windows XP
412 (2.330 %)Windows 2000 Server
510 (1.942 %)Windows Vista
66 (1.165 %)Windows 2000
75 (0.971 %)Linux
84 (0.777 %)UNIX
84 (0.777 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (0.777 %)Windows 7
92 (0.388 %)AIX
92 (0.388 %)HPUX
92 (0.388 %)Solaris
101 (0.194 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (1.748 %)Incident Management
27 (1.359 %)Workflow
36 (1.165 %)Process Management
45 (0.971 %)Project Management
54 (0.777 %)Validation
62 (0.388 %)Data Analysis
62 (0.388 %)Service Delivery
62 (0.388 %)CAD
71 (0.194 %)Software Testing
71 (0.194 %)Workflow Management
71 (0.194 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (0.194 %)Service Management
71 (0.194 %)Risk Assessment
71 (0.194 %)Asset Management
71 (0.194 %)Business Intelligence
71 (0.194 %)ITIL
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (1.553 %)C
21 (0.194 %)Java
21 (0.194 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
146 (8.932 %)Security Cleared
230 (5.825 %)SC Cleared
315 (2.913 %)Dell Certification
413 (2.524 %)DCSE
59 (1.748 %)Microsoft Certification
67 (1.359 %)MCSE
76 (1.165 %)CTC Cleared
76 (1.165 %)DV Cleared
85 (0.971 %)Cisco Certification
93 (0.583 %)CCNA
93 (0.583 %)EMC Certification
93 (0.583 %)MCP
102 (0.388 %)MCSA
102 (0.388 %)HP APS
111 (0.194 %)A+ Certification
111 (0.194 %)MCT
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (4.272 %)SLA
21 (0.194 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
124 (4.660 %)Active Directory
22 (0.388 %)NFS
22 (0.388 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.194 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.583 %)Backup Exec
22 (0.388 %)Legato
22 (0.388 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1253 (49.13 %)Ericsson
2152 (29.51 %)Nokia
395 (18.45 %)Nortel
489 (17.28 %)NEC
564 (12.43 %)Dell
648 (9.320 %)Alcatel
745 (8.738 %)Lucent
840 (7.767 %)Microsoft
915 (2.913 %)Siemens
1014 (2.718 %)Cisco
1113 (2.524 %)HP
129 (1.748 %)Panasonic
136 (1.165 %)Avaya
136 (1.165 %)VMware
144 (0.777 %)EMC
144 (0.777 %)IBM
153 (0.583 %)Huawei
153 (0.583 %)Toshiba
153 (0.583 %)BT
162 (0.388 %)Citrix