Field Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Field Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aldershot Barry Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Broxbourne Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chippenham City of London Cornwall Coventry Crewe Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Diss Dorset Dudley Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Falmouth Fareham Glasgow Godalming Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Hull Kent Kettering Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Sale Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thetford Towcester Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Vale of Glamorgan Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	362	436
Rank change on same period last year	+74
Matching contract IT job ads	226	248
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.316 %	0.249 %
As % of the category below	0.356 %	0.272 %
Daily rates quoted	56	22
Average minimum daily rate	£109	£149
Average daily rate	£111	£153
% change on same period last year	-27.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£114	£158
UK excluding London average daily rate	£106	£145
% change on same period last year	-26.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	95	94
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.90	£16.03
Average hourly rate	£20.91	£16.64
% change on same period last year	+25.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.92	£17.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.01	£16.54
% change on same period last year	+27.02 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	63500	91029
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.71 %	91.46 %
Daily rates quoted	20586	27389
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£388
Average daily rate	£398	£413
% change on same period last year	-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	5664	7945
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.67	£23.82
Average hourly rate	£24.20	£25.38
% change on same period last year	-4.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.74	£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.74	£25.24
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %

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 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.

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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.

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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 6 October 2008.

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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.

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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 6 October 2008.

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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 6 October 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
England	+92	210	£111	-27.90 %
South East	+40	52	£105	-25.01 %
London	+71	41	£184	-0.33 %
South West	+24	39	£103	-53.14 %
East of England	+36	30	£94	-25.75 %
West Midlands	+15	17	£107	+1.58 %
Yorkshire	+10	13	£109	-
East Midlands	+16	13	£96	-
Wiltshire	+5	13	£97	-55.88 %
Cambridgeshire	+29	13	£80	-
Norfolk	+1	12	£86	-3.96 %
Kent	+14	12	£113	-5.83 %
Hampshire	+35	11	£107	-
Surrey	+27	11	£100	-
Norwich	+1	10	£95	+5.55 %
Swindon	+5	10	£108	-
Maidstone	+10	9	£115	-
Berkshire	+35	9	£115	-
Bristol	+3	8	-	-
Cambridge	+21	8	-	-
West Yorkshire	+8	7	£118	-
Scotland	-13	7	£126	-17.10 %
Somerset	+4	6	£100	-
Devon	+13	6	£112	-
North West	+13	6	£100	-
Leeds	-3	6	£106	-
Godalming	-	5	£100	-
Northamptonshire	+11	5	£100	-
Trowbridge	-	5	£88	-
Fareham	-	5	£125	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

1 150 (36.59 %) Windows 2 82 (20.00 %) Windows XP 3 67 (16.34 %) Dell 4 65 (15.85 %) Active Directory 5 49 (11.95 %) DCSE 6 48 (11.71 %) Windows 2000 7 43 (10.49 %) Microsoft 8 42 (10.24 %) Windows Server 2003 9 40 (9.756 %) Cisco 10 37 (9.024 %) HP 11 32 (7.805 %) Microsoft Certification 12 29 (7.073 %) MS Office 13 25 (6.098 %) Novell 13 25 (6.098 %) EPoS 14 24 (5.854 %) LAN

15 23 (5.610 %) Cisco Certification 16 21 (5.122 %) CCNA 16 21 (5.122 %) Telecoms 17 20 (4.878 %) MS Excel 18 19 (4.634 %) WAN 19 18 (4.390 %) Dell Certification 20 17 (4.146 %) TCP/IP 20 17 (4.146 %) MS Exchange 20 17 (4.146 %) MCSE 21 16 (3.902 %) MCP 21 16 (3.902 %) Security Cleared 22 15 (3.659 %) Windows 2000 Server 22 15 (3.659 %) NHS 23 14 (3.415 %) Wireless 23 14 (3.415 %) C

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 5 (1.220 %) ASP 2 1 (0.244 %) Windows SharePoint Services	Application Platforms 1 17 (4.146 %) MS Exchange 2 11 (2.683 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 5 (1.220 %) GroupWise 3 5 (1.220 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 5 (1.220 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (0.732 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 2 (0.488 %) IIS 5 2 (0.488 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.244 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 29 (7.073 %) MS Office 2 20 (4.878 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.244 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.244 %) AutoCAD 3 1 (0.244 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 24 (5.854 %) LAN 2 19 (4.634 %) WAN 3 17 (4.146 %) TCP/IP 4 14 (3.415 %) Wireless 5 10 (2.439 %) Firewall 6 9 (2.195 %) VoIP 7 8 (1.951 %) VPN 8 7 (1.707 %) ATM 9 6 (1.463 %) 3G 10 5 (1.220 %) Broadband 11 4 (0.976 %) DHCP 11 4 (0.976 %) Ethernet 11 4 (0.976 %) SAN 12 3 (0.732 %) Internet 12 3 (0.732 %) RNC 12 3 (0.732 %) DNS 12 3 (0.732 %) ADSL 12 3 (0.732 %) Cisco PIX 13 2 (0.488 %) Network Security 13 2 (0.488 %) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (0.976 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 1 (0.244 %) MSI
General 1 21 (5.122 %) Telecoms 2 9 (2.195 %) Government 3 7 (1.707 %) Retail 4 6 (1.463 %) Finance 5 5 (1.220 %) Health 5 5 (1.220 %) Insurance 6 4 (0.976 %) Marketing 6 4 (0.976 %) Aerospace 6 4 (0.976 %) Education 6 4 (0.976 %) Electric 7 2 (0.488 %) Military 7 2 (0.488 %) Banking 7 2 (0.488 %) Auditing 7 2 (0.488 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.244 %) Home Office	Miscellaneous 1 25 (6.098 %) EPoS 2 15 (3.659 %) NHS 3 7 (1.707 %) Handset 4 4 (0.976 %) Smartcard 4 4 (0.976 %) IPTV 4 4 (0.976 %) PDA 4 4 (0.976 %) Client/Server 5 2 (0.488 %) CLARiiON 5 2 (0.488 %) EMC Centera 6 1 (0.244 %) Statistics 6 1 (0.244 %) Data Protection Act 6 1 (0.244 %) Italian Language 6 1 (0.244 %) Spanish Language
Operating Systems 1 150 (36.59 %) Windows 2 82 (20.00 %) Windows XP 3 48 (11.71 %) Windows 2000 4 42 (10.24 %) Windows Server 2003 5 15 (3.659 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 13 (3.171 %) Windows Vista 6 13 (3.171 %) Windows NT 7 7 (1.707 %) NetWare 8 5 (1.220 %) Mac OS X 9 4 (0.976 %) AIX 9 4 (0.976 %) UNIX 10 2 (0.488 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (3.902 %) Security Cleared 2 10 (2.439 %) Migration 3 8 (1.951 %) SC Cleared 4 7 (1.707 %) ITIL 5 3 (0.732 %) Data Protection 6 2 (0.488 %) Network Design 6 2 (0.488 %) Time Management 6 2 (0.488 %) Project Management 6 2 (0.488 %) Service Delivery 6 2 (0.488 %) Regression Testing 7 1 (0.244 %) SEO 7 1 (0.244 %) Workflow
Programming Languages 1 14 (3.415 %) C 2 5 (1.220 %) C# 2 5 (1.220 %) C++ 3 4 (0.976 %) Java 4 3 (0.732 %) SQL 5 1 (0.244 %) Lua	Qualifications 1 49 (11.95 %) DCSE 2 32 (7.805 %) Microsoft Certification 3 23 (5.610 %) Cisco Certification 4 21 (5.122 %) CCNA 5 18 (4.390 %) Dell Certification 6 17 (4.146 %) MCSE 7 16 (3.902 %) MCP 8 12 (2.927 %) MCSA 9 10 (2.439 %) HP APS 10 8 (1.951 %) CCNP 11 4 (0.976 %) A+ Certification 11 4 (0.976 %) Degree 12 3 (0.732 %) Server+ Certification 12 3 (0.732 %) Novell Certification 12 3 (0.732 %) ITIL Certification 13 2 (0.488 %) CNE 13 2 (0.488 %) CCIE 13 2 (0.488 %) CCA 13 2 (0.488 %) Citrix Certification 13 2 (0.488 %) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.220 %) SLA	System Software 1 65 (15.85 %) Active Directory 2 4 (0.976 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (0.732 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.488 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (0.244 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 4 (0.976 %) ZENworks 2 2 (0.488 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 2 (0.488 %) Windows Storage Server 2 2 (0.488 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.244 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.244 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 67 (16.34 %) Dell 2 43 (10.49 %) Microsoft 3 40 (9.756 %) Cisco 4 37 (9.024 %) HP 5 25 (6.098 %) Novell 6 9 (2.195 %) Citrix 7 8 (1.951 %) Nokia 7 8 (1.951 %) IBM 8 7 (1.707 %) Lotus 9 5 (1.220 %) Apple 9 5 (1.220 %) Compaq 9 5 (1.220 %) Nortel 10 4 (0.976 %) Sun 10 4 (0.976 %) Symantec 10 4 (0.976 %) Remedy 10 4 (0.976 %) Toshiba 11 3 (0.732 %) VMware 11 3 (0.732 %) CheckPoint 11 3 (0.732 %) iSOFT 12 2 (0.488 %) Siemens