Hardware Engineer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hardware Engineer
Rank 493 516 499
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 37 62 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.106% 0.145%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.115% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 10
Average daily rate £108 £286 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-62.44% +30.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £94 £255 £70
10% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £305 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £108 £286 £220
% change year-on-year
-62.44% +30.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 21 30
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.28 £12.50 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.91 £33.00 £35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.64 £22.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-34.22% -31.53%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Hardware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hardware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hardware Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hardware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +23 34 £115 -59.82%
South East +15 11 - -
South West +28 6 £105 -58.00%
London +13 6 £119 -
Buckinghamshire +12 4 - -
Cambridgeshire +7 3 - -
West Midlands +6 3 - -
East of England +4 3 - -
Cambridge +3 3 - -
Scotland -13 3 £100 -
Telford - 3 - -
High Wycombe - 3 - -
Shropshire - 3 - -
Brighton - 3 - -
East Sussex - 3 - -
City of London +6 2 £119 -
East Midlands +3 2 £80 -
Dorset +2 2 £95 -62.00%
Hampshire -5 2 - -
Gloucestershire - 2 £115 -
Bristol - 2 - -
Gloucester - 2 £115 -
Poole - 2 £95 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £250 -
Yorkshire - 2 £250 -
North East +14 1 - -
Tyne and Wear +11 1 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +8 1 - -
Reading +5 1 - -
Berkshire +4 1 - -

Hardware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title.

1 18 (23.38%) HP
2 16 (20.78%) Windows
3 12 (15.58%) Dell
3 12 (15.58%) Microsoft
4 10 (12.99%) Windows XP
5 9 (11.69%) Electronics
6 8 (10.39%) EMC
7 7 (9.091%) Sun
7 7 (9.091%) IBM
7 7 (9.091%) SC Cleared
7 7 (9.091%) Security Cleared
7 7 (9.091%) Windows 7
8 6 (7.792%) HP Superdome
8 6 (7.792%) Active Directory
9 5 (6.494%) EPoS
9 5 (6.494%) VHDL
10 4 (5.195%) StorageTek
10 4 (5.195%) MATLAB
11 3 (3.896%) Retail
11 3 (3.896%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 3 (3.896%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (3.896%) EqualLogic
11 3 (3.896%) Simulink
11 3 (3.896%) Wireless
11 3 (3.896%) Automotive
11 3 (3.896%) ATM
11 3 (3.896%) Linux
11 3 (3.896%) MS Excel
11 3 (3.896%) C
11 3 (3.896%) Oracle

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.299%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (3.896%) MS Excel
1 3 (3.896%) Simulink
2 1 (1.299%) MS Project
2 1 (1.299%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.896%) ATM
1 3 (3.896%) Wireless
2 2 (2.597%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.597%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.597%) SAN
3 1 (1.299%) 3G
3 1 (1.299%) VPN
3 1 (1.299%) DNS
3 1 (1.299%) IPX
3 1 (1.299%) IPX/SPX
3 1 (1.299%) LAN
3 1 (1.299%) DHCP
3 1 (1.299%) 2G
3 1 (1.299%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.597%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.299%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (11.69%) Electronics
2 3 (3.896%) Automotive
2 3 (3.896%) Retail
3 2 (2.597%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.299%) Military
4 1 (1.299%) Finance
4 1 (1.299%) Marketing
4 1 (1.299%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.792%) HP Superdome
2 5 (6.494%) EPoS
2 5 (6.494%) VHDL
3 3 (3.896%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 3 (3.896%) EqualLogic
4 2 (2.597%) STB
4 2 (2.597%) Firmware
5 1 (1.299%) DTV
5 1 (1.299%) NHS
5 1 (1.299%) IPTV
5 1 (1.299%) Derivative
5 1 (1.299%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 16 (20.78%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) Windows XP
3 7 (9.091%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.896%) Linux
5 1 (1.299%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.299%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.299%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (2.597%) ITIL
1 2 (2.597%) Automated Testing
1 2 (2.597%) Software Testing
1 2 (2.597%) Incident Management
1 2 (2.597%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (2.597%) Performance Testing
1 2 (2.597%) Change Control
2 1 (1.299%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (1.299%) Integration Testing
2 1 (1.299%) PRINCE2
2 1 (1.299%) PRINCE
2 1 (1.299%) Configuration Management
2 1 (1.299%) Project Management
2 1 (1.299%) Asset Management
2 1 (1.299%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.195%) MATLAB
2 3 (3.896%) C
3 1 (1.299%) C#
3 1 (1.299%) SQL
3 1 (1.299%) Python
3 1 (1.299%) Embedded C
3 1 (1.299%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 7 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 7 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.896%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (2.597%) Degree
3 2 (2.597%) ISEB
4 1 (1.299%) EMC Certification
4 1 (1.299%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (1.299%) HNC
4 1 (1.299%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) DO-178B
1 1 (1.299%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (7.792%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.299%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.299%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (2.597%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.299%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.299%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) HP
2 12 (15.58%) Dell
2 12 (15.58%) Microsoft
3 8 (10.39%) EMC
4 7 (9.091%) Sun
4 7 (9.091%) IBM
5 4 (5.195%) StorageTek
6 3 (3.896%) Oracle
7 2 (2.597%) Cisco
7 2 (2.597%) Juniper
7 2 (2.597%) Remedy
8 1 (1.299%) VMware
8 1 (1.299%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.299%) Symantec
8 1 (1.299%) NetApp
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