The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal 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 Principal Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 553 577 579
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 1 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.021% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.022% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
Average daily rate - £333 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £315 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +29.49%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year
- +29.49%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Principal Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Principal Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Principal Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Principal Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Principal 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 Principal Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
London +17 1 - - 2
City of London +7 1 - - 1
England +3 1 - - 13
East of England - - - - 2
Northern Ireland - - - -
Hammersmith - - - -
County Antrim - - - -
Barrow-in-Furness - - - -
Belfast - - - -
Brentwood - - - -
Cambridge - - - - 1
Derby - - - -
Epsom - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
North East - - - -
North West - - - - 4
South East - - - - 4
South Wales - - - - 1
South West - - - - 1
Tyne and Wear - - - -
Wales - - - - 1
Manchester - - - - 2
Newcastle upon Tyne - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Reading - - - -
Rochester - - - -
Slough - - - -
Stevenage - - - - 1
Berkshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Principal 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 Principal Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) MPLS
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) LTE
2 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (25.00%) TDD
2 2 (25.00%) Internet
2 2 (25.00%) 3G
2 2 (25.00%) CCIE
2 2 (25.00%) CCSP
2 2 (25.00%) CCNP
2 2 (25.00%) CCIP
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
3 1 (12.50%) MySQL
3 1 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) HND
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) GSM
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
3 1 (12.50%) Billing

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Principal 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 Principal Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Drupal
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) MPLS
2 2 (25.00%) Internet
2 2 (25.00%) 3G
2 2 (25.00%) LTE
2 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (12.50%) GSM
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) 2G
3 1 (12.50%) RANAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Billing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) PHP
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
2 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCIE
1 2 (25.00%) CCSP
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) CCIP
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (12.50%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Conduction of Site Surveys Producing documentation deliverables Production of calculations and participation in design Input into project planning as part of the project team, Plan budget and coordinate...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Posted: 17 June 2013
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