The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

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
Applications Engineer
Rank 80 94 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 15 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.909% 0.403% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.983% 0.435% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £400 -
% change year-on-year
-31.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 0
Average hourly rate £37.80 £36.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £32.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year
+18.12% -36.00%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1526 2071 1756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.43% 92.83% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 944 803
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 171 147
Average hourly rate £18.48 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Engineer
England

Applications Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Engineer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Applications Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Engineer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Applications Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Engineer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Applications Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the West Midlands region 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
Coventry +1 14 - -
Birmingham - 1 - -
Applications Engineer
England

Applications Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Engineer in their job title.

1 18 (94.74%) SAP
1 18 (94.74%) Project Management
1 18 (94.74%) Manufacturing
1 18 (94.74%) PLM
1 18 (94.74%) ENOVIA
2 10 (52.63%) Requirements Management
2 10 (52.63%) Time Management
2 10 (52.63%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (52.63%) Validation
2 10 (52.63%) ClearQuest
2 10 (52.63%) ClearCase
3 8 (42.11%) Automotive
3 8 (42.11%) Teamcenter
4 7 (36.84%) Windchill
4 7 (36.84%) ERP
4 7 (36.84%) Data Modelling
4 7 (36.84%) Change Management
5 1 (5.263%) CAD
5 1 (5.263%) CATIA
5 1 (5.263%) PDM
5 1 (5.263%) Eclipse
5 1 (5.263%) Middleware
5 1 (5.263%) XML
5 1 (5.263%) Windows
5 1 (5.263%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) Oracle
5 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio

Applications Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) XML
1 1 (5.263%) Middleware
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Windchill
2 1 (5.263%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 18 (94.74%) ENOVIA
2 8 (42.11%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 10 (52.63%) ClearCase
1 10 (52.63%) ClearQuest
1 10 (52.63%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.263%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (94.74%) Manufacturing
2 8 (42.11%) Automotive
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Project Management
1 18 (94.74%) PLM
2 10 (52.63%) Requirements Management
2 10 (52.63%) Time Management
2 10 (52.63%) Validation
3 7 (36.84%) Change Management
3 7 (36.84%) ERP
3 7 (36.84%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.263%) CAD
4 1 (5.263%) PDM
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) SAP
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle