The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Wiltshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 49 34 48
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 3 19 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.656% 3.100% 0.544%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.704% 3.381% 0.570%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
Average daily rate - £388 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +19.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £41.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.66% +33.87%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £30.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year
- +5.17%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
426 562 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.22% 91.68% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 338 278
Average daily rate £400 £358 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.88% -4.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 42 51
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -22.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.60 £14.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Design Engineer
South West

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Design Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Design Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Design Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon -7 1 - -
Chippenham - 1 - -
Design Engineer
South West

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region that cited Design 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 Design Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Electronics
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) VHDL
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) MIMEsweeper
3 2 (22.22%) McAfee
3 2 (22.22%) S/MIME
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) SMTP
3 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) HTTP
3 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) M86 Security
3 2 (22.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (11.11%) Xilinx
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
4 1 (11.11%) WAAS

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region that cited Design 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 Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) S/MIME
2 2 (22.22%) SMTP
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) HTTP
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) WAAS
3 1 (11.11%) 4G
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) 3G
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (33.33%) Electronics
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) VHDL
1 2 (22.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (11.11%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) UNIX
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
1 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
1 1 (11.11%) Network Management
1 1 (11.11%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) McAfee
2 2 (22.22%) Juniper
2 2 (22.22%) M86 Security
3 1 (11.11%) Xilinx
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Looking for a Hardware design engineer with expertise in FPGA design, implementation, testing and integration of VHDL... This Work package specifies the requirement for resource to support the...
Fusion People
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon, South West
The role will involve producing detailed technical drawings and 3D solid models in Solidworks. This role is central to an ongoing project that the will drive the company...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
The role will involve producing detailed technical drawings and 3D solid models in Solidworks. This role is central to an ongoing project that the will drive the company...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £22 - £25 per hour
Posted: 25 May 2013