Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Hardware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Hardware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

 Hardware Engineer
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank167160214
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+54
Matching permanent IT job ads132844
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West0.261 %0.449 %0.379 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.275 %0.482 %0.401 %
Salaries quoted132834
Average salary£19,000£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-41.53 %+8.330 %
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£34,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+17.64 %+4.610 %
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4719580910984
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West94.59 %93.15 %94.62 %
Salaries quoted413150478951
Average salary£32,500£35,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+2.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Hardware Engineer EnglandHardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Hardware Engineer Demand Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the South West region.

South West Hardware Engineer Salary Trend

Hardware Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

South West Hardware Engineer Salary Histogram

Hardware Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DevonUp+267£19,000-24.00 %
DorsetNew entry-5£22,000-
WiltshireDown-91£32,500+58.53 %
Hardware Engineer EnglandHardware Engineer
England

Hardware Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region 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 IT job ads sampled with Hardware Engineer in their job title.

18 (47.06 %)Toshiba
18 (47.06 %)Windows
18 (47.06 %)SLA
18 (47.06 %)IBM
18 (47.06 %)HP
18 (47.06 %)Dell
26 (35.29 %)Electronics
35 (29.41 %)Multimedia
35 (29.41 %)Degree
35 (29.41 %)Photography
35 (29.41 %)Mathematics
35 (29.41 %)Physics
35 (29.41 %)Chemistry
35 (29.41 %)Computer Science
42 (11.76 %)Manufacturing
51 (5.882 %)Military
51 (5.882 %)HNC
51 (5.882 %)HND
51 (5.882 %)AIX
51 (5.882 %)Solaris
51 (5.882 %)SAN
51 (5.882 %)Assembly Language
51 (5.882 %)NetApp
51 (5.882 %)French Language
51 (5.882 %)C
51 (5.882 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array

Hardware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region 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 IT job ads sampled with Hardware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)SAN
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (35.29 %)Electronics
25 (29.41 %)Multimedia
32 (11.76 %)Manufacturing
41 (5.882 %)Military
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Photography
15 (29.41 %)Mathematics
15 (29.41 %)Physics
15 (29.41 %)Chemistry
15 (29.41 %)Computer Science
21 (5.882 %)French Language
21 (5.882 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Windows
21 (5.882 %)AIX
21 (5.882 %)Solaris
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)Assembly Language
11 (5.882 %)C
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (29.41 %)Degree
21 (5.882 %)HNC
21 (5.882 %)HND
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (47.06 %)SLA
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (47.06 %)Toshiba
18 (47.06 %)IBM
18 (47.06 %)HP
18 (47.06 %)Dell
21 (5.882 %)NetApp