Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Computer Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 February 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 currently tracked.

 Computer Engineer
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank659716891
Rank change year-on-year
Up+57Up+175
Matching permanent IT job ads72162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.009 %0.021 %0.031 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.010 %0.022 %0.033 %
Salaries quoted72142
Average salary£21,000£20,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£16,000£19,500£21,400
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,900£60,000£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£21,000£20,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %-20.00 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Computer Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Computer Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Computer Engineer Demand Trend

Computer Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Engineer within the UK.

Computer Engineer Salary Trend

Computer Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Computer Engineer over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Computer Engineer Salary Histogram

Computer Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+656£21,000-40.00 %
LondonUp+22£21,000-65.00 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-2£15,375-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£15,375-
City of LondonNew entry-2£21,000-
NorthamptonNew entry-2£15,375-
South EastUp+471£35,000+75.00 %
OxfordshireUp+121£35,000-
ScotlandUp+91£21,000+7.69 %
West MidlandsNew entry-1£26,500-
SolihullNew entry-1£26,500-
GlasgowNew entry-1£21,000-

Computer Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Computer 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 Computer Engineer in their job title.

17 (46.67 %)HP
25 (33.33 %)Sun
25 (33.33 %)Computer Science
34 (26.67 %)Software Engineering
34 (26.67 %)Security Cleared
34 (26.67 %)Microsoft
34 (26.67 %)Java
34 (26.67 %)Solaris
43 (20.00 %)Linux
43 (20.00 %)Windows
43 (20.00 %)C++
43 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
52 (13.33 %)Mathematics
52 (13.33 %)Physics
52 (13.33 %)Degree
52 (13.33 %)HTML
52 (13.33 %)C
52 (13.33 %)SQL
52 (13.33 %).NET
52 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
52 (13.33 %)IBM
61 (6.667 %)Electronics
61 (6.667 %)Telecoms
61 (6.667 %)Aerospace
61 (6.667 %)Electric
61 (6.667 %)Health
61 (6.667 %)Validation
61 (6.667 %)Server+ Certification
61 (6.667 %)SUSE
61 (6.667 %)Military

Computer Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Computer 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 Computer Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (13.33 %)HTML
12 (13.33 %).NET
12 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Visio
11 (6.667 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Electronics
11 (6.667 %)Telecoms
11 (6.667 %)Aerospace
11 (6.667 %)Electric
11 (6.667 %)Health
11 (6.667 %)Military
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (33.33 %)Computer Science
22 (13.33 %)Mathematics
22 (13.33 %)Physics
31 (6.667 %)Neural Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (26.67 %)Solaris
23 (20.00 %)Linux
23 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (6.667 %)SUSE
31 (6.667 %)VxWorks
31 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
31 (6.667 %)Windows XP
31 (6.667 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)Software Engineering
21 (6.667 %)Validation
21 (6.667 %)Benchmarking
21 (6.667 %)OO
21 (6.667 %)Image Processing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)Java
23 (20.00 %)C++
32 (13.33 %)C
32 (13.33 %)SQL
41 (6.667 %)C#
41 (6.667 %)Embedded C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (26.67 %)Security Cleared
23 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
32 (13.33 %)Degree
41 (6.667 %)Server+ Certification
41 (6.667 %)HP APS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (46.67 %)HP
25 (33.33 %)Sun
34 (26.67 %)Microsoft
42 (13.33 %)IBM
51 (6.667 %)Compaq
51 (6.667 %)Intel
51 (6.667 %)Red Hat
51 (6.667 %)SGI
51 (6.667 %)Fujitsu