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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Aberdeen region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank20-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.714 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£134£150
% change on same period last year-10.90 %
Hourly rates quoted70
Average minimum hourly rate£14.89-
Average hourly rate£14.89-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£14.89-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.86£16.79
% change on same period last year-5.57 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads175216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.273 %0.235 %
Daily rates quoted1620
Average minimum daily rate£250£218
Average daily rate£262£236
% change on same period last year+10.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£350
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted5351
Average minimum hourly rate£24.73£16.21
Average hourly rate£25.78£16.88
% change on same period last year+52.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.83£17.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.35£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
Desktop Support Engineer ScotlandDesktop Support Engineer
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Desktop Support Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen Desktop Support Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Desktop Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Desktop Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008.

Aberdeen Desktop Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support Engineer in their job title.

112 (75.00 %)Windows
27 (43.75 %)Microsoft
27 (43.75 %)Active Directory
35 (31.25 %)Windows XP
35 (31.25 %)UNIX
35 (31.25 %)Windows Vista
44 (25.00 %)MS Excel
53 (18.75 %)Firewall
53 (18.75 %)TCP/IP
53 (18.75 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (18.75 %)Intranet
53 (18.75 %)Internet
53 (18.75 %)Windows NT
53 (18.75 %)Windows 2000
53 (18.75 %)MS Exchange
53 (18.75 %)Blackberry
62 (12.50 %)Client/Server
62 (12.50 %)Linux
62 (12.50 %)MS Office
62 (12.50 %)VPN
71 (6.250 %)DNS
71 (6.250 %)Symantec
71 (6.250 %)Remedy
71 (6.250 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (6.250 %)ITIL
71 (6.250 %)PBX
71 (6.250 %)WAN
71 (6.250 %)Dell
71 (6.250 %)Citrix
71 (6.250 %)Incident Management

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (18.75 %)MS Exchange
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (25.00 %)MS Excel
22 (12.50 %)MS Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (18.75 %)TCP/IP
13 (18.75 %)Intranet
13 (18.75 %)Internet
13 (18.75 %)Firewall
22 (12.50 %)VPN
31 (6.250 %)DNS
31 (6.250 %)PBX
31 (6.250 %)WAN
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)Blackberry
22 (12.50 %)Client/Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (75.00 %)Windows
25 (31.25 %)Windows XP
25 (31.25 %)UNIX
25 (31.25 %)Windows Vista
33 (18.75 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (18.75 %)Windows 2000
33 (18.75 %)Windows NT
42 (12.50 %)Linux
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.250 %)ITIL
11 (6.250 %)Incident Management
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (43.75 %)Active Directory
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.250 %)Norton AntiVirus
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (43.75 %)Microsoft
21 (6.250 %)Dell
21 (6.250 %)Citrix
21 (6.250 %)Symantec
21 (6.250 %)Remedy