Desktop Support Contracts in Aberdeen
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Aberdeen 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 23 21 26
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.145% 4.233% 1.546%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.425% 4.651% 1.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £98
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £138 £170
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
Average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% +6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 146 172 180
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 91.82% 91.01% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 73 68
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £150 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £462 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% +13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £13.55 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.80 £34.00 £31.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
Scotland

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Desktop Support 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 in their job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows 7
3 5 (45.45%) Blackberry
3 5 (45.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
4 4 (36.36%) MS Office
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) HP
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Vista
5 3 (27.27%) SCCM
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (18.18%) Altiris
6 2 (18.18%) Advertising
6 2 (18.18%) SLA
6 2 (18.18%) Avaya
6 2 (18.18%) Veritas
6 2 (18.18%) Dell
6 2 (18.18%) Citrix
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
7 1 (9.091%) ITIL
7 1 (9.091%) MCP
7 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (9.091%) Compaq
7 1 (9.091%) SMS
7 1 (9.091%) DHCP
7 1 (9.091%) FTP
7 1 (9.091%) VPN
7 1 (9.091%) DNS
7 1 (9.091%) MCSE

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Desktop Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (9.091%) SMS
2 1 (9.091%) DHCP
2 1 (9.091%) FTP
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Blackberry
2 1 (9.091%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows 7
3 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) MCP
1 1 (9.091%) MCSE
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
2 1 (9.091%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) Dell
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) Avaya
2 2 (18.18%) Veritas
2 2 (18.18%) Altiris
3 1 (9.091%) Symantec
3 1 (9.091%) Compaq
Desktop Support
Aberdeen, Scotland
Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Active Directory, LANDesk, Exchange, IIS Web services and related web environment. Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £90.00 - £120.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Desktop Support II
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Network patching and resolving basic network connectivity issues are essential * Phone Administration - Deploying IP and digital phones, configuring both the hardware and profiles within Avaya Telephony Manager. *PC...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: £000 - £999 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013
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