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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT contracts within the Abingdon 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.895 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£100-
Average daily rate£100-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£100-
UK excluding London average daily rate£139£210
% change on same period last year-33.97 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£13.50-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.28£15.17
% change on same period last year+7.33 %
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Abingdon
Matching contract IT job ads3820
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.020 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£158-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£166-
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted2010
Average minimum hourly rate£12.32£14.43
Average hourly rate£13.26£14.74
% change on same period last year-10.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.19£15.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Support Technician OxfordshireSupport Technician
Oxfordshire

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.

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Abingdon Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

Abingdon Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Abingdon region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Abingdon Support Technician Daily Rate Histogram

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Abingdon Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Support Technician
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Abingdon region that cited Support Technician 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 Support Technician in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)MS Office
13 (100.00 %)MS Excel
22 (66.67 %)ITIL
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)Lotus
22 (66.67 %)Lotus Notes
31 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (33.33 %)Windows
31 (33.33 %)Windows XP

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Abingdon region that cited Support Technician 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 Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)Lotus Notes
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (100.00 %)MS Office
13 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Windows XP
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)ITIL
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft
12 (66.67 %)Lotus