The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Aylesbury 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 23 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 Aylesbury 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 9 3 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aylesbury 13.04% 10.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.64% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £135 £160
% change year-on-year
+6.48% -15.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 £12.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Aylesbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
22 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aylesbury 95.65% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 4
Average daily rate £350 £550 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% +57.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 2
Average hourly rate £12.00 £16.72 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.22% -9.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
Buckinghamshire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aylesbury Desktop Support Jobs Demand 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 Aylesbury region.

Aylesbury Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aylesbury 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aylesbury 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Aylesbury, Thames Valley
You must have a thorough understanding of Operating Systems as well as Windows XP/7 and MS Office, coupled with a basic understanding of software installations and Desktop/...
Rate: £21 - £22000 per annum + pro rata
Posted: 11 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
My client require a Desktop Support Analyst for a contract role in Aylesbury due to start ASAP! You will be providing Desktop support on hardware, Software and Networks...
Pertemps IT
Rate: £12.50 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013