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The table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Basildon 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 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Second Line Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.703 %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£144£169
% change on same period last year-14.58 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.28£15.94
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Basildon
Matching contract IT job ads7485
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted1613
Average minimum daily rate£300£317
Average daily rate£307£324
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted1124
Average minimum hourly rate£26.36£31.75
Average hourly rate£27.89£32.21
% change on same period last year-13.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.41£32.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
2nd Line Support Essex2nd Line Support
Essex

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.

2nd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Basildon 2nd Line Support Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Basildon region.

Basildon 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Document Management
21 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)VPN

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Document Management
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory