The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Basingstoke 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support
Rank 41 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.402% 2.174% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.478% 2.516% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £170 £140 £160
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
203 159 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 94.86% 86.41% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 54 89
Average daily rate £395 £400 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% +13.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 31
Average hourly rate £23.13 £19.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.71% -44.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £36.50 £35.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
2nd Line Support
Hampshire

2nd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke 2nd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke 2nd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Basingstoke 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

1 3 (75.00%) WAN
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (25.00%) McAfee
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) McAfee