The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support Engineer
Rank 108 108 125
Rank change year-on-year
0 +17
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 12 27 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.501% 0.859% 0.134%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.550% 0.939% 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 0
Average daily rate £181 £229 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £165 £250
% change year-on-year
+6.06% -34.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% +35.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £14.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+17.24% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
2nd Line Support Engineer
South East

2nd Line Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 2nd Line Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 2nd Line Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 2nd Line Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +10 6 - -
Bracknell -17 5 £188 -21.87%
2nd Line Support Engineer
South East

2nd Line Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 2nd Line Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (58.33%) Windows
3 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 6 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
6 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (16.67%) PDA
7 4 (16.67%) SCCM
7 4 (16.67%) Software Deployment
7 4 (16.67%) NHS
7 4 (16.67%) Blackberry
7 4 (16.67%) LAN
8 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000
8 3 (12.50%) Software Distribution
9 2 (8.333%) Finance
9 2 (8.333%) Handset
9 2 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
9 2 (8.333%) MS Office
9 2 (8.333%) SMS
9 2 (8.333%) WAN
9 2 (8.333%) SLA
9 2 (8.333%) CAE
9 2 (8.333%) Lotus
9 2 (8.333%) McAfee
9 2 (8.333%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 2 (8.333%) HP

2nd Line Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 2nd Line Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (8.333%) SMS
2 2 (8.333%) WAN
3 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.167%) Wireless
General
1 2 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) PDA
1 4 (16.67%) NHS
1 4 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (8.333%) Handset
3 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.167%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000
5 1 (4.167%) Linux
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Software Deployment
2 3 (12.50%) Software Distribution
3 2 (8.333%) CAE
4 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.167%) Network Architecture
4 1 (4.167%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) CCA
3 1 (4.167%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.167%) HNC
3 1 (4.167%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
2 1 (4.167%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
2 2 (8.333%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.333%) Lotus
2 2 (8.333%) McAfee
2 2 (8.333%) HP
2 2 (8.333%) Dell
2 2 (8.333%) Citrix
3 1 (4.167%) Intel
3 1 (4.167%) Remedy
3 1 (4.167%) VMware