The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support Technician 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 Technician 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 Technician
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Technician 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.084% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £160 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £12.75 £13.33
% change year-on-year
-21.56% -4.31%
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 Technician
South East

2nd Line Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 2nd Line Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 2nd Line Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 2nd Line Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Technician
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 Technician 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
Bracknell - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -
2nd Line Support Technician
South East

2nd Line Support Technician
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Adobe
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server

2nd Line Support Technician
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 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 2nd Line Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) McAfee