Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

 Support Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank497337
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Down-36
Matching contract IT job ads5336125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire2.375 %1.522 %3.493 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.625 %1.689 %3.786 %
Daily rates quoted4618
Average daily rate£313£266£120
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.48 %+121.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£273£250
% change year-on-year
-17.43 %+9.000 %
Hourly rates quoted9339
Average hourly rate£11.00£12.00£10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£7.50£11.60£10.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.28£22.40£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£13.48£14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201921313302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire90.46 %90.11 %92.26 %
Daily rates quoted644433749
Average daily rate£350£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£200£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted12794309
Average hourly rate£19.50£17.50£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42 %-2.770 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£10.00£9.95
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Support Analyst South EastSupport Analyst
South East

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.

Support Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Support Analyst Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Analyst across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Analyst across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire Support Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
WindsorUp+78--
ReadingNew entry-6--
BracknellDown-75--
SloughUp+41£400+48.14 %
MaidenheadNew entry-1--
Support Analyst South EastSupport Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

134 (40.96 %)Windows
231 (37.35 %)Microsoft
323 (27.71 %)MS Office
422 (26.51 %)Windows XP
513 (15.66 %)SQL
612 (14.46 %)ITIL
612 (14.46 %)Active Directory
711 (13.25 %)SAP
88 (9.639 %)Windows Server 2003
88 (9.639 %)TCP/IP
97 (8.434 %)SLA
97 (8.434 %)OpenLink
97 (8.434 %)Endur
97 (8.434 %)German Language
106 (7.229 %)French Language
106 (7.229 %)Oracle
115 (6.024 %)SQL Server
115 (6.024 %)PL/SQL
115 (6.024 %)Lotus
115 (6.024 %)SAP BW
115 (6.024 %)Finance
124 (4.819 %)SAP FI/CO
124 (4.819 %)SAP CO
124 (4.819 %)Retail
124 (4.819 %)CIMA
124 (4.819 %)ACCA
124 (4.819 %)SAP FI
124 (4.819 %)EPoS
124 (4.819 %)Citrix Certification
124 (4.819 %)SharePoint

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (3.614 %)WebSphere
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (4.819 %)SharePoint
14 (4.819 %)Lotus Notes
22 (2.410 %)Oracle Application Server
22 (2.410 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.205 %)Lotus Domino
31 (1.205 %)GroupWise
31 (1.205 %)Oracle 10gAS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (27.71 %)MS Office
23 (3.614 %)MS Excel
31 (1.205 %)MS Project
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (8.434 %)Endur
24 (4.819 %)SAP FI/CO
24 (4.819 %)SAP CO
24 (4.819 %)SAP FI
33 (3.614 %)BPCS
33 (3.614 %)Cerner Millennium
42 (2.410 %)Cognos Planning
51 (1.205 %)SAP MM
51 (1.205 %)Oracle Applications
51 (1.205 %)SAP LE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (9.639 %)TCP/IP
22 (2.410 %)Firewall
22 (2.410 %)DNS
31 (1.205 %)LAN
31 (1.205 %)SMS
31 (1.205 %)WAN
31 (1.205 %)DHCP
31 (1.205 %)FTP
31 (1.205 %)VPN
31 (1.205 %)Wireless
31 (1.205 %)BGP
31 (1.205 %)TACACS
31 (1.205 %)VRRP
31 (1.205 %)MPLS
31 (1.205 %)OSPF
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (6.024 %)SQL Server
15 (6.024 %)SAP BW
22 (2.410 %)Oracle 10g
22 (2.410 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.205 %)DB2
31 (1.205 %)Oracle Reports
31 (1.205 %)ETL
31 (1.205 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (1.205 %)DataStage
31 (1.205 %)SQL Server 2005
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.205 %)Oracle Forms
11 (1.205 %)InstallShield
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (6.024 %)Finance
24 (4.819 %)Retail
32 (2.410 %)Manufacturing
32 (2.410 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (1.205 %)Education
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (8.434 %)German Language
26 (7.229 %)French Language
34 (4.819 %)EPoS
43 (3.614 %)NHS
51 (1.205 %)CMDB
51 (1.205 %)Computer Science
51 (1.205 %)Life Science
51 (1.205 %)FMCG
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (40.96 %)Windows
222 (26.51 %)Windows XP
38 (9.639 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (3.614 %)UNIX
52 (2.410 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (2.410 %)Linux
61 (1.205 %)Windows 2000
61 (1.205 %)Windows Vista
61 (1.205 %)Windows Server 2008
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (14.46 %)ITIL
23 (3.614 %)ERP
23 (3.614 %)Business Intelligence
23 (3.614 %)Business Analysis
32 (2.410 %)Problem Management
32 (2.410 %)Release Management
32 (2.410 %)Migration
32 (2.410 %)Change Management
32 (2.410 %)Service Management
41 (1.205 %)CRM
41 (1.205 %)Project Management
41 (1.205 %)Logistics
41 (1.205 %)Supply Chain Management
41 (1.205 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (1.205 %)Incident Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (15.66 %)SQL
25 (6.024 %)PL/SQL
34 (4.819 %)VB
34 (4.819 %)C
43 (3.614 %)Java
43 (3.614 %)VB6
52 (2.410 %)VBA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (4.819 %)CIMA
14 (4.819 %)ACCA
14 (4.819 %)Citrix Certification
22 (2.410 %)SC Cleared
22 (2.410 %)Security Cleared
22 (2.410 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (2.410 %)MCSE
31 (1.205 %)MCSA
31 (1.205 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (8.434 %)SLA
22 (2.410 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (1.205 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (14.46 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (3.614 %)OpenView
22 (2.410 %)SCOM
22 (2.410 %)ServiceCenter
31 (1.205 %)Tivoli
31 (1.205 %)MOM
31 (1.205 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (1.205 %)CONTROL-M
31 (1.205 %)SCCM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
131 (37.35 %)Microsoft
211 (13.25 %)SAP
37 (8.434 %)OpenLink
46 (7.229 %)Oracle
55 (6.024 %)Lotus
63 (3.614 %)iSOFT
63 (3.614 %)IBM
63 (3.614 %)Cerner
72 (2.410 %)Remedy
72 (2.410 %)Citrix
72 (2.410 %)HP
72 (2.410 %)Cognos
81 (1.205 %)Siebel
81 (1.205 %)Cisco
81 (1.205 %)Dell
81 (1.205 %)Avaya
81 (1.205 %)CheckPoint
81 (1.205 %)Informatica
81 (1.205 %)Nokia
81 (1.205 %)Novell