Berkshire Support Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bletchley Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckfastleigh Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Buxton Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dunbar Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hayes Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hove Hull Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isleworth Kent Kettering Kidderminster Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Morecambe Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shetland Islands Shropshire Skelmersdale Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Spalding St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thatcham Thirsk Tidworth Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Whitehaven Wiltshire Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	52
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	81	107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.128 %	0.115 %
As % of the category below	3.278 %	2.954 %
Daily rates quoted	20	20
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£189
Average daily rate	£289	£202
% change on same period last year	+42.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£216
UK excluding London average daily rate	£232	£190
% change on same period last year	+21.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.28	£19.16
Average hourly rate	£17.39	£20.36
% change on same period last year	-14.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.50	£21.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.67	£20.27
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2471	3622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.892 %	3.881 %
Daily rates quoted	665	1004
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£334
Average daily rate	£363	£354
% change on same period last year	+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	179	429
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.41	£25.90
Average hourly rate	£22.81	£27.38
% change on same period last year	-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.21	£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Support Engineer South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+15	33	£226	-12.77 %
Maidenhead	+12	12	£110	-72.50 %
Slough	+10	7	-	-
Newbury	+5	3	£325	-
Bracknell	-5	1	-	-
Wokingham	-	1	-	-
Thatcham	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 98 (41.70 %) Windows 2 49 (20.85 %) Microsoft 3 42 (17.87 %) Nokia 4 40 (17.02 %) Windows Server 2003 5 34 (14.47 %) 3G 5 34 (14.47 %) HP 6 32 (13.62 %) Active Directory 6 32 (13.62 %) UNIX 6 32 (13.62 %) MS Office 7 30 (12.77 %) Telecoms 8 29 (12.34 %) RNC 8 29 (12.34 %) SQL 9 28 (11.91 %) Windows Vista 10 26 (11.06 %) Windows XP 11 25 (10.64 %) Oracle

11 25 (10.64 %) NEC 12 23 (9.787 %) MS Excel 13 22 (9.362 %) VPN 14 21 (8.936 %) Windows 2000 14 21 (8.936 %) Altiris 15 20 (8.511 %) Wireless 15 20 (8.511 %) Front Office 16 19 (8.085 %) Blackberry 17 18 (7.660 %) Cisco 17 18 (7.660 %) Microsoft Certification 17 18 (7.660 %) VBScript 17 18 (7.660 %) Back Office 18 16 (6.809 %) Shell Script 19 15 (6.383 %) Remedy 19 15 (6.383 %) LAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (4.681 %) Application Packaging 2 10 (4.255 %) HTML 3 8 (3.404 %) ASP 4 7 (2.979 %) CSS 5 4 (1.702 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.426 %) JSP 6 1 (0.426 %) XML 6 1 (0.426 %) CGI 6 1 (0.426 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 15 (6.383 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (5.532 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 6 (2.553 %) WebLogic 4 4 (1.702 %) Lotus Notes 4 4 (1.702 %) Apache 5 3 (1.277 %) Tomcat 5 3 (1.277 %) IIS 5 3 (1.277 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 2 (0.851 %) Oracle 10gAS 6 2 (0.851 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.426 %) Resin 7 1 (0.426 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 1 (0.426 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.426 %) GroupWise
Applications 1 32 (13.62 %) MS Office 2 23 (9.787 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.426 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.426 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 11 (4.681 %) Singl.eView 2 7 (2.979 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 34 (14.47 %) 3G 2 29 (12.34 %) RNC 3 22 (9.362 %) VPN 4 20 (8.511 %) Wireless 5 15 (6.383 %) LAN 6 14 (5.957 %) BSS 7 13 (5.532 %) TCP/IP 7 13 (5.532 %) Internet 7 13 (5.532 %) WAN 7 13 (5.532 %) SGSN 7 13 (5.532 %) Network Security 7 13 (5.532 %) MGW 8 9 (3.830 %) DNS 9 5 (2.128 %) ATM 9 5 (2.128 %) Broadband 9 5 (2.128 %) VoIP 10 4 (1.702 %) Firewall 11 3 (1.277 %) Cisco PIX 11 3 (1.277 %) ADSL 11 3 (1.277 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (4.681 %) SQL Server 2 3 (1.277 %) Oracle 9i 3 2 (0.851 %) MS Access 3 2 (0.851 %) Oracle Reports 3 2 (0.851 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 2 (0.851 %) SQLPlus 4 1 (0.426 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.426 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 1 (0.426 %) ETL 4 1 (0.426 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 2 (0.851 %) ClearCase 1 2 (0.851 %) TestDirector 1 2 (0.851 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (0.426 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 30 (12.77 %) Telecoms 2 20 (8.511 %) Front Office 3 18 (7.660 %) Back Office 4 13 (5.532 %) Auditing 5 5 (2.128 %) Finance 6 3 (1.277 %) Education 7 2 (0.851 %) Government 7 2 (0.851 %) Legal 7 2 (0.851 %) Banking 7 2 (0.851 %) Pharmaceutical 8 1 (0.426 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.426 %) Pensions 8 1 (0.426 %) Health
Miscellaneous 1 19 (8.085 %) Blackberry 2 6 (2.553 %) Clustering 3 2 (0.851 %) STB 3 2 (0.851 %) IPTV 3 2 (0.851 %) DTV 4 1 (0.426 %) MPEG 4 1 (0.426 %) Firmware 4 1 (0.426 %) Statistics 4 1 (0.426 %) Spread Betting 4 1 (0.426 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 98 (41.70 %) Windows 2 40 (17.02 %) Windows Server 2003 3 32 (13.62 %) UNIX 4 28 (11.91 %) Windows Vista 5 26 (11.06 %) Windows XP 6 21 (8.936 %) Windows 2000 7 10 (4.255 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 9 (3.830 %) Solaris 9 8 (3.404 %) Linux 10 7 (2.979 %) Windows Server 2008 11 3 (1.277 %) HPUX 12 2 (0.851 %) AIX 13 1 (0.426 %) Windows NT 13 1 (0.426 %) VMS 13 1 (0.426 %) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (6.383 %) CRM 1 15 (6.383 %) Service Delivery 2 14 (5.957 %) Business Continuity 3 13 (5.532 %) ITIL 3 13 (5.532 %) Revenue Management 4 9 (3.830 %) Disaster Recovery 5 7 (2.979 %) Web Development 6 5 (2.128 %) Incident Management 7 4 (1.702 %) Migration 7 4 (1.702 %) Security Cleared 7 4 (1.702 %) Unit Testing 8 3 (1.277 %) SC Cleared 8 3 (1.277 %) DV Cleared 9 2 (0.851 %) Test Scripting 9 2 (0.851 %) Network Load Balancing 9 2 (0.851 %) Problem Management 9 2 (0.851 %) Configuration Management 10 1 (0.426 %) E-Commerce 10 1 (0.426 %) Validation 10 1 (0.426 %) Change Management	Programming Languages 1 29 (12.34 %) SQL 2 18 (7.660 %) VBScript 3 16 (6.809 %) Shell Script 4 13 (5.532 %) PL/SQL 5 7 (2.979 %) JavaScript 6 4 (1.702 %) Perl 6 4 (1.702 %) Java 7 3 (1.277 %) C 7 3 (1.277 %) VB 8 1 (0.426 %) VBA 8 1 (0.426 %) PHP 8 1 (0.426 %) Korn
Qualifications 1 18 (7.660 %) Microsoft Certification 2 12 (5.106 %) Cisco Certification 3 11 (4.681 %) CCNA 4 8 (3.404 %) MCP 4 8 (3.404 %) MCSE 5 4 (1.702 %) CCNP 6 3 (1.277 %) MCDST 6 3 (1.277 %) Degree 7 1 (0.426 %) CNE 7 1 (0.426 %) Novell Certification 7 1 (0.426 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 7 1 (0.426 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.426 %) CCSP 7 1 (0.426 %) CCDP 7 1 (0.426 %) CCA 7 1 (0.426 %) Citrix Certification 7 1 (0.426 %) CCEA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (3.404 %) SLA 2 1 (0.426 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 32 (13.62 %) Active Directory 2 9 (3.830 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (0.851 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.426 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.426 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.426 %) NDS	Systems Management 1 12 (5.106 %) OpenView 2 9 (3.830 %) Netcool 2 9 (3.830 %) Netcool/Proviso 3 8 (3.404 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 8 (3.404 %) WSUS 4 4 (1.702 %) MOM
Vendors 1 49 (20.85 %) Microsoft 2 42 (17.87 %) Nokia 3 34 (14.47 %) HP 4 25 (10.64 %) Oracle 4 25 (10.64 %) NEC 5 21 (8.936 %) Altiris 6 18 (7.660 %) Cisco 7 15 (6.383 %) Remedy 8 14 (5.957 %) PeopleSoft 9 11 (4.681 %) Citrix 10 9 (3.830 %) Ericsson 11 7 (2.979 %) CheckPoint 11 7 (2.979 %) VMware 12 6 (2.553 %) Dell 13 5 (2.128 %) Symantec 13 5 (2.128 %) Lotus 14 4 (1.702 %) Nortel 15 3 (1.277 %) Sun 15 3 (1.277 %) BEA 15 3 (1.277 %) salesforce.com