Support Engineer Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 51 40 48
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 81 112 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.347% 3.673% 2.893%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.660% 4.035% 3.210%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 34
Average daily rate £270 £260 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -9.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £224 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £343 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £239 £200 £263
% change year-on-year
+19.37% -23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 7
Average hourly rate £18.50 £16.75 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.44% -11.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £12.50 £14.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.90 £30.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £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 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +8 45 £363 +29.46%
Bracknell -13 12 £188 -21.87%
Slough -11 8 £213 -34.61%
Newbury - 2 - -
Windsor +4 1 - -
Maidenhead -5 1 - -
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 71 (45.51%) Windows
2 48 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 37 (23.72%) Microsoft
4 26 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 25 (16.03%) Windows Server 2003
6 23 (14.74%) Windows 7
7 22 (14.10%) MS Excel
8 21 (13.46%) MS Exchange
8 21 (13.46%) Security Cleared
9 20 (12.82%) Cisco
9 20 (12.82%) Linux
9 20 (12.82%) UNIX
10 19 (12.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 18 (11.54%) MS Office
12 16 (10.26%) SQL Server
12 16 (10.26%) SQL
12 16 (10.26%) HP
12 16 (10.26%) SC Cleared
13 15 (9.615%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (9.615%) Windows XP
14 13 (8.333%) VMware
14 13 (8.333%) TCP/IP
14 13 (8.333%) ITIL
14 13 (8.333%) Internet
15 12 (7.692%) DNS
15 12 (7.692%) LAN
15 12 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
16 11 (7.051%) Exchange Server 2010
16 11 (7.051%) DHCP
16 11 (7.051%) Citrix

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 7 (4.487%) .NET
2 4 (2.564%) CSS
3 2 (1.282%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.641%) HTML
4 1 (0.641%) J2EE
4 1 (0.641%) ASP
4 1 (0.641%) Web Services
4 1 (0.641%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.641%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 21 (13.46%) MS Exchange
2 11 (7.051%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (6.410%) IIS
4 9 (5.769%) SharePoint
5 7 (4.487%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (3.205%) Lync
7 2 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.282%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.282%) Documentum
8 1 (0.641%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.641%) CMS
8 1 (0.641%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.641%) Apache
8 1 (0.641%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.641%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.641%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.641%) ESB
Applications
1 22 (14.10%) MS Excel
2 18 (11.54%) MS Office
3 6 (3.846%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.333%) TCP/IP
1 13 (8.333%) Internet
2 12 (7.692%) DNS
2 12 (7.692%) LAN
3 11 (7.051%) DHCP
4 10 (6.410%) GSM
4 10 (6.410%) Wireless
5 9 (5.769%) SAN
5 9 (5.769%) WAN
6 8 (5.128%) 3G
6 8 (5.128%) Firewall
7 7 (4.487%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (4.487%) NAS
7 7 (4.487%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (4.487%) VPN
7 7 (4.487%) UMTS
8 6 (3.846%) VoIP
8 6 (3.846%) GPRS
8 6 (3.846%) OSPF
8 6 (3.846%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.205%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.564%) MS Access
4 1 (0.641%) MySQL
4 1 (0.641%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.641%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.641%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (2.564%) StarTeam
2 1 (0.641%) Ant
General
1 26 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (3.846%) Back Office
3 4 (2.564%) Finance
4 3 (1.923%) Retail
5 1 (0.641%) Billing
5 1 (0.641%) Music
5 1 (0.641%) French Language
5 1 (0.641%) German Language
5 1 (0.641%) Games
5 1 (0.641%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.487%) Blackberry
1 7 (4.487%) Clustering
2 5 (3.205%) NHS
2 5 (3.205%) Computer Science
3 4 (2.564%) PDA
3 4 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.282%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.282%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.282%) SecurID
4 2 (1.282%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.282%) Handset
5 1 (0.641%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.641%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 71 (45.51%) Windows
2 25 (16.03%) Windows Server 2003
3 23 (14.74%) Windows 7
4 20 (12.82%) UNIX
4 20 (12.82%) Linux
5 19 (12.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 15 (9.615%) Windows XP
7 7 (4.487%) Solaris
8 6 (3.846%) HPUX
8 6 (3.846%) Windows 2000
9 2 (1.282%) VMS
9 2 (1.282%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (1.282%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.641%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.641%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.641%) SUSE
10 1 (0.641%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (8.333%) ITIL
2 12 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (4.487%) Workforce Management Optimization
4 6 (3.846%) Network Design
4 6 (3.846%) Release Management
4 6 (3.846%) Integration Testing
5 5 (3.205%) Software Deployment
5 5 (3.205%) Software Distribution
6 4 (2.564%) Analytics
6 4 (2.564%) Knowledge Management
6 4 (2.564%) Change Management
6 4 (2.564%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (1.923%) Problem Management
7 3 (1.923%) Unit Testing
7 3 (1.923%) Capacity Management
7 3 (1.923%) Time Management
8 2 (1.282%) Network Architecture
8 2 (1.282%) Network Management
8 2 (1.282%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (1.282%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.26%) SQL
2 7 (4.487%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.564%) C#
3 4 (2.564%) VB
3 4 (2.564%) VB.NET
4 3 (1.923%) VBA
5 1 (0.641%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.641%) Jython
5 1 (0.641%) Java
5 1 (0.641%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.641%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.615%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (6.410%) CCNA
5 7 (4.487%) CCNP
6 6 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.846%) Degree
7 4 (2.564%) CCIE
7 4 (2.564%) MCSE
8 3 (1.923%) HNC
8 3 (1.923%) CCSA
8 3 (1.923%) CCSE
8 3 (1.923%) CCA
8 3 (1.923%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (1.923%) CISSP
8 3 (1.923%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.282%) ACSA
9 2 (1.282%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.282%) CCIP
10 1 (0.641%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.128%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.923%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (1.923%) NLBS
4 2 (1.282%) NFS
4 2 (1.282%) MetaFrame
4 2 (1.282%) vSphere
4 2 (1.282%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.641%) XenApp
5 1 (0.641%) XenServer
5 1 (0.641%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.641%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.641%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.641%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.641%) NDS
Systems Management
1 7 (4.487%) SCCM
2 6 (3.846%) WSUS
3 4 (2.564%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 3 (1.923%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.282%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.641%) HP NNM
6 1 (0.641%) OpenView
6 1 (0.641%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (0.641%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 37 (23.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.82%) Cisco
3 16 (10.26%) HP
4 13 (8.333%) VMware
5 11 (7.051%) Citrix
6 9 (5.769%) Oracle
6 9 (5.769%) CheckPoint
7 8 (5.128%) Dell
8 7 (4.487%) McAfee
9 5 (3.205%) Verint
10 4 (2.564%) Hummingbird
10 4 (2.564%) Sitecore
10 4 (2.564%) Avaya
11 3 (1.923%) Juniper
11 3 (1.923%) NetApp
11 3 (1.923%) Symantec
11 3 (1.923%) Remedy
12 2 (1.282%) Intel
12 2 (1.282%) Redback
12 2 (1.282%) Blue Coat
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