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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT contracts within the Birmingham 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 Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5165
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.450 %0.206 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£260£279
% change on same period last year-6.77 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.00
Average hourly rate-£11.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.22£16.15
% change on same period last year+6.61 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads666972
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.879 %0.968 %
Daily rates quoted165236
Average minimum daily rate£296£329
Average daily rate£321£357
% change on same period last year-10.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted62148
Average minimum hourly rate£20.58£15.86
Average hourly rate£22.24£16.85
% change on same period last year+32.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.90£17.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Technical Support West MidlandsTechnical Support
West Midlands

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.

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Support Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical Support 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 Technical Support in their job title.

16 (66.67 %)Windows
23 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
23 (33.33 %)Windows XP
23 (33.33 %)Lotus
32 (22.22 %)VMS
32 (22.22 %)Microsoft
32 (22.22 %)Active Directory
32 (22.22 %)Apache
32 (22.22 %)Linux
32 (22.22 %)PowerHouse
41 (11.11 %)Project Management
41 (11.11 %)Mainframe
41 (11.11 %)Automotive
41 (11.11 %)VMware
41 (11.11 %)Clustering
41 (11.11 %)Data Analysis
41 (11.11 %)DCL
41 (11.11 %)Auditing
41 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
41 (11.11 %)PHP
41 (11.11 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)MS Excel
41 (11.11 %)MS Access
41 (11.11 %)HP
41 (11.11 %)SAN
41 (11.11 %)OpenVMS
41 (11.11 %)SAS
41 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (11.11 %)RACF

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical Support 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
22 (22.22 %)Apache
31 (11.11 %)SAS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)SAN
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)MS Access
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Automotive
11 (11.11 %)Auditing
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Mainframe
11 (11.11 %)Clustering
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (66.67 %)Windows
23 (33.33 %)Windows XP
32 (22.22 %)VMS
32 (22.22 %)Linux
41 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
41 (11.11 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)OpenVMS
41 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)Project Management
11 (11.11 %)Data Analysis
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)PowerHouse
21 (11.11 %)DCL
21 (11.11 %)PHP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (22.22 %)Active Directory
21 (11.11 %)RACF
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Lotus
22 (22.22 %)Microsoft
31 (11.11 %)VMware
31 (11.11 %)HP