The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth 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 22 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 Bournemouth 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 18 19 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 7 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 5.882% 3.947% 1.235%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.140% 4.286% 1.282%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
Average daily rate £158 £225 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% -40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £203 £263
% change year-on-year
+18.51% -22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £21.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +84.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-4.22% +4.41%
All Job Titles
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
114 140 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 95.80% 92.11% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 103 97
Average daily rate £350 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
Average hourly rate £21.75 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+67.30% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Engineer
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Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 6 (85.71%) LAN
3 5 (71.43%) MCSE
3 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 4 (57.14%) Internet
4 4 (57.14%) VoIP
4 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
4 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (57.14%) Wireless
4 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (42.86%) Information Management
5 3 (42.86%) Handset
5 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
5 3 (42.86%) VPN
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 3 (42.86%) MCP
5 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
5 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
5 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (42.86%) HP
5 3 (42.86%) Citrix
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (42.86%) Avaya
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) Internet
2 4 (57.14%) VoIP
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) Wireless
3 3 (42.86%) VPN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Handset
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (42.86%) Information Management
3 3 (42.86%) Network Management
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) MCSE
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (28.57%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) HP
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix
1 3 (42.86%) Avaya