The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Bristol 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 42 58 42
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 8 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.504% 0.359% 1.127%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.581% 0.386% 1.190%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £120
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £138 £170
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +71.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £21.00 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.05 £21.00 £12.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
506 778 588
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.11% 93.06% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 522 317
Average daily rate £330 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 37
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.75 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £35.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
South West

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows 7
3 8 (47.06%) Windows XP
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
5 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
5 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
6 3 (17.65%) Blackberry
7 2 (11.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (11.76%) Citrix
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (11.76%) MCSE
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) VoIP
7 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
7 2 (11.76%) VPN
7 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (11.76%) SCCM
7 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
7 2 (11.76%) Wireless
7 2 (11.76%) Finance
7 2 (11.76%) Handset
7 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (11.76%) Internet
8 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (5.882%) Network Management
8 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
8 1 (5.882%) MCDST
8 1 (5.882%) MCTS
8 1 (5.882%) MCITP

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) VoIP
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
1 2 (11.76%) Wireless
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Blackberry
2 2 (11.76%) Handset
3 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows 7
3 8 (47.06%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) ITIL
1 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
1 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.882%) Network Management
2 1 (5.882%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) MCSE
3 1 (5.882%) MCDST
3 1 (5.882%) MCTS
3 1 (5.882%) MCITP
3 1 (5.882%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix