Support Engineer Contracts in Bristol
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer 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
Support Engineer
Rank 37 50 40
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 13 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 2.444% 1.316% 1.449%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.569% 1.414% 1.531%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £350 £125 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+180.00% -64.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £202 £263
% change year-on-year
+19.10% -23.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.88 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-5.51% +5.83%
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%
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (36.00%) Windows 7
5 7 (28.00%) Windows XP
6 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
6 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (20.00%) VMware
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (16.00%) MS Office
9 3 (12.00%) MS Exchange
9 3 (12.00%) UNIX
9 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
9 3 (12.00%) Blackberry
9 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
9 3 (12.00%) SCCM
9 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (8.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (8.000%) Firewall
10 2 (8.000%) Internet
10 2 (8.000%) Tivoli
10 2 (8.000%) ITIL
10 2 (8.000%) SQL
10 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
10 2 (8.000%) AIX
10 2 (8.000%) Linux
10 2 (8.000%) MCSE
10 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
10 2 (8.000%) SLA

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (12.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Office
2 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Firewall
1 2 (8.000%) Internet
1 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.000%) LAN
2 1 (4.000%) VoIP
2 1 (4.000%) MPLS
2 1 (4.000%) OSPF
2 1 (4.000%) ISUP
2 1 (4.000%) INAP
2 1 (4.000%) Wireless
2 1 (4.000%) Wireshark
2 1 (4.000%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (4.000%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (4.000%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.000%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.000%) Handset
2 1 (4.000%) PKI
2 1 (4.000%) Clustering
2 1 (4.000%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.000%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Windows 7
3 7 (28.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (12.00%) UNIX
7 2 (8.000%) AIX
7 2 (8.000%) Linux
8 1 (4.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.000%) ITIL
2 1 (4.000%) CRM
2 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
2 1 (4.000%) Integration Acceptance Testing
2 1 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (4.000%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.000%) MCSE
2 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.000%) MCP
3 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.000%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.000%) vSphere
3 1 (4.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.000%) Tivoli
3 1 (4.000%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.000%) Cisco
3 2 (8.000%) IBM
3 2 (8.000%) Citrix
4 1 (4.000%) Juniper
4 1 (4.000%) Genesys
4 1 (4.000%) CommVault
4 1 (4.000%) Ericsson
4 1 (4.000%) NetApp
4 1 (4.000%) Veritas
4 1 (4.000%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.000%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.000%) HP
4 1 (4.000%) Dell
4 1 (4.000%) NetHawk
4 1 (4.000%) Agilent
4 1 (4.000%) SonicWALL
4 1 (4.000%) ProCurve
4 1 (4.000%) Nokia Siemens Networks
IT Support Engineer
Bristol, Avon
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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