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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT contracts within the Bristol 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5863
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.380 %0.381 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£268£249
% change on same period last year+7.58 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£14.32£15.00
Average hourly rate£15.15£15.50
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.98£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.52£16.87
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads7891051
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.102 %1.056 %
Daily rates quoted240375
Average minimum daily rate£317£320
Average daily rate£343£338
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted131147
Average minimum hourly rate£27.91£25.84
Average hourly rate£29.45£28.70
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.99£31.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Technical Support South WestTechnical Support
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Support across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Bristol Technical Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

110 (47.62 %)Microsoft
29 (42.86 %)Windows XP
29 (42.86 %)Windows
29 (42.86 %)Citrix
37 (33.33 %)ARCserve
37 (33.33 %)GroupWise
37 (33.33 %)CNA
37 (33.33 %)CNE
37 (33.33 %)Novell Certification
37 (33.33 %)Novell
37 (33.33 %)Finance
37 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
37 (33.33 %)NetWare
37 (33.33 %)NDS
37 (33.33 %)Windows NT
37 (33.33 %)Citrix Presentation Server
44 (19.05 %)Active Directory
44 (19.05 %)UNIX
53 (14.29 %)VERITAS
53 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (14.29 %)MS Office
53 (14.29 %)ITIL
53 (14.29 %)WebLogic
53 (14.29 %)Solaris
53 (14.29 %)MCSE
53 (14.29 %)MCSA
53 (14.29 %)Apache
53 (14.29 %)Sun
53 (14.29 %)SLA
53 (14.29 %)Telecoms

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.762 %)HTML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (33.33 %)GroupWise
23 (14.29 %)WebLogic
23 (14.29 %)Apache
32 (9.524 %)SharePoint
32 (9.524 %)IIS
32 (9.524 %)Lotus Notes
41 (4.762 %)CMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (14.29 %)MS Office
22 (9.524 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (9.524 %)NGN
21 (4.762 %)Broadband
21 (4.762 %)LAN
21 (4.762 %)WAN
21 (4.762 %)DHCP
21 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.762 %)DNS
21 (4.762 %)SAN
21 (4.762 %)Intranet
21 (4.762 %)Firewall
21 (4.762 %)VLAN
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (33.33 %)Finance
23 (14.29 %)Telecoms
32 (9.524 %)Health
32 (9.524 %)Law
41 (4.762 %)Insurance
41 (4.762 %)Government
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Mathematics
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (42.86 %)Windows
19 (42.86 %)Windows XP
27 (33.33 %)NetWare
27 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
27 (33.33 %)Windows NT
34 (19.05 %)UNIX
43 (14.29 %)Solaris
51 (4.762 %)Linux
51 (4.762 %)VMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (14.29 %)ITIL
21 (4.762 %)Content Management
21 (4.762 %)Web Development
21 (4.762 %)Security Cleared
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (9.524 %)SQL
21 (4.762 %)Fortran
21 (4.762 %)C
21 (4.762 %)C++
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (33.33 %)CNA
17 (33.33 %)CNE
17 (33.33 %)Novell Certification
23 (14.29 %)MCSE
23 (14.29 %)MCSA
23 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (9.524 %)MCP
32 (9.524 %)MCDST
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (14.29 %)SLA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (33.33 %)NDS
17 (33.33 %)Citrix Presentation Server
24 (19.05 %)Active Directory
32 (9.524 %)Backup Exec
41 (4.762 %)NetBackup
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (33.33 %)ARCserve
22 (9.524 %)Netcool/Proviso
22 (9.524 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (9.524 %)Netcool
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (47.62 %)Microsoft
29 (42.86 %)Citrix
37 (33.33 %)Novell
43 (14.29 %)VERITAS
43 (14.29 %)Sun
52 (9.524 %)Hummingbird
52 (9.524 %)VMware
52 (9.524 %)Fujitsu
52 (9.524 %)Lotus
61 (4.762 %)Remedy
61 (4.762 %)Dell
61 (4.762 %)Cisco