The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT 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 Buckinghamshire 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
IT Support
Rank 72 68 72
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 1 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% 0.598% 0.380%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.133% 0.636% 0.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £108 £109
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £155 £118
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +31.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £10.59
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +36.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% +16.00%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
754 943 1000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 93.09% 93.92% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 410 385
Average daily rate £313 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 74 99
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.43 £11.89 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire IT Support Daily Rate Trend

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire IT Support Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aylesbury -12 1 - -
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) XenApp
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) MCDST
3 1 (20.00%) MCITP
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCDST
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
1 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
Aylesbury, Thames Valley
You must have a thorough understanding of Operating Systems as well as Windows XP/7 and MS Office, coupled with a basic understanding of software installations and Desktop/...
Rate: £21 - £22000 per annum + pro rata
Posted: 11 May 2013