The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Support
Rank - 68 73
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 0 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - 0.507% 0.276%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.541% 0.290%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £349 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £219 £288
% change year-on-year
+37.14% -23.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £18.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-25.33% +25.00%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
752 924 1033
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 92.73% 93.62% 95.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 400 393
Average daily rate £320 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.58% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £163 £175
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 72 69 111
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.65 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Support
South East

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Systems Support Daily Rate Trend

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Systems Support Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Linux
2 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) CentOS
2 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 4 (36.36%) SLA
4 3 (27.27%) IBM
4 3 (27.27%) EPoS
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) DB2
4 3 (27.27%) MS Office
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) iSeries
4 3 (27.27%) AS400
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
5 2 (18.18%) SCCM
6 1 (9.091%) DV Cleared
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) DB2
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) EPoS
1 3 (27.27%) iSeries
1 3 (27.27%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
1 5 (45.45%) CentOS
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) CRM
1 3 (27.27%) ERP
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
1 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM