The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 47 53 58
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 7 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.224% 1.517% 0.159%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.331% 1.606% 0.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £165 £110 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £135 £150
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Average hourly rate £14.25 £11.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.91% -14.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
526 685 588
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.96% 94.48% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 327 279
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 110 101
Average hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.55% +125.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Desktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
3 5 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 5 (33.33%) VoIP
3 5 (33.33%) iPhone
3 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 5 (33.33%) iPad
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (13.33%) MS Office
6 2 (13.33%) LAN
6 2 (13.33%) WAN
6 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
6 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
6 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (6.667%) SCCM
7 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
7 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (6.667%) PDA
7 1 (6.667%) Finance
7 1 (6.667%) VMware
7 1 (6.667%) Citrix
7 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (6.667%) SQL

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (33.33%) VPN
1 5 (33.33%) VoIP
2 2 (13.33%) LAN
2 2 (13.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) MS Access
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) iPhone
1 5 (33.33%) iPad
2 1 (6.667%) PDA
2 1 (6.667%) NHS
2 1 (6.667%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Mac OS X
2 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) VMware
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix
3 1 (6.667%) CODA
3 1 (6.667%) Sophos
Cambridgeshire
My client has an urgent requirement for someone to provide 1st - 3rd Line Desktop Support who has an excellent knowledge of Windows XP / 7, Microsoft Office 2010, Windows...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £13 - £20 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013