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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT contracts within the Canary Wharf 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-55
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.164 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£248
% change on same period last year+6.96 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.63£17.15
% change on same period last year-8.89 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads311610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.442 %0.616 %
Daily rates quoted142297
Average minimum daily rate£409£466
Average daily rate£427£491
% change on same period last year-13.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£517
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted617
Average minimum hourly rate£12.89£16.64
Average hourly rate£14.00£18.37
% change on same period last year-23.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.11£20.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Technical Support LondonTechnical Support
London

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)SMS
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)NetApp
11 (100.00 %)Remedy
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)VMware
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
11 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SMS
11 (100.00 %)SAN
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)NetApp
11 (100.00 %)Remedy
11 (100.00 %)VMware