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This section looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Canterbury 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 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£256£292
% change on same period last year-12.25 %
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£24.50£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Canterbury
Matching contract IT job ads1510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£279£348
Average daily rate£304£348
% change on same period last year-12.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted63
Average minimum hourly rate£12.64£17.20
Average hourly rate£13.50£18.50
% change on same period last year-27.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.36£19.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
3rd Line Support Kent3rd Line Support
Kent

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.

3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Canterbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Canterbury 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)NDS
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Citrix
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)Novell
11 (100.00 %)Terminal Services
11 (100.00 %)GroupWise
11 (100.00 %)Health
11 (100.00 %)Clustering
11 (100.00 %)Network Security

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)GroupWise
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)Network Security
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Health
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Clustering
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)NDS
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Terminal Services
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Citrix
11 (100.00 %)Novell