The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 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 Cardiff 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
IT Support
Rank 29 33 31
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.962% 0.488% 0.844%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.036% 0.513% 0.889%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £260 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £150 £113
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.88 £14.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
-4.31% +20.83%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
193 195 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 92.79% 95.12% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 115 129
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 5
Average hourly rate £25.60 £14.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+82.85% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £14.00 £7.67
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £22.50 £100.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
IT Support
South Wales

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff IT Support Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) HP SIM
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas
3 1 (25.00%) Lotus
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
2 1 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP SIM
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Veritas
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus
2 1 (25.00%) SAP