Cheltenham Deskside Support Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Deskside Support role in IT contracts within the Cheltenham 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 Deskside Support in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Deskside Support
Location Berkshire Cambridgeshire Cheltenham City of London East of England England Essex Harrow Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire London Manchester North West Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Preston Reading Sandwich Somerset South East South West Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey UK Weston-super-Mare	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£149
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.07	£15.65
% change on same period last year	+2.72 %
Job Titles Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads	249	164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.354 %	0.166 %
Daily rates quoted	86	62
Average minimum daily rate	£384	£369
Average daily rate	£396	£379
% change on same period last year	+4.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.96	£31.46
Average hourly rate	£22.18	£33.02
% change on same period last year	-32.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.40	£34.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.69	£25.18
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
Deskside Support Gloucestershire

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.

Deskside Support
Demand Trend

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

Deskside Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Deskside Support across the Cheltenham region.

Deskside Support
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited Deskside 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 Deskside Support in their job title.

1 2 (50.00 %) MS Office 1 2 (50.00 %) Windows 1 2 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (50.00 %) MS Excel 1 2 (50.00 %) Windows XP 2 1 (25.00 %) DV Cleared 2 1 (25.00 %) Security Cleared

Deskside Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited Deskside 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 Deskside Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (50.00 %) MS Office 1 2 (50.00 %) MS Excel	Operating Systems 1 2 (50.00 %) Windows 1 2 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (50.00 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (25.00 %) DV Cleared 1 1 (25.00 %) Security Cleared