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This section looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank32-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.299 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£125-
Average daily rate£155-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£185-
UK excluding London average daily rate£226£250
% change on same period last year-9.59 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£16.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.69£18.72
% change on same period last year-0.13 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads231132
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.131 %
Daily rates quoted10660
Average minimum daily rate£377£390
Average daily rate£387£392
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted1511
Average minimum hourly rate£27.15£20.65
Average hourly rate£28.40£21.88
% change on same period last year+29.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.65£23.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Support Engineer GloucestershireSupport Engineer
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.

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Cheltenham Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

12 (50.00 %)Electric
21 (25.00 %)Asset Management
21 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
21 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (25.00 %)Avionics
21 (25.00 %)Government
21 (25.00 %)Military
21 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)SLA
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)Dell

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Electric
21 (25.00 %)Avionics
21 (25.00 %)Government
21 (25.00 %)Military
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Asset Management
11 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)SLA
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Dell