Desktop Support Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Cheshire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 56 62 70
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.693% 0.619% 0.302%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.759% 0.677% 0.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £80 £169 £80
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.59% +110.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £138 £170
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.41 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.06% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 659 739 912
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.27% 91.46% 91.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 381 506
Average daily rate £370 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Support across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield - 3 £80 -
Warrington - 1 - -
Chester - 1 - -
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Windows
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
1 7 (63.64%) Windows 7
2 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Vista
3 4 (36.36%) Wireless
3 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
3 4 (36.36%) MS Office
3 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (36.36%) VPN
4 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (27.27%) Citrix
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 3 (27.27%) Handset
4 3 (27.27%) iPad
4 3 (27.27%) Local Government
5 2 (18.18%) EPoS
5 2 (18.18%) SLA
6 1 (9.091%) Dell
6 1 (9.091%) C
6 1 (9.091%) SAP
6 1 (9.091%) COM
6 1 (9.091%) HTTP
6 1 (9.091%) Linux
6 1 (9.091%) Fujitsu

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
1 3 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
1 4 (36.36%) Wireless
2 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.091%) HTTP
General
1 3 (27.27%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Handset
2 3 (27.27%) iPad
3 2 (18.18%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
1 7 (63.64%) Windows 7
2 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Vista
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
3 1 (9.091%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
1 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 1 (9.091%) Migration
2 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) Fujitsu
3 1 (9.091%) Dell
3 1 (9.091%) SAP
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