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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Cheshire 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank55-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.141 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£180-
Average daily rate£190-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£200-
UK excluding London average daily rate£197£250
% change on same period last year-21.33 %
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£17.58£17.19
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads708927
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.019 %0.944 %
Daily rates quoted186185
Average minimum daily rate£311£306
Average daily rate£323£317
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted10864
Average minimum hourly rate£20.89£21.31
Average hourly rate£22.72£22.58
% change on same period last year+0.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.54£23.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.66£25.05
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Technical Support Engineer North WestTechnical Support Engineer
North West

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.

Technical Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Technical Support Engineer Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Technical Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
RuncornNew entry-1£190-
Technical Support Engineer North WestTechnical Support Engineer
North West

Technical Support Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

12 (50.00 %)Content Management
12 (50.00 %)BIG-IP
12 (50.00 %)Performance Testing
12 (50.00 %)Frame Relay
12 (50.00 %)Telecoms
12 (50.00 %)Validation
12 (50.00 %)C
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
12 (50.00 %)WebLogic
12 (50.00 %)Vignette
12 (50.00 %)LDAP
12 (50.00 %)ATM
12 (50.00 %)ISDN
12 (50.00 %)Ethernet
12 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (50.00 %)Cisco
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)Sun
12 (50.00 %)CCNA
12 (50.00 %)Nortel
12 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
12 (50.00 %)BEA
12 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
12 (50.00 %)Intranet
12 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
12 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)WebLogic
12 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)LDAP
12 (50.00 %)ATM
12 (50.00 %)ISDN
12 (50.00 %)Ethernet
12 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (50.00 %)Intranet
12 (50.00 %)Frame Relay
12 (50.00 %)BIG-IP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
12 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Validation
12 (50.00 %)Content Management
12 (50.00 %)Performance Testing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)CCNA
12 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
12 (50.00 %)Vignette
12 (50.00 %)Cisco
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)Sun
12 (50.00 %)Nortel
12 (50.00 %)BEA