The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 City of London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support Analyst
Rank 202 215 230
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +15
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Analyst 1 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.025% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.028% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £213 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -46.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £278 £250
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £22.00 - £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+3.03% -25.00%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5943 7197 8889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.48% 91.54% 91.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4362 5164 6490
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 183 186
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.50 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
3rd Line Support Analyst
London

3rd Line Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 3rd Line Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3rd Line Support Analyst across the City of London region.

City of London 3rd Line Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Support Analyst across the City of London region.

City of London 3rd Line Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support Analyst
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited 3rd Line Support Analyst 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 3rd Line Support Analyst in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) CCA
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
4 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) PDA
4 1 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (25.00%) SUSE
4 1 (25.00%) Debian
4 1 (25.00%) FFastFill
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (25.00%) Solaris
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) Dell
4 1 (25.00%) EasyScreen
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX

3rd Line Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited 3rd Line Support Analyst 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 3rd Line Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) SUSE
3 1 (25.00%) Debian
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCA
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) FFastFill
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) EasyScreen
City, London
The Principal Responsibilities of this position are: - Incident management o Participate in Cash Equities IT critical incident management event... - Problem management o Confirm the actual impact for Cash...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £495 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013