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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT contracts within the City of London 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Systems Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008		Same period last year
Rank165172
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads1314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.225 %0.239 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£221-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£241-
UK excluding London average daily rate£229£229
% change on same period last year+0.02 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£18.80£23.00
Average hourly rate£20.85£24.00
% change on same period last year-13.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.90£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.27£26.76
% change on same period last year-16.78 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads57705867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.088 %6.287 %
Daily rates quoted30262493
Average minimum daily rate£400£451
Average daily rate£433£477
% change on same period last year-9.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted267232
Average minimum hourly rate£22.85£22.62
Average hourly rate£24.72£23.87
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.60£25.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Systems Support LondonSystems Support
London

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.

Systems Support
Demand Trend

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

City of London Systems Support Demand Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Systems Support Daily Rate Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London Systems Support Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Systems Support Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London Systems Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

123 (67.65 %)Finance
216 (47.06 %)Windows
313 (38.24 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (35.29 %)IIS
511 (32.35 %)SQL Server
511 (32.35 %)Microsoft
610 (29.41 %)SQL Server 2000
610 (29.41 %)Windows 2000 Server
78 (23.53 %)SQL
87 (20.59 %)Great Plains
87 (20.59 %)Banking
87 (20.59 %)SQL Server 2005
96 (17.65 %)Oracle
104 (11.76 %).NET
104 (11.76 %)Linux
104 (11.76 %)MCSE
104 (11.76 %)SharePoint
104 (11.76 %)Windows XP
104 (11.76 %)PBX
104 (11.76 %)Active Directory
104 (11.76 %)Ericsson
104 (11.76 %)Service Management
104 (11.76 %)Microsoft Certification
104 (11.76 %)MD110
104 (11.76 %)Telecoms
104 (11.76 %)Video Conferencing
113 (8.824 %)Misys Midas
113 (8.824 %)Financial Institution
113 (8.824 %)ASP
113 (8.824 %)C#

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (11.76 %).NET
23 (8.824 %)ASP
31 (2.941 %)ASP.NET
31 (2.941 %)HTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (35.29 %)IIS
24 (11.76 %)SharePoint
32 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
41 (2.941 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (2.941 %)WebLogic
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.941 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (20.59 %)Great Plains
23 (8.824 %)Misys Midas
32 (5.882 %)Oracle Financials
41 (2.941 %)Dynamics GP
41 (2.941 %)SAP HR
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (11.76 %)PBX
14 (11.76 %)MD110
21 (2.941 %)Intranet
21 (2.941 %)Internet
21 (2.941 %)Wireless
21 (2.941 %)LDAP
21 (2.941 %)VoIP
21 (2.941 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.941 %)VPN
21 (2.941 %)DNS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (32.35 %)SQL Server
210 (29.41 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (20.59 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (5.882 %)Oracle Reports
51 (2.941 %)MS Access
51 (2.941 %)Crystal Reports
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (5.882 %)Eclipse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (67.65 %)Finance
27 (20.59 %)Banking
34 (11.76 %)Telecoms
43 (8.824 %)Financial Institution
52 (5.882 %)Front Office
52 (5.882 %)Health
52 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
52 (5.882 %)General Ledger
61 (2.941 %)Law
61 (2.941 %)Legal
61 (2.941 %)Publishing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (11.76 %)Video Conferencing
22 (5.882 %)Blackberry
22 (5.882 %)Statistics
31 (2.941 %)Derivative
31 (2.941 %)Equity Derivative
31 (2.941 %)Handset
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (47.06 %)Windows
213 (38.24 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (29.41 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (11.76 %)Linux
44 (11.76 %)Windows XP
52 (5.882 %)UNIX
52 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
52 (5.882 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (11.76 %)Service Management
22 (5.882 %)ITIL
22 (5.882 %)ERP
22 (5.882 %)Business Continuity
31 (2.941 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (2.941 %)Performance Testing
31 (2.941 %)SC Cleared
31 (2.941 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (23.53 %)SQL
23 (8.824 %)C#
31 (2.941 %)C++
31 (2.941 %)VB.NET
31 (2.941 %)VBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (11.76 %)MCSE
14 (11.76 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (5.882 %)MCP
31 (2.941 %)MCTS
31 (2.941 %)MCITP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.941 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (11.76 %)Active Directory
21 (2.941 %)NetBackup
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.941 %)OpenView
11 (2.941 %)Tivoli
11 (2.941 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (2.941 %)AutoSys
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (32.35 %)Microsoft
26 (17.65 %)Oracle
34 (11.76 %)Ericsson
43 (8.824 %)Sybase
52 (5.882 %)SAP
52 (5.882 %)Cognos
52 (5.882 %)Cisco
61 (2.941 %)Sophis
61 (2.941 %)VERITAS
61 (2.941 %)Agresso
61 (2.941 %)Avaya
61 (2.941 %)Symantec
61 (2.941 %)BT
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