The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Support
Rank 187 201 236
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 23 11 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.339% 0.142% 0.150%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.367% 0.155% 0.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 11
Average daily rate £375 £306 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% +6.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £241 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £371 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £250 £288
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Average hourly rate £25.00 - £33.82
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.30 - £18.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 - £48.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £18.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +20.00%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6270 7082 9182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.48% 91.49% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4641 5158 6680
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £285 £315
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 155 170 217
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.15 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.90 £41.85 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Systems Support
London

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 19 June 2013.

City of London Systems Support Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 19 June 2013.

City of London Systems Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 22 (56.41%) Finance
2 20 (51.28%) Windows
3 14 (35.90%) SQL
4 13 (33.33%) Citrix
5 11 (28.21%) CODA
6 10 (25.64%) VBA
6 10 (25.64%) Linux
7 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
7 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
8 8 (20.51%) CODA-Financials
8 8 (20.51%) Crystal Reports
8 8 (20.51%) VB
8 8 (20.51%) Banking
8 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2005
9 7 (17.95%) VBScript
9 7 (17.95%) MS Excel
10 6 (15.38%) MS Access
10 6 (15.38%) Cognos
10 6 (15.38%) MS Exchange
10 6 (15.38%) MS Office
10 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (15.38%) Cash Management
10 6 (15.38%) Windows 7
11 5 (12.82%) Cognos Planning
11 5 (12.82%) VMware
11 5 (12.82%) UNIX
12 4 (10.26%) ITIL
12 4 (10.26%) IIS
12 4 (10.26%) Law

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.564%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (15.38%) MS Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) IIS
3 2 (5.128%) IBM Notes
3 2 (5.128%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.564%) CMS
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) MS Excel
2 6 (15.38%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (20.51%) CODA-Financials
2 5 (12.82%) Cognos Planning
3 4 (10.26%) RMDS
4 2 (5.128%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (5.128%) Line 50
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.692%) SAN
1 3 (7.692%) DNS
2 2 (5.128%) DHCP
2 2 (5.128%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.128%) CTI
2 2 (5.128%) Firewall
2 2 (5.128%) Nortel Meridian
3 1 (2.564%) Intranet
3 1 (2.564%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (20.51%) Crystal Reports
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (15.38%) MS Access
4 1 (2.564%) GIS
4 1 (2.564%) MySQL
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.564%) OpenWorks
General
1 22 (56.41%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Banking
3 4 (10.26%) Law
3 4 (10.26%) Front Office
4 3 (7.692%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.128%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.128%) Legal
6 1 (2.564%) Back Office
6 1 (2.564%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Blackberry
1 2 (5.128%) Handset
2 1 (2.564%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.564%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.564%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.564%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (51.28%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Linux
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (15.38%) Windows 7
4 5 (12.82%) UNIX
5 2 (5.128%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.564%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Cash Management
2 4 (10.26%) ITIL
3 3 (7.692%) Service Delivery
3 3 (7.692%) Service Management
4 2 (5.128%) Financial Analysis
4 2 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (5.128%) Data Security
4 2 (5.128%) IT Governance
4 2 (5.128%) Document Management
5 1 (2.564%) Resource Management
5 1 (2.564%) Network Load Balancing
5 1 (2.564%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (2.564%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (2.564%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.564%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.564%) ITSM
5 1 (2.564%) RDF
5 1 (2.564%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) SQL
2 10 (25.64%) VBA
3 8 (20.51%) VB
4 7 (17.95%) VBScript
5 1 (2.564%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.564%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.564%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.564%) Security Cleared
1 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.564%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) COBIT
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.692%) XenApp
3 2 (5.128%) XenDesktop
3 2 (5.128%) VMware ESX
3 2 (5.128%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.128%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) Tivoli
1 2 (5.128%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 2 (5.128%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (2.564%) WSUS
2 1 (2.564%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.564%) Control-M
2 1 (2.564%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.564%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (2.564%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Citrix
2 11 (28.21%) CODA
3 6 (15.38%) Cognos
4 5 (12.82%) VMware
5 3 (7.692%) EMC
5 3 (7.692%) Avaya
5 3 (7.692%) Oracle
6 2 (5.128%) Cisco
6 2 (5.128%) IBM
6 2 (5.128%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.128%) SAP
6 2 (5.128%) Lotus
6 2 (5.128%) Nortel
6 2 (5.128%) JD Edwards
6 2 (5.128%) Sage
6 2 (5.128%) Reuters
6 2 (5.128%) Bloomberg
7 1 (2.564%) LANDesk
7 1 (2.564%) AppSense
7 1 (2.564%) Symantec