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The table below looks at the demand for the PC Support role in IT contracts within the Devon 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 PC Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 PC Support
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£135£124
% change on same period last year+8.92 %
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£13.79£13.91
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads179339
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.281 %0.369 %
Daily rates quoted4486
Average minimum daily rate£276£332
Average daily rate£294£343
% change on same period last year-14.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted3971
Average minimum hourly rate£18.32£22.76
Average hourly rate£19.79£24.02
% change on same period last year-17.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.25£25.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.38£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
PC Support South WestPC Support
South 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.

PC Support
Demand Trend

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

Devon PC Support Demand Trend

PC Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon PC Support Hourly Rate Trend

PC Support
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region that cited PC 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 PC Support in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)MS Office
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)MS Excel
13 (100.00 %)Windows XP
22 (66.67 %)Active Directory
22 (66.67 %)HP
22 (66.67 %)Dell
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (66.67 %)Summit
31 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
31 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
31 (33.33 %)Government
31 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)VERITAS
31 (33.33 %)MS Exchange

PC Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (100.00 %)MS Office
13 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (66.67 %)Summit
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Government
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Windows XP
22 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
11 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (66.67 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)HP
12 (66.67 %)Dell
21 (33.33 %)VERITAS
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft