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This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Docklands, 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 Desktop Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 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£151£162
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
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£14.33£15.55
% change on same period last year-7.82 %
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads8321716
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.098 %1.709 %
Daily rates quoted475748
Average minimum daily rate£458£464
Average daily rate£487£499
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£516£534
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted1536
Average minimum hourly rate£21.39£21.76
Average hourly rate£22.38£22.43
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.37£23.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Desktop Support Engineer LondonDesktop Support Engineer
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.

Desktop Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Desktop Support Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Desktop Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Desktop Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Engineer in their job title.

13 (50.00 %)Banking
13 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
13 (50.00 %)Lotus
13 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)MS Office
22 (33.33 %)MS Excel
22 (33.33 %)Windows XP
22 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (16.67 %)MCSE
31 (16.67 %)Altiris
31 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (16.67 %)Active Directory
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (16.67 %)ITIL
31 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
31 (16.67 %)Reuters
31 (16.67 %)Bloomberg
31 (16.67 %)Symantec
31 (16.67 %)Blackberry
31 (16.67 %)Service Management

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Office
12 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Banking
22 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Blackberry
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)Windows XP
31 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)ITIL
11 (16.67 %)Service Management
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)MCSE
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Lotus
21 (16.67 %)Altiris
21 (16.67 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)Reuters
21 (16.67 %)Bloomberg
21 (16.67 %)Symantec