The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 30 33 32
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 3 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.415% 0.368% 3.438%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.478% 0.403% 3.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 9
Average daily rate - £150 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -53.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
- -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £20.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -15.78%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
203 248 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 95.75% 91.18% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 143 167
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £275 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 14
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Support
South West

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Dorset Applications Support Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Support across the Dorset region.

Dorset Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the Dorset region.

Dorset Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Weymouth - 3 - -
Applications Support
South West

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) ITIL
1 11 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
2 9 (81.82%) Time Management
2 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 9 (81.82%) Retail
2 9 (81.82%) Software Testing
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) Kronos
3 7 (63.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 7 (63.64%) Lawson
3 7 (63.64%) Oracle
3 7 (63.64%) Fiserv
4 6 (54.55%) Analytics
4 6 (54.55%) Web Services
4 6 (54.55%) E-Commerce
4 6 (54.55%) EPoS
4 6 (54.55%) Mobile Commerce
4 6 (54.55%) ATG
5 3 (27.27%) ISEB
5 3 (27.27%) JMeter
5 3 (27.27%) JIRA
6 2 (18.18%) CMDB
6 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
6 2 (18.18%) ServiceCenter
6 2 (18.18%) Demand Management
6 2 (18.18%) Peregrine
6 2 (18.18%) Service Management

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (54.55%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) FTP
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JMeter
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
1 9 (81.82%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) EPoS
2 2 (18.18%) CMDB
2 2 (18.18%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) ITIL
1 11 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
2 9 (81.82%) Time Management
2 9 (81.82%) Software Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 6 (54.55%) E-Commerce
3 6 (54.55%) Mobile Commerce
4 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 2 (18.18%) Demand Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (63.64%) Kronos
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle
2 7 (63.64%) Fiserv
3 6 (54.55%) ATG
4 2 (18.18%) Peregrine
4 2 (18.18%) Sun