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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT contracts within the Dorset 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-40
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads05
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.163 %
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£139£210
% change on same period last year-33.97 %
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£16.03£15.20
% change on same period last year+5.46 %
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads399430
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.559 %0.441 %
Daily rates quoted113175
Average minimum daily rate£325£315
Average daily rate£349£335
% change on same period last year+4.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9356
Average minimum hourly rate£27.34£25.64
Average hourly rate£29.15£27.10
% change on same period last year+7.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.95£28.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Support Technician South WestSupport Technician
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.

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Dorset Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Support Technician
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region that cited Support Technician 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 Support Technician in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region that cited Support Technician 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 Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft