3rd Line Support Contracts in the East Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line 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 East Midlands 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
Third Line Support
Rank 74 76 71
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 9 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.718% 0.292% 0.933%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.785% 0.311% 1.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £225 £188 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £281 £258 £238
% change year-on-year
+9.22% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £27.00 - £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £20.03 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+9.83% -6.83%
Search 5 3rd Line Support jobs in the East Midlands
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East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1147 1285 1294
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.47% 93.73% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 651 526
Average daily rate £330 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 95 130
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
3rd Line Support
England

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands 3rd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands 3rd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire - 4 £231 -
Leicestershire -8 2 £225 -
Lincolnshire - 1 £263 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £225 -
Derbyshire - 1 - -
3rd Line Support
England

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (72.00%) Windows
3 17 (68.00%) VMware
4 16 (64.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (64.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (52.00%) SAN
6 12 (48.00%) Citrix
7 11 (44.00%) SQL Server
8 10 (40.00%) Windows 2000
9 9 (36.00%) MS Exchange
10 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2000
10 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2005
10 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2008
11 7 (28.00%) HP
12 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
12 6 (24.00%) SQL
12 6 (24.00%) Blackberry
13 5 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 5 (20.00%) Linux
14 4 (16.00%) DNS
14 4 (16.00%) Cisco
14 4 (16.00%) IBM
14 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2007
15 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
15 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
15 3 (12.00%) SCCM
16 2 (8.000%) SCOM
16 2 (8.000%) PowerShell
16 2 (8.000%) Windows 2000 Server
16 2 (8.000%) Hyper-V

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (36.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (8.000%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) SAN
2 4 (16.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.000%) Firewall
3 2 (8.000%) DHCP
4 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.000%) LAN
4 1 (4.000%) WAN
4 1 (4.000%) NAS
4 1 (4.000%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (44.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.000%) NHS
3 1 (4.000%) CLARiiON
3 1 (4.000%) Clustering
3 1 (4.000%) Celerra
3 1 (4.000%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 16 (64.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 16 (64.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (40.00%) Windows 2000
4 5 (20.00%) Linux
5 2 (8.000%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.000%) UNIX
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.000%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (8.000%) Data Analysis
1 2 (8.000%) Service Delivery
1 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (8.000%) Migration
2 1 (4.000%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.000%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.000%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) MCSE
1 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.000%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.000%) CCSP
2 1 (4.000%) CCNP
2 1 (4.000%) CCNA
2 1 (4.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (4.000%) MCITP
System Software
1 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.000%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.000%) vSphere
2 2 (8.000%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (4.000%) ISA Server
3 1 (4.000%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.000%) XenDesktop
3 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.000%) SCOM
3 1 (4.000%) WSUS
3 1 (4.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) VMware
2 12 (48.00%) Citrix
3 7 (28.00%) HP
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco
5 4 (16.00%) IBM
6 1 (4.000%) Dell
6 1 (4.000%) EMC
6 1 (4.000%) McAfee
6 1 (4.000%) Altiris
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
3rd Line Support - Windows, AD & Exchnage
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Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
3rd Line Server Support Specialist
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In addition, you will be required to have a proven back ground working with the following: - HP SAN - Sharepoint Admin - SCCM - Active Directory - DNS/DHCP - AzureThe role has...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
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