The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Technical Support
Rank - - 82
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Technical Support 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - - 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £325 £225
% change year-on-year
-12.15% +44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £175.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- +775.00%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1159 1278 1262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.19% 93.49% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 644 496
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £179 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 96 129
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.90 £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 Technical Support
England

3rd Line Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 3rd Line Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands 3rd Line Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Technical Support
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited 3rd Line Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis

3rd Line Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited 3rd Line Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis