East Midlands Helpdesk Support Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Helpdesk Support Analyst role in IT contracts within the East Midlands 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 Helpdesk Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Help Desk Support Analyst
Location Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Clydebank Colchester Crawley Devon Docklands, London East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh England Essex Exeter Fife Folkestone Gatwick Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Ilford Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leatherhead Lewes Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redhill Reigate Rugby Sandwich Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warwickshire Watford West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witham Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	76	95
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	5	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.389 %	0.306 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£89	£107
% change on same period last year	-17.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.67	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£10.00	£11.20
% change on same period last year	-10.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£10.33	£12.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£12.68	£11.85
% change on same period last year	+7.02 %
Job Titles East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1285	2284
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.065 %	2.453 %
Daily rates quoted	306	459
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£340
Average daily rate	£338	£361
% change on same period last year	-6.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	183	305
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.39	£18.19
Average hourly rate	£18.47	£19.97
% change on same period last year	-7.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.56	£21.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Helpdesk Support Analyst England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Helpdesk Support Analyst across the East Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Helpdesk Support Analyst across the East Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Helpdesk Support Analyst across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Helpdesk Support Analyst within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Nottinghamshire	-	2	-	-
Northamptonshire	+10	2	-	-

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Helpdesk Support Analyst 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 Helpdesk Support Analyst in their job title.

1 7 (87.50 %) Windows 2 4 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 2 4 (50.00 %) MS Office 2 4 (50.00 %) Windows XP 3 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (12.50 %) ECDL 4 1 (12.50 %) SQL 4 1 (12.50 %) Degree 4 1 (12.50 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (12.50 %) SLA 4 1 (12.50 %) Active Directory 4 1 (12.50 %) Citrix 4 1 (12.50 %) Finance

4 1 (12.50 %) MCP 4 1 (12.50 %) HND 4 1 (12.50 %) UNIX 4 1 (12.50 %) MCSE 4 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Helpdesk Support Analyst 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 Helpdesk Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (50.00 %) MS Office 2 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Finance
Operating Systems 1 7 (87.50 %) Windows 2 4 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 2 4 (50.00 %) Windows XP 3 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (12.50 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (12.50 %) ECDL 2 1 (12.50 %) Degree 2 1 (12.50 %) MCP 2 1 (12.50 %) HND 2 1 (12.50 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (12.50 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (12.50 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Citrix