The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 43 66 52
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 42 10 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.248% 0.742% 2.288%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.518% 0.799% 2.467%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 3
Average daily rate £125 £115 £93
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% +24.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £110 £91
10% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £176 £279
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £203 £250
% change year-on-year
+25.92% -19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 12
Average hourly rate £12.50 £15.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.63% +8.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £10.45 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £20.04 £20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.76 £15.58 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+1.18% +3.83%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1194 1252 1378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 92.34% 92.88% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 614 618
Average daily rate £338 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.46% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £484
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 90 119
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £19.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -30.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £32.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire +20 22 £295 - 3
Leicestershire -2 7 £115 -
Lincolnshire +3 4 £263 +138.63% 3
Derbyshire +5 3 - - 3
Northamptonshire +11 2 - - 2
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 58 (82.86%) Windows
2 44 (62.86%) Active Directory
3 34 (48.57%) Microsoft
4 29 (41.43%) Windows XP
5 21 (30.00%) MS Office
5 21 (30.00%) Windows 7
6 20 (28.57%) MS Exchange
6 20 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (25.71%) Windows Server 2008
8 17 (24.29%) Citrix
9 15 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 14 (20.00%) VMware
10 14 (20.00%) MS Excel
11 13 (18.57%) MCSE
11 13 (18.57%) Cisco
11 13 (18.57%) TCP/IP
12 12 (17.14%) Windows 2000
13 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
14 10 (14.29%) Blackberry
15 9 (12.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 9 (12.86%) LAN
15 9 (12.86%) Firewall
16 8 (11.43%) VBScript
16 8 (11.43%) DNS
16 8 (11.43%) HP
16 8 (11.43%) PowerShell
17 7 (10.00%) vSphere
17 7 (10.00%) WAN
17 7 (10.00%) Windows Vista
17 7 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 20 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 9 (12.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 7 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (7.143%) IIS
5 5 (7.143%) IBM Notes
6 4 (5.714%) Lync
7 2 (2.857%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 21 (30.00%) MS Office
2 14 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.57%) TCP/IP
2 9 (12.86%) LAN
2 9 (12.86%) Firewall
3 8 (11.43%) DNS
4 7 (10.00%) WAN
5 6 (8.571%) DHCP
5 6 (8.571%) Wireless
6 5 (7.143%) VPN
6 5 (7.143%) SAN
7 4 (5.714%) NetScaler
8 3 (4.286%) VoIP
8 3 (4.286%) Internet
9 2 (2.857%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.429%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.429%) Intranet
10 1 (1.429%) ADSL
10 1 (1.429%) Extranet
10 1 (1.429%) OSPF
10 1 (1.429%) EIGRP
10 1 (1.429%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.429%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (4.286%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.857%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.429%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 6 (8.571%) Clustering
3 1 (1.429%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.429%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.429%) NHS
3 1 (1.429%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 58 (82.86%) Windows
2 29 (41.43%) Windows XP
3 21 (30.00%) Windows 7
4 18 (25.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 15 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (17.14%) Windows 2000
7 7 (10.00%) Windows Vista
8 4 (5.714%) NetWare
8 4 (5.714%) Windows 2000 Server
8 4 (5.714%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.857%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.429%) Linux
10 1 (1.429%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.429%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.429%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (5.714%) Load Balancing
1 4 (5.714%) Change Management
1 4 (5.714%) ITSM
2 2 (2.857%) Information Security
3 1 (1.429%) Migration
3 1 (1.429%) Problem Management
3 1 (1.429%) Performance Management
3 1 (1.429%) Capacity Management
3 1 (1.429%) CRM
3 1 (1.429%) ERP
3 1 (1.429%) Configuration Management
3 1 (1.429%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.43%) VBScript
1 8 (11.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.286%) SQL
3 1 (1.429%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (18.57%) MCSE
3 5 (7.143%) MCP
4 4 (5.714%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (5.714%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.286%) MCITP
6 2 (2.857%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.857%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.857%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.857%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.857%) CCNP
7 1 (1.429%) CCNA
7 1 (1.429%) CCA
7 1 (1.429%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.429%) CCSP
7 1 (1.429%) MCTS
System Software
1 44 (62.86%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.00%) vSphere
3 4 (5.714%) XenDesktop
4 3 (4.286%) XenApp
5 2 (2.857%) ISA Server
5 2 (2.857%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (2.857%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.857%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.857%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (1.429%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (10.00%) SCOM
2 4 (5.714%) ServiceCenter
2 4 (5.714%) SCCM
3 3 (4.286%) WSUS
4 1 (1.429%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.429%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 1 (1.429%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 34 (48.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (24.29%) Citrix
3 14 (20.00%) VMware
4 13 (18.57%) Cisco
5 8 (11.43%) HP
6 5 (7.143%) Novell
6 5 (7.143%) Lotus
7 4 (5.714%) Altiris
8 2 (2.857%) Blue Coat
8 2 (2.857%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.857%) Juniper
8 2 (2.857%) Nokia
8 2 (2.857%) EMC
9 1 (1.429%) IBM
9 1 (1.429%) Apple
9 1 (1.429%) Wyse
9 1 (1.429%) SAP
9 1 (1.429%) ProCurve
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of Active Directory, hardware and software installs, preparation and maintenance of PCs/ Laptops along with basic network security. You will...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market
Posted: 12 June 2013
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