East Midlands Support Specialist Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Support Specialist 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 job ads that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Cornwall Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Gloucestershire Grampian Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lewisham Liverpool Livingston London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Reading Renfrewshire Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sidcup South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley Torpoint Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	83
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	8	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.441 %	0.341 %
Daily rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£350
Average daily rate	£317	£350
% change on same period last year	-9.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£298
% change on same period last year	+17.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£13.00	£22.50
% change on same period last year	-42.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.00	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.32	£25.97
% change on same period last year	-25.62 %
Job Titles East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1813	1757
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.391 %	1.864 %
Daily rates quoted	433	356
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£331
Average daily rate	£353	£348
% change on same period last year	+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£369	£366
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	195	239
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.88	£22.84
Average hourly rate	£17.20	£23.82
% change on same period last year	-27.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.52	£24.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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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 Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist across the East Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Support Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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	-8	4	£400	-
Northamptonshire	-6	3	£275	-
Derbyshire	+15	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 6 (40.00 %) Windows 2 5 (33.33 %) Active Directory 3 3 (20.00 %) Disaster Recovery 3 3 (20.00 %) Logistics 3 3 (20.00 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 3 (20.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (20.00 %) Problem Management 3 3 (20.00 %) Unix 3 3 (20.00 %) Linux 3 3 (20.00 %) Windows NT 4 2 (13.33 %) MCSE 4 2 (13.33 %) Cisco 4 2 (13.33 %) Microsoft 4 2 (13.33 %) CCNP 4 2 (13.33 %) CCNA

4 2 (13.33 %) AIX 4 2 (13.33 %) Solaris 4 2 (13.33 %) SQL 4 2 (13.33 %) IIS 4 2 (13.33 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (13.33 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (13.33 %) MS Visio 4 2 (13.33 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (13.33 %) VERITAS 4 2 (13.33 %) AS400 4 2 (13.33 %) NetBackup 5 1 (6.667 %) Banking 5 1 (6.667 %) Retail 5 1 (6.667 %) Automotive 5 1 (6.667 %) Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 3 (20.00 %) Exchange Server 5.5 1 3 (20.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 2 (13.33 %) IIS 2 2 (13.33 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (6.667 %) Exchange Server 2000	Applications 1 2 (13.33 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 1 (6.667 %) SAP R/3	Communications & Networking 1 1 (6.667 %) TCP/IP 1 1 (6.667 %) SAN 1 1 (6.667 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (6.667 %) SQL Server	General 1 1 (6.667 %) Automotive 1 1 (6.667 %) Government 1 1 (6.667 %) Manufacturing 1 1 (6.667 %) Banking 1 1 (6.667 %) Retail 1 1 (6.667 %) Pensions 1 1 (6.667 %) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous 1 2 (13.33 %) AS400 2 1 (6.667 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 6 (40.00 %) Windows 2 3 (20.00 %) Linux 2 3 (20.00 %) Unix 2 3 (20.00 %) Windows NT 3 2 (13.33 %) AIX 3 2 (13.33 %) Solaris 4 1 (6.667 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (20.00 %) Disaster Recovery 1 3 (20.00 %) Logistics 1 3 (20.00 %) Problem Management 2 1 (6.667 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 2 (13.33 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 2 (13.33 %) MCSE 1 2 (13.33 %) CCNP 1 2 (13.33 %) CCNA 1 2 (13.33 %) Cisco Certification 1 2 (13.33 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (6.667 %) Degree 2 1 (6.667 %) CCDA 2 1 (6.667 %) CCDP	System Software 1 5 (33.33 %) Active Directory 2 2 (13.33 %) NetBackup
Vendors 1 2 (13.33 %) Cisco 1 2 (13.33 %) Microsoft 1 2 (13.33 %) VERITAS 2 1 (6.667 %) CheckPoint 2 1 (6.667 %) Citrix 2 1 (6.667 %) SAP