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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6090
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads7975
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.076 %
As % of the category below2.468 %1.650 %
Daily rates quoted1315
Average minimum daily rate£129£167
Average daily rate£136£171
% change on same period last year-20.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£143£175
UK excluding London average daily rate£160£168
% change on same period last year-4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted3433
Average minimum hourly rate£14.71£15.20
Average hourly rate£15.72£16.38
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.73£17.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.71£15.33
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads32014545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.549 %4.590 %
Daily rates quoted9521386
Average minimum daily rate£315£318
Average daily rate£336£335
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted498714
Average minimum hourly rate£21.25£26.06
Average hourly rate£22.61£27.45
% change on same period last year-17.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.97£28.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Desktop Support EnglandDesktop Support
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.

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

East of England Desktop Support Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Support across the East of England region.

East of England Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

East of England Desktop Support Daily Rate Histogram

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

East of England Desktop Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Desktop Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeshireUp+4135£133+33.33 %
NorfolkDown-114--
EssexUp+1613£118-
SuffolkUp+1611--
HertfordshireUp+47£213+97.67 %
East AngliaNew entry-1--
Desktop Support EnglandDesktop Support
England

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

194 (62.25 %)Windows
262 (41.06 %)Microsoft
358 (38.41 %)Windows XP
450 (33.11 %)Active Directory
548 (31.79 %)MS Office
637 (24.50 %)MS Exchange
726 (17.22 %)Windows 2000
825 (16.56 %)MS Excel
924 (15.89 %)Windows Server 2003
1019 (12.58 %)TCP/IP
1117 (11.26 %)Microsoft Certification
1117 (11.26 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1216 (10.60 %)HP
1315 (9.934 %)Dell
1414 (9.272 %)Novell
1414 (9.272 %)Cisco
1414 (9.272 %)Firewall
1512 (7.947 %)Lotus Notes
1512 (7.947 %)ITIL
1512 (7.947 %)Lotus
1611 (7.285 %)MCP
1611 (7.285 %)DNS
1710 (6.623 %)VPN
1710 (6.623 %)Citrix
189 (5.960 %)Security Cleared
189 (5.960 %)MCSE
189 (5.960 %)LAN
189 (5.960 %)Government
189 (5.960 %)Network Design
189 (5.960 %)Exchange Server 2007

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (1.987 %)Application Packaging
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
137 (24.50 %)MS Exchange
212 (7.947 %)Lotus Notes
39 (5.960 %)Exchange Server 2007
48 (5.298 %)Exchange Server 2003
48 (5.298 %)SharePoint
53 (1.987 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (1.325 %)Exchange Server 5.5
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
148 (31.79 %)MS Office
225 (16.56 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (12.58 %)TCP/IP
214 (9.272 %)Firewall
311 (7.285 %)DNS
410 (6.623 %)VPN
59 (5.960 %)LAN
59 (5.960 %)Cisco PIX
65 (3.311 %)Internet
65 (3.311 %)WAN
74 (2.649 %)DHCP
74 (2.649 %)WLAN
82 (1.325 %)VoIP
82 (1.325 %)SAN
82 (1.325 %)Intranet
91 (0.662 %)IP Telephony
91 (0.662 %)VLAN
91 (0.662 %)SMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (2.649 %)SQL Server
23 (1.987 %)Crystal Reports
32 (1.325 %)SQL Server 7
32 (1.325 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.662 %)MSDE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.987 %)MSI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (5.960 %)Government
23 (1.987 %)Electronics
23 (1.987 %)Manufacturing
32 (1.325 %)Telecoms
32 (1.325 %)Finance
32 (1.325 %)Health
41 (0.662 %)Retail
41 (0.662 %)Pensions
41 (0.662 %)Auditing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (4.636 %)Video Conferencing
24 (2.649 %)NHS
24 (2.649 %)Blackberry
24 (2.649 %)PDA
31 (0.662 %)Data Protection Act
31 (0.662 %)CMDB
31 (0.662 %)Clustering
31 (0.662 %)EPoS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
194 (62.25 %)Windows
258 (38.41 %)Windows XP
326 (17.22 %)Windows 2000
424 (15.89 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (5.298 %)Windows NT
58 (5.298 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (3.311 %)Windows Vista
73 (1.987 %)NetWare
73 (1.987 %)Linux
81 (0.662 %)UNIX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (7.947 %)ITIL
29 (5.960 %)Network Design
29 (5.960 %)Security Cleared
37 (4.636 %)Service Delivery
45 (3.311 %)Time Management
54 (2.649 %)CTC Cleared
63 (1.987 %)Problem Management
72 (1.325 %)Migration
72 (1.325 %)Data Management
81 (0.662 %)Document Management
81 (0.662 %)Disaster Recovery
81 (0.662 %)PRINCE2
81 (0.662 %)Project Management
81 (0.662 %)Service Management
81 (0.662 %)DV Cleared
81 (0.662 %)Data Protection
81 (0.662 %)SC Cleared
81 (0.662 %)BC Cleared
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (3.974 %)SQL
23 (1.987 %)C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (11.26 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (7.285 %)MCP
39 (5.960 %)MCSE
42 (1.325 %)MCSA
42 (1.325 %)CCNA
42 (1.325 %)Cisco Certification
42 (1.325 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.662 %)Network+ Certification
51 (0.662 %)A+ Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.649 %)SLA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
150 (33.11 %)Active Directory
22 (1.325 %)VMware ESX
22 (1.325 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.662 %)VMware Infrastructure
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (11.26 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (4.636 %)ZENworks
36 (3.974 %)Norton AntiVirus
45 (3.311 %)OpenView
54 (2.649 %)SCCM
62 (1.325 %)OVSD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
162 (41.06 %)Microsoft
216 (10.60 %)HP
315 (9.934 %)Dell
414 (9.272 %)Novell
414 (9.272 %)Cisco
512 (7.947 %)Lotus
610 (6.623 %)Citrix
77 (4.636 %)McAfee Security
77 (4.636 %)VMware
86 (3.974 %)Symantec
95 (3.311 %)Sophos
95 (3.311 %)IBM
104 (2.649 %)CheckPoint
113 (1.987 %)VERITAS
121 (0.662 %)NetApp
121 (0.662 %)Compaq
121 (0.662 %)Remedy