The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Analyst
Rank 108 126 118
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 8 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.377% 0.271% 0.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.404% 0.289% 0.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £125 £140 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £135 £170
% change year-on-year
+55.55% -20.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
Average hourly rate £16.00 £12.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -4.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.80 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+5.46% +2.40%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1980 2769 2539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.40% 93.86% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1018 1292 1115
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 285 325
Average hourly rate £22.66 £23.59 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.92% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Support Analyst
England

IT Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England IT Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England IT Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England IT Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Analyst within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Hertfordshire +10 4 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Norfolk +1 1 - -
Essex -3 1 £125 -10.71%
IT Support Analyst
England

IT Support Analyst
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited IT 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 IT Support Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (40.00%) MS Office
4 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
6 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (20.00%) SCCM
6 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
7 2 (13.33%) SQL
7 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (6.667%) XenApp
8 1 (6.667%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (6.667%) Altiris
8 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
8 1 (6.667%) Workflow
8 1 (6.667%) Backup Exec
8 1 (6.667%) HP
8 1 (6.667%) Citrix
8 1 (6.667%) Remedy
8 1 (6.667%) Sophos
8 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
8 1 (6.667%) VoIP
8 1 (6.667%) Cisco

IT Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited IT 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 IT Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 6 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (6.667%) VoIP
General
1 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
3 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (6.667%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.667%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (6.667%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Altiris
2 1 (6.667%) HP
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix
2 1 (6.667%) Remedy
2 1 (6.667%) Sophos
2 1 (6.667%) Cisco