The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Assistant 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 Support Assistant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Assistant
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Support Assistant 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.094% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £175 £130
% change year-on-year
+42.85% +34.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £8.62 -
% change year-on-year
+79.91% -
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2770 2506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.41% 93.74% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1297 1100
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £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 244 280 320
Average hourly rate £22.66 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.36% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £41.70 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Assistant
England

Support Assistant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Support Assistant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Assistant
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Support Assistant Daily Rate Trend

Support Assistant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Support Assistant Hourly Rate Trend

Support Assistant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Assistant within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Essex - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Support Assistant
England

Support Assistant
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Support Assistant 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 Assistant in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) Intranet
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection

Support Assistant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Support Assistant 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 Assistant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory