The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Engineer
Rank 457 478 528
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +50
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 75 67 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.173% 0.127% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.187% 0.137% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 9
Average daily rate £175 £170 £95
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +78.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £121 £93
10% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £300 £113
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £188 £94
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 25 20
Average hourly rate £14.75 £17.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.23% +41.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £21.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.63 £15.50 £11.88
% change year-on-year
-12.09% +30.52%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40014 49001 53004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.53% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23687 27821 29587
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1959 2399 2806
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.68 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -6.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England IT Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England IT Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England IT Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England IT Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England IT Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

IT 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 IT Support Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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
South East +31 26 £175 -27.08% 9
London +17 18 £190 +11.76% 15
East Midlands +7 9 - - 2
South West +35 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +7 6 - -
East of England +18 4 - - 2
North West +17 3 - - 3
West Midlands - - - - 3
IT Support Engineer
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IT Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title.

1 121 (79.08%) Windows
2 94 (61.44%) Active Directory
3 59 (38.56%) Windows XP
4 56 (36.60%) Microsoft
5 49 (32.03%) MS Office
6 40 (26.14%) Windows 7
7 38 (24.84%) MS Exchange
8 34 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 30 (19.61%) Windows Server 2003
10 29 (18.95%) VMware
11 27 (17.65%) Citrix
12 24 (15.69%) Blackberry
13 22 (14.38%) DNS
14 21 (13.73%) Firewall
15 20 (13.07%) DHCP
15 20 (13.07%) Exchange Server 2010
16 19 (12.42%) Exchange Server 2007
16 19 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
16 19 (12.42%) HP
16 19 (12.42%) Windows Vista
17 18 (11.76%) MS Excel
18 17 (11.11%) ITIL
19 16 (10.46%) LAN
19 16 (10.46%) SAN
20 15 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
20 15 (9.804%) Cisco
20 15 (9.804%) SQL
21 14 (9.150%) Windows 2000
21 14 (9.150%) MCSE
22 13 (8.497%) Finance

IT Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.654%) COM
1 1 (0.654%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 38 (24.84%) MS Exchange
2 20 (13.07%) Exchange Server 2010
3 19 (12.42%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (6.536%) Exchange Server 2003
5 9 (5.882%) SharePoint
6 8 (5.229%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (1.961%) Lync
8 2 (1.307%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.654%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.654%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (32.03%) MS Office
2 18 (11.76%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.307%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (0.654%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.38%) DNS
2 21 (13.73%) Firewall
3 20 (13.07%) DHCP
4 16 (10.46%) LAN
4 16 (10.46%) SAN
5 13 (8.497%) Internet
5 13 (8.497%) WAN
6 12 (7.843%) TCP/IP
7 10 (6.536%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (5.882%) Cisco PIX
8 9 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (4.575%) Wireless
10 4 (2.614%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (1.961%) HTTP
11 3 (1.961%) VPN
12 1 (0.654%) SNMP
12 1 (0.654%) SMTP
12 1 (0.654%) VoIP
12 1 (0.654%) ADSL
12 1 (0.654%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.268%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (8.497%) Finance
2 5 (3.268%) Retail
3 2 (1.307%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.307%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.654%) Publishing
4 1 (0.654%) Financial Institution
4 1 (0.654%) French Language
4 1 (0.654%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.69%) Blackberry
2 5 (3.268%) NHS
2 5 (3.268%) PDA
3 3 (1.961%) Fat Client
3 3 (1.961%) Thin Client
3 3 (1.961%) EPoS
4 2 (1.307%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.654%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.654%) iPhone
5 1 (0.654%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.654%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.654%) iPad
5 1 (0.654%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.654%) AS400
5 1 (0.654%) CCTV
5 1 (0.654%) Statistics
5 1 (0.654%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.654%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 121 (79.08%) Windows
2 59 (38.56%) Windows XP
3 40 (26.14%) Windows 7
4 34 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 30 (19.61%) Windows Server 2003
6 19 (12.42%) Windows Vista
7 14 (9.150%) Windows 2000
8 11 (7.190%) Mac OS X
9 7 (4.575%) Linux
10 5 (3.268%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (2.614%) UNIX
12 2 (1.307%) Windows 8
12 2 (1.307%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.307%) Android
13 1 (0.654%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.654%) Windows CE
13 1 (0.654%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (11.11%) ITIL
2 9 (5.882%) Migration
3 2 (1.307%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (1.307%) ERP
3 2 (1.307%) CRM
4 1 (0.654%) Investment Management
4 1 (0.654%) Data Migration
4 1 (0.654%) Network Management
4 1 (0.654%) Software Deployment
4 1 (0.654%) TQM
4 1 (0.654%) Asset Management
4 1 (0.654%) Incident Management
4 1 (0.654%) Problem Management
4 1 (0.654%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.804%) SQL
2 1 (0.654%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.654%) T-SQL
2 1 (0.654%) VBScript
2 1 (0.654%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (9.150%) MCSE
3 11 (7.190%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.190%) Security Cleared
4 10 (6.536%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (6.536%) CCNA
4 10 (6.536%) MCITP
5 9 (5.882%) CCA
5 9 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (5.882%) CCEA
5 9 (5.882%) CCNP
6 4 (2.614%) MCP
7 2 (1.307%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.307%) MCSA
7 2 (1.307%) Degree
8 1 (0.654%) HNC
8 1 (0.654%) HND
8 1 (0.654%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.614%) SLA
System Software
1 94 (61.44%) Active Directory
2 19 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.536%) XenApp
4 9 (5.882%) XenDesktop
5 6 (3.922%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.961%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (1.307%) ISA Server
7 2 (1.307%) vSphere
8 1 (0.654%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.654%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.654%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.229%) ZENworks
2 7 (4.575%) SCCM
3 2 (1.307%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.654%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (36.60%) Microsoft
2 29 (18.95%) VMware
3 27 (17.65%) Citrix
4 19 (12.42%) HP
5 15 (9.804%) Cisco
6 10 (6.536%) Dell
7 8 (5.229%) Novell
8 4 (2.614%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.614%) Apple
9 3 (1.961%) CommVault
10 2 (1.307%) Symantec
10 2 (1.307%) Lotus
11 1 (0.654%) Veeam
11 1 (0.654%) Lumension
11 1 (0.654%) Avaya
11 1 (0.654%) CA
11 1 (0.654%) Adobe
11 1 (0.654%) EMC
11 1 (0.654%) Remedy
11 1 (0.654%) McAfee
Central London / West End
d) Experience with desktop and server operating systems, including XP, 7, 8, Windows 2003/2008/2012... Experience of Microsoft products such as Office 2003/2007/2010, SQL, IIS.
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £22,000 - £24,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Imperial Wharf, London, United Kingdom
Desired Certifications: Microsoft (MCITP, MCSE) Citrix (CCA, CCEA) Cisco (CCNA, CCNP) VMware (V14/5, Install and Configure; V14/5 Deploy, Secure, Analyse)... VMware Virtualisation experience... Ideal candidate to...
Matsco Solutions
Rate: Highly competitive rates
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Ability to work in highpressure environments individually and as part of a team.Desired Certifications:Microsoft (MCITP, MCSE) Citrix (CCA, CCEA) Cisco (CCNA, CCNP) VMware (V14/5, Install...
Joanne Senior
Rate: £22.50 - 35.00 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Ideally you will have a keen interest in IT, PC's, Networks and Servers etc., have some form of IT qualification (A+, MCP) though not essential, excellent communication...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competative Market Rates - Great Opportunity
Posted: 18 June 2013
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