The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support 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 Essex 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
Desktop Support
Rank 43 34 40
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 4 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.995% 2.651% 2.551%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.096% 2.813% 2.695%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £168 £110 £123
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.27% -10.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £110 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £110 £177
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £138 £150
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £12.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.44%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 391 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.80% 94.22% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 184 168
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 58 68
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

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 Essex 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
Chelmsford -5 1 £175 +59.09%
Brentwood -12 1 - -
Colchester - 1 £160 -
Desktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 4 (50.00%) MS Office
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Apple
4 3 (37.50%) Blackberry
5 2 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Legal
5 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (25.00%) MCSE
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) MCP
6 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
6 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
6 1 (12.50%) LAN
6 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (12.50%) MCSA
6 1 (12.50%) HP
6 1 (12.50%) Dell
6 1 (12.50%) SAN
6 1 (12.50%) Local Government

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 4 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Blackberry
2 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) MCP
3 1 (12.50%) MCSA
3 1 (12.50%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Apple
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Dell