The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 48 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 3 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.709% 2.908% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.769% 3.059% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Average daily rate £125 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £150 £113
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
-3.44% +20.83%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
390 425 362
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 92.20% 95.08% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 196 164
Average daily rate £300 £270 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £100 £99
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £469 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 69 65
Average hourly rate £27.57 £25.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.26% -7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £45.00 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Support
East of England

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex IT Support Daily Rate Trend

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex IT Support Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support
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 within the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Chelmsford - - - -
IT Support
East of England

IT Support
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP