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This section looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT contracts within the Essex region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Specialist
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank-59
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.157 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£200
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£315
% change on same period last year+2.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.31£25.13
% change on same period last year-23.18 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads634635
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.845 %0.642 %
Daily rates quoted244199
Average minimum daily rate£284£327
Average daily rate£299£351
% change on same period last year-14.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted95131
Average minimum hourly rate£27.21£26.48
Average hourly rate£29.05£27.12
% change on same period last year+7.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.89£27.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Support Specialist East of EnglandSupport Specialist
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Support Specialist across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex Support Specialist Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
13 (75.00 %)Back Office
22 (50.00 %)Citrix
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (50.00 %)NHS
22 (50.00 %)Terminal Server
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)MCSE
31 (25.00 %)SLA
31 (25.00 %)Solaris
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)ISA Server

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
11 (25.00 %)XML
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Back Office
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)NHS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Solaris
31 (25.00 %)Linux
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)MCSE
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)SLA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
22 (50.00 %)Terminal Server
31 (25.00 %)ISA Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Citrix
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