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This section looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Farnborough 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 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Second Line Support
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank17-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below4.412 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£140-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£160-
UK excluding London average daily rate£152£167
% change on same period last year-9.33 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.10£15.57
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Farnborough
Matching contract IT job ads6898
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted3632
Average minimum daily rate£390£360
Average daily rate£399£372
% change on same period last year+7.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted910
Average minimum hourly rate£16.28£28.06
Average hourly rate£17.69£29.45
% change on same period last year-39.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.11£30.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
2nd Line Support Hampshire2nd Line Support
Hampshire

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.

2nd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Farnborough 2nd Line Support Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Farnborough region.

Farnborough 2nd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Farnborough region.

Farnborough 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

15 (83.33 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)MS Office
23 (50.00 %)Windows XP
32 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)Active Directory
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
41 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
41 (16.67 %)Citrix
41 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (16.67 %)McAfee Security
41 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
41 (16.67 %)LAN
41 (16.67 %)SMS
41 (16.67 %)WAN
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (16.67 %)Service Management
41 (16.67 %)Government

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (50.00 %)MS Office
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)LAN
11 (16.67 %)SMS
11 (16.67 %)WAN
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Government
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Windows XP
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
41 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Service Management
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Citrix
11 (16.67 %)McAfee Security
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft