Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the 1st Line Support role in IT contracts within the Gatwick 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 1st Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 First Line Support
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-17
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 %1.351 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£130£140
% change on same period last year-6.69 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.00
Average hourly rate-£10.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£11.45£12.08
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Gatwick
Matching contract IT job ads7674
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted3224
Average minimum daily rate£321£332
Average daily rate£343£341
% change on same period last year+0.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted012
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.47
Average hourly rate-£21.69
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
1st Line Support West Sussex1st Line Support
West Sussex

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.

1st Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 1st Line Support across the Gatwick region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Gatwick 1st Line Support Demand Trend

1st Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 1st Line Support across the Gatwick region.

Gatwick 1st Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

1st Line Support
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick region that cited 1st 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 1st Line Support in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)MS Office
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
13 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
13 (75.00 %)Citrix
13 (75.00 %)Interwoven
13 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (75.00 %)Legal
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Mathematics
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)MS Exchange

1st Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick region that cited 1st 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 1st Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (75.00 %)MS Office
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Legal
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Mathematics
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
13 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
Gatwick IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)Citrix
13 (75.00 %)Interwoven
21 (25.00 %)HP