The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 38 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.365% - 0.466%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.383% - 0.499%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +21.95%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
261 638 401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.26% 91.93% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 362 158
Average daily rate £380 £400 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +29.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £270 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 39 67
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £23.34 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Specialist
South West

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA