The first table below looks at the demand for the Windows Support Engineer 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 Windows Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Support Engineer
Rank - 68 -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - 0.149% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.163% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £183 £290
% change year-on-year
+63.50% -36.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £13.00 £28.20
% change year-on-year
-11.53% -53.90%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
261 615 401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.26% 91.93% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 358 159
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 £265 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 36 66
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -
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 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Windows Support Engineer
South West

Windows Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Windows Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Support Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited Windows Support Engineer 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 Windows Support Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Finance

Windows Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited Windows Support Engineer 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 Windows Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) VMware