Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Hampshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Hampshire 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 95 95 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 7 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.453% 0.253% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.485% 0.270% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £125 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £141 £138 £120
% change year-on-year
+2.72% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £17.25 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £16.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-15.62% +10.34%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1443 1481 1709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.34% 93.79% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 679 715
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £500 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 218 238
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Eastleigh - 3 £130 -
Southampton -6 1 £120 -
Winchester - 1 - -
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) Windows 7
3 12 (63.16%) Windows XP
4 10 (52.63%) MS Office
5 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
6 5 (26.32%) Backup Exec
6 5 (26.32%) Asset Management
6 5 (26.32%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
6 5 (26.32%) SCCM
6 5 (26.32%) C
6 5 (26.32%) Citrix
6 5 (26.32%) McAfee
6 5 (26.32%) iSeries
7 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
7 4 (21.05%) HP
7 4 (21.05%) Dell
8 3 (15.79%) MS Exchange
9 2 (10.53%) MCP
9 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
9 2 (10.53%) MCSE
9 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
9 2 (10.53%) Migration
9 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
10 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
10 1 (5.263%) PDA
10 1 (5.263%) Internet

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) MS Exchange
2 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (52.63%) MS Office
2 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) LAN
1 1 (5.263%) WAN
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.263%) Internet
1 1 (5.263%) 3G
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) iSeries
2 1 (5.263%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) Windows 7
3 12 (63.16%) Windows XP
4 5 (26.32%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Asset Management
1 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
2 2 (10.53%) Migration
3 1 (5.263%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) MCP
1 2 (10.53%) MCSE
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Backup Exec
1 5 (26.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Citrix
1 5 (26.32%) McAfee
2 4 (21.05%) HP
2 4 (21.05%) Dell
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco
Desktop Support Engineer
Portsmouth, Hampshire
The candidate should have previous experience of desktop hardware installations and have set up VirtualBox / Virtual Box in previous roles. Key Skills: Hardware Installation and Configuration ( SSD / RAM )...
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Rate: £80 - £100 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd Line Engineer
Eastleigh,Hampshire, South East
Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd Line Engineer is required on a 6-Month contract to have an influential role for a major office move-As Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd...
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Rate: GBP100 to GBP150 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
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