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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support 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 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
Rank 83 85 91
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 19 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.229% 0.887% 0.438%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.317% 0.945% 0.468%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £135 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £138 £170
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 6
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +9.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.38 £11.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.25 £20.00 £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.26%
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
South East

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Hampshire Desktop Support Daily Rate Histogram

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
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 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
Southampton -8 4 £113 -
Winchester - 3 - -
Eastleigh - 3 £130 -
Portsmouth +1 1 - -
Basingstoke -14 1 - -
Fareham - 1 - -
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (75.61%) Windows
2 23 (56.10%) Active Directory
2 23 (56.10%) Windows 7
3 20 (48.78%) Windows XP
4 17 (41.46%) MS Office
5 12 (29.27%) Citrix
6 11 (26.83%) SCCM
7 8 (19.51%) MS Excel
8 7 (17.07%) Backup Exec
9 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
9 6 (14.63%) McAfee
10 5 (12.20%) Blackberry
10 5 (12.20%) Dell
10 5 (12.20%) C
10 5 (12.20%) Asset Management
10 5 (12.20%) Windows Mobile
10 5 (12.20%) Incident Management
10 5 (12.20%) iSeries
11 4 (9.756%) PDA
11 4 (9.756%) Cisco
11 4 (9.756%) TCP/IP
11 4 (9.756%) HP
12 3 (7.317%) CheckPoint
12 3 (7.317%) SLA
12 3 (7.317%) MS Exchange
12 3 (7.317%) ITIL
12 3 (7.317%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (4.878%) MS PowerPoint
13 2 (4.878%) Degree

Desktop Support
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 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (41.46%) MS Office
2 8 (19.51%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.878%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.756%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.878%) VoIP
2 2 (4.878%) Firewall
3 1 (2.439%) LAN
3 1 (2.439%) WAN
3 1 (2.439%) Internet
3 1 (2.439%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.878%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (2.439%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Blackberry
1 5 (12.20%) iSeries
2 4 (9.756%) PDA
3 1 (2.439%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.439%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 31 (75.61%) Windows
2 23 (56.10%) Windows 7
3 20 (48.78%) Windows XP
4 5 (12.20%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.20%) Asset Management
1 5 (12.20%) Incident Management
2 3 (7.317%) ITIL
3 2 (4.878%) Migration
4 1 (2.439%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (2.439%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (4.878%) MCP
1 2 (4.878%) MCSE
1 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (4.878%) Degree
1 2 (4.878%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.439%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.439%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (56.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.317%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) SCCM
2 7 (17.07%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Citrix
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) McAfee
3 5 (12.20%) Dell
4 4 (9.756%) HP
4 4 (9.756%) Cisco
5 3 (7.317%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.878%) SAP
7 1 (2.439%) Apple
7 1 (2.439%) VMware
7 1 (2.439%) Kaspersky
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
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Posted: 1 May 2013
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