The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Technician
Rank 101 - 104
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.131% - 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.141% - 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £188 £175 £90
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +94.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1420 1487 1730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.05% 93.46% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 689 718
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.92% +0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 247
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £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 Technician
South East

Desktop Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Desktop Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Technician
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Technician within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 2 - -
Desktop Technician
South East

Desktop Technician
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Desktop Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Desktop Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Desktop Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix