Hampshire Support Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Hampshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Avon Barking Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckfastleigh Buckinghamshire Burnley Buxton Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isleworth Kent Kettering Kidderminster Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Morecambe Motherwell Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northolt Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thatcham Thirsk Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Kilbride West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Whitehaven Wiltshire Windlesham Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	76
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	49	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.069 %	0.048 %
As % of the category below	2.531 %	1.960 %
Daily rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum daily rate	£230	£212
Average daily rate	£274	£216
% change on same period last year	+26.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£317	£220
UK excluding London average daily rate	£231	£231
% change on same period last year	-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.66	£18.69
Average hourly rate	£20.99	£20.08
% change on same period last year	+4.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.32	£21.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.91	£19.23
% change on same period last year	-1.65 %
Job Titles Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1936	2398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.738 %	2.427 %
Daily rates quoted	523	671
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£340
Average daily rate	£365	£358
% change on same period last year	+1.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	428	419
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.20	£27.17
Average hourly rate	£28.95	£29.02
% change on same period last year	-0.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.71	£30.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.71	£25.14
% change on same period last year	-5.69 %
Support Engineer South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Support Engineer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Basingstoke	+12	13	£275	-31.16 %
Southampton	+10	5	-	-
Portsmouth	-11	4	-	-
Farnborough	+6	3	-	-
Fareham	-	3	-	-

Support Engineer South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 60 (59.41 %) Windows 2 28 (27.72 %) Windows XP 3 24 (23.76 %) Active Directory 4 23 (22.77 %) MS Office 5 21 (20.79 %) UNIX 6 20 (19.80 %) Windows Server 2003 6 20 (19.80 %) Telecoms 7 19 (18.81 %) Linux 8 18 (17.82 %) Microsoft 9 16 (15.84 %) LAN 10 15 (14.85 %) WAN 11 14 (13.86 %) TCP/IP 12 12 (11.88 %) Cisco 13 11 (10.89 %) ClearCase 13 11 (10.89 %) Windows 2000

14 10 (9.901 %) HP 14 10 (9.901 %) Microsoft Certification 15 9 (8.911 %) Citrix 15 9 (8.911 %) MS Excel 16 8 (7.921 %) VPN 16 8 (7.921 %) DNS 17 7 (6.931 %) Degree 17 7 (6.931 %) MCSE 17 7 (6.931 %) MCP 18 6 (5.941 %) MS Exchange 18 6 (5.941 %) Firewall 18 6 (5.941 %) SAN 18 6 (5.941 %) Cisco PIX 19 5 (4.950 %) Security Cleared 19 5 (4.950 %) Tivoli

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (1.980 %) .NET 1 2 (1.980 %) ASP 1 2 (1.980 %) WebSphere 2 1 (0.990 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (0.990 %) XML 2 1 (0.990 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 6 (5.941 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (4.950 %) IIS 3 3 (2.970 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 2 (1.980 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 2 (1.980 %) WebSphere MQ 4 2 (1.980 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.990 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (0.990 %) Apache
Applications 1 23 (22.77 %) MS Office 2 9 (8.911 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.990 %) CATIA	Communications & Networking 1 16 (15.84 %) LAN 2 15 (14.85 %) WAN 3 14 (13.86 %) TCP/IP 4 8 (7.921 %) VPN 4 8 (7.921 %) DNS 5 6 (5.941 %) SAN 5 6 (5.941 %) Firewall 5 6 (5.941 %) Cisco PIX 6 5 (4.950 %) 3G 6 5 (4.950 %) DHCP 7 4 (3.960 %) Ethernet 7 4 (3.960 %) SDH 7 4 (3.960 %) ATM 7 4 (3.960 %) ISDN 7 4 (3.960 %) MPLS 7 4 (3.960 %) Fast Ethernet 7 4 (3.960 %) Gigabit Ethernet 8 3 (2.970 %) PPP 8 3 (2.970 %) OSPF 8 3 (2.970 %) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.980 %) MySQL 1 2 (1.980 %) SQL Server 1 2 (1.980 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (0.990 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (0.990 %) RDBMS 2 1 (0.990 %) DB2	Development Applications 1 11 (10.89 %) ClearCase 2 4 (3.960 %) Flash 3 1 (0.990 %) MSI
General 1 20 (19.80 %) Telecoms 2 4 (3.960 %) Finance 2 4 (3.960 %) Back Office 3 2 (1.980 %) Military 3 2 (1.980 %) Government 3 2 (1.980 %) Health 3 2 (1.980 %) Legal 4 1 (0.990 %) Publishing 4 1 (0.990 %) Education 4 1 (0.990 %) Electric 4 1 (0.990 %) Front Office	Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.960 %) Handset 2 2 (1.980 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.990 %) IPTV 3 1 (0.990 %) Video Conferencing 3 1 (0.990 %) Client/Server 3 1 (0.990 %) NHS 3 1 (0.990 %) Blackberry 3 1 (0.990 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 60 (59.41 %) Windows 2 28 (27.72 %) Windows XP 3 21 (20.79 %) UNIX 4 20 (19.80 %) Windows Server 2003 5 19 (18.81 %) Linux 6 11 (10.89 %) Windows 2000 7 5 (4.950 %) Solaris 8 4 (3.960 %) Windows NT 9 3 (2.970 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 2 (1.980 %) Red Hat Linux 10 2 (1.980 %) Windows Vista 10 2 (1.980 %) MVS 10 2 (1.980 %) AIX 11 1 (0.990 %) HPUX 11 1 (0.990 %) SUSE 11 1 (0.990 %) Debian	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (4.950 %) Security Cleared 2 4 (3.960 %) Migration 3 3 (2.970 %) ITIL 4 1 (0.990 %) UML 4 1 (0.990 %) ERP 4 1 (0.990 %) CAD 4 1 (0.990 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (0.990 %) PDM 4 1 (0.990 %) Software Testing 4 1 (0.990 %) Performance Management 4 1 (0.990 %) QMS 4 1 (0.990 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 4 (3.960 %) SQL 2 3 (2.970 %) C 3 2 (1.980 %) Java 4 1 (0.990 %) PHP 4 1 (0.990 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (0.990 %) C# 4 1 (0.990 %) VB 4 1 (0.990 %) VB.NET 4 1 (0.990 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 10 (9.901 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (6.931 %) Degree 2 7 (6.931 %) MCP 2 7 (6.931 %) MCSE 3 4 (3.960 %) HNC 3 4 (3.960 %) HND 4 3 (2.970 %) CCNP 4 3 (2.970 %) CCNA 4 3 (2.970 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (1.980 %) ISEB 5 2 (1.980 %) CCA 5 2 (1.980 %) Citrix Certification 5 2 (1.980 %) MCSA 6 1 (0.990 %) Sun Certification 6 1 (0.990 %) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.980 %) SLA 2 1 (0.990 %) BS7799	System Software 1 24 (23.76 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.990 %) MetaFrame 2 1 (0.990 %) Terminal Services 2 1 (0.990 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.990 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 1 (0.990 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 5 (4.950 %) Tivoli 2 3 (2.970 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 2 (1.980 %) CONTROL-M 4 1 (0.990 %) ZENworks 4 1 (0.990 %) DameWare 4 1 (0.990 %) NNM 4 1 (0.990 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 4 1 (0.990 %) Netcool 4 1 (0.990 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 18 (17.82 %) Microsoft 2 12 (11.88 %) Cisco 3 10 (9.901 %) HP 4 9 (8.911 %) Citrix 5 4 (3.960 %) Nokia 5 4 (3.960 %) Dell 6 3 (2.970 %) VERITAS 6 3 (2.970 %) VMware 7 2 (1.980 %) Oracle 7 2 (1.980 %) Siemens 7 2 (1.980 %) Red Hat 7 2 (1.980 %) CheckPoint 7 2 (1.980 %) Sophos 7 2 (1.980 %) Sun 8 1 (0.990 %) IBM 8 1 (0.990 %) EMC 8 1 (0.990 %) Novell 8 1 (0.990 %) BT 8 1 (0.990 %) OPNET 8 1 (0.990 %) Lotus