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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.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads4947
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.048 %
As % of the category below2.531 %1.960 %
Daily rates quoted55
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 quoted1326
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 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads19362398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.738 %2.427 %
Daily rates quoted523671
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 quoted428419
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 EastSupport 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.

Support Engineer
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.

Hampshire Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
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.

Hampshire Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
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.

Hampshire Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
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.

Hampshire Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
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.

Hampshire Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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.

LocationRank 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
BasingstokeUp+1213£275-31.16 %
SouthamptonUp+105--
PortsmouthDown-114--
FarnboroughUp+63--
FarehamNew entry-3--
Support Engineer South EastSupport Engineer
South East

Support Engineer
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.

160 (59.41 %)Windows
228 (27.72 %)Windows XP
324 (23.76 %)Active Directory
423 (22.77 %)MS Office
521 (20.79 %)UNIX
620 (19.80 %)Windows Server 2003
620 (19.80 %)Telecoms
719 (18.81 %)Linux
818 (17.82 %)Microsoft
916 (15.84 %)LAN
1015 (14.85 %)WAN
1114 (13.86 %)TCP/IP
1212 (11.88 %)Cisco
1311 (10.89 %)ClearCase
1311 (10.89 %)Windows 2000
1410 (9.901 %)HP
1410 (9.901 %)Microsoft Certification
159 (8.911 %)Citrix
159 (8.911 %)MS Excel
168 (7.921 %)VPN
168 (7.921 %)DNS
177 (6.931 %)Degree
177 (6.931 %)MCSE
177 (6.931 %)MCP
186 (5.941 %)MS Exchange
186 (5.941 %)Firewall
186 (5.941 %)SAN
186 (5.941 %)Cisco PIX
195 (4.950 %)Security Cleared
195 (4.950 %)Tivoli

Support Engineer
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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (1.980 %).NET
12 (1.980 %)ASP
12 (1.980 %)WebSphere
21 (0.990 %)ASP.NET
21 (0.990 %)XML
21 (0.990 %)J2EE
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (5.941 %)MS Exchange
25 (4.950 %)IIS
33 (2.970 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (1.980 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (1.980 %)WebSphere MQ
42 (1.980 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.990 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.990 %)Apache
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (22.77 %)MS Office
29 (8.911 %)MS Excel
31 (0.990 %)CATIA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (15.84 %)LAN
215 (14.85 %)WAN
314 (13.86 %)TCP/IP
48 (7.921 %)VPN
48 (7.921 %)DNS
56 (5.941 %)SAN
56 (5.941 %)Firewall
56 (5.941 %)Cisco PIX
65 (4.950 %)3G
65 (4.950 %)DHCP
74 (3.960 %)Ethernet
74 (3.960 %)SDH
74 (3.960 %)ATM
74 (3.960 %)ISDN
74 (3.960 %)MPLS
74 (3.960 %)Fast Ethernet
74 (3.960 %)Gigabit Ethernet
83 (2.970 %)PPP
83 (2.970 %)OSPF
83 (2.970 %)BGP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.980 %)MySQL
12 (1.980 %)SQL Server
12 (1.980 %)Crystal Reports
21 (0.990 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (0.990 %)RDBMS
21 (0.990 %)DB2
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (10.89 %)ClearCase
24 (3.960 %)Flash
31 (0.990 %)MSI
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (19.80 %)Telecoms
24 (3.960 %)Finance
24 (3.960 %)Back Office
32 (1.980 %)Military
32 (1.980 %)Government
32 (1.980 %)Health
32 (1.980 %)Legal
41 (0.990 %)Publishing
41 (0.990 %)Education
41 (0.990 %)Electric
41 (0.990 %)Front Office
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (3.960 %)Handset
22 (1.980 %)Clustering
31 (0.990 %)IPTV
31 (0.990 %)Video Conferencing
31 (0.990 %)Client/Server
31 (0.990 %)NHS
31 (0.990 %)Blackberry
31 (0.990 %)AS400
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (59.41 %)Windows
228 (27.72 %)Windows XP
321 (20.79 %)UNIX
420 (19.80 %)Windows Server 2003
519 (18.81 %)Linux
611 (10.89 %)Windows 2000
75 (4.950 %)Solaris
84 (3.960 %)Windows NT
93 (2.970 %)Windows 2000 Server
102 (1.980 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (1.980 %)Windows Vista
102 (1.980 %)MVS
102 (1.980 %)AIX
111 (0.990 %)HPUX
111 (0.990 %)SUSE
111 (0.990 %)Debian
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (4.950 %)Security Cleared
24 (3.960 %)Migration
33 (2.970 %)ITIL
41 (0.990 %)UML
41 (0.990 %)ERP
41 (0.990 %)CAD
41 (0.990 %)Service Delivery
41 (0.990 %)PDM
41 (0.990 %)Software Testing
41 (0.990 %)Performance Management
41 (0.990 %)QMS
41 (0.990 %)SC Cleared
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (3.960 %)SQL
23 (2.970 %)C
32 (1.980 %)Java
41 (0.990 %)PHP
41 (0.990 %)PL/SQL
41 (0.990 %)C#
41 (0.990 %)VB
41 (0.990 %)VB.NET
41 (0.990 %)VB6
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (9.901 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (6.931 %)Degree
27 (6.931 %)MCP
27 (6.931 %)MCSE
34 (3.960 %)HNC
34 (3.960 %)HND
43 (2.970 %)CCNP
43 (2.970 %)CCNA
43 (2.970 %)Cisco Certification
52 (1.980 %)ISEB
52 (1.980 %)CCA
52 (1.980 %)Citrix Certification
52 (1.980 %)MCSA
61 (0.990 %)Sun Certification
61 (0.990 %)IBM AIX Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.980 %)SLA
21 (0.990 %)BS7799
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (23.76 %)Active Directory
21 (0.990 %)MetaFrame
21 (0.990 %)Terminal Services
21 (0.990 %)NetBackup
21 (0.990 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (0.990 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (4.950 %)Tivoli
23 (2.970 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (1.980 %)CONTROL-M
41 (0.990 %)ZENworks
41 (0.990 %)DameWare
41 (0.990 %)NNM
41 (0.990 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
41 (0.990 %)Netcool
41 (0.990 %)OpenView
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (17.82 %)Microsoft
212 (11.88 %)Cisco
310 (9.901 %)HP
49 (8.911 %)Citrix
54 (3.960 %)Nokia
54 (3.960 %)Dell
63 (2.970 %)VERITAS
63 (2.970 %)VMware
72 (1.980 %)Oracle
72 (1.980 %)Siemens
72 (1.980 %)Red Hat
72 (1.980 %)CheckPoint
72 (1.980 %)Sophos
72 (1.980 %)Sun
81 (0.990 %)IBM
81 (0.990 %)EMC
81 (0.990 %)Novell
81 (0.990 %)BT
81 (0.990 %)OPNET
81 (0.990 %)Lotus