The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 103 88 103
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.128% 0.440% 0.164%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.137% 0.470% 0.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
Average daily rate £233 £250 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.00% -25.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £225 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.81% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £26.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +21.95%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1456 1489 1707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.21% 93.53% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 683 718
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 £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 218 240
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% -23.21%
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%
Support Specialist
South East

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 -4 1 £240 -
Portsmouth - 1 £225 -
Support Specialist
South East

Support Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
1 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Hyperion
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (60.00%) General Ledger
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Applications
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
1 3 (60.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix