The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 97 88 102
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 7 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.452% 0.686% 0.270%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.485% 0.729% 0.289%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £180 £200 £210
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 4
Average hourly rate £11.50 £12.25 £11.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.12% +5.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £13.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-11.53% -3.70%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1443 1508 1731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.22% 94.07% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 700 725
Average daily rate £350 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £238
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 162 221 241
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -22.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.49 £11.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Support Technician
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +1 7 - -
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Support 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 Support Technician in their job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) MS Office
3 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Backup Exec
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (10.00%) IIS
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) SCCM
4 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Avaya
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (10.00%) VPN
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) MCP
4 1 (10.00%) CRM

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Support 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 Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) MCP
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) Avaya
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
Southampton, Hampshire
2 x Service Desk & 1st Line Support Engineers are required for 6 month contracts (potential to go perm or become long term) based near Southampton. Working within the...
Connectus
Rate: £10 - £13 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013