The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support 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 Systems Support 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
Systems Support
Rank 97 95 105
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 7 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.452% 0.250% 0.108%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.485% 0.265% 0.116%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £219 £289
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -24.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.88 £18.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.33% +25.00%
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%
Systems Support
South East

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Systems Support Daily Rate Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire Systems Support Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Systems Support Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support 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 5 £300 -
Fareham - 1 - -
Systems Support
South East

Systems Support
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
4 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Migration
4 4 (36.36%) VMware
4 4 (36.36%) Clustering
4 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 4 (36.36%) Citrix
5 3 (27.27%) Biometrics
5 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
5 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
5 3 (27.27%) SLA
5 3 (27.27%) Back Office
6 2 (18.18%) Retail
6 2 (18.18%) CA
6 2 (18.18%) EPoS
6 2 (18.18%) Linux
6 2 (18.18%) MS Office
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
7 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
7 1 (9.091%) UNIX
7 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
7 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (9.091%) Red Hat

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) MS Office
General
1 3 (27.27%) Back Office
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Clustering
2 3 (27.27%) Biometrics
3 2 (18.18%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
3 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 2 (18.18%) Linux
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
5 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Citrix
2 4 (36.36%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) CA
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
Southampton, Hampshire
For this role you need to have previous Systems Support experience - 2nd and/or 3rd line level with technical skills of the following: Active Directory (AD) 2003/2008,...
Connectus
Rate: £16 - £21.75 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013