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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts within the Hemel Hempstead 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 Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-15
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.220 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£100
Average daily rate-£110
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£120
UK excluding London average daily rate£271£302
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.32£25.60
% change on same period last year-16.71 %
Hemel Hempstead IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hemel Hempstead
Matching contract IT job ads4482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.088 %
Daily rates quoted924
Average minimum daily rate£204£246
Average daily rate£219£264
% change on same period last year-16.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£234£282
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted108
Average minimum hourly rate£21.81£19.50
Average hourly rate£22.21£20.35
% change on same period last year+9.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.62£21.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Applications Support HerefordshireApplications Support
Herefordshire

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.

Applications Support
Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title.

16 (85.71 %)SQL
16 (85.71 %)Service Management
16 (85.71 %)assyst
24 (57.14 %)Altiris
24 (57.14 %)SQL Server
24 (57.14 %)ITIL
24 (57.14 %)Problem Management
33 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (42.86 %)Crystal Reports
42 (28.57 %)Incident Management
51 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
51 (14.29 %)Business Objects

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hemel Hempstead IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (85.71 %)assyst
Hemel Hempstead IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server
23 (42.86 %)Crystal Reports
23 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
Hemel Hempstead IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (85.71 %)Service Management
24 (57.14 %)ITIL
24 (57.14 %)Problem Management
32 (28.57 %)Incident Management
Hemel Hempstead IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)SQL
Hemel Hempstead IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Altiris
21 (14.29 %)Business Objects