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This section looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-96
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£166£211
% change on same period last year-21.27 %
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£17.05£15.43
% change on same period last year+10.53 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads12921748
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.722 %1.744 %
Daily rates quoted480712
Average minimum daily rate£357£325
Average daily rate£383£345
% change on same period last year+11.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted158189
Average minimum hourly rate£25.25£24.11
Average hourly rate£26.39£25.21
% change on same period last year+4.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.54£26.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Support Technician East of EnglandSupport Technician
East of England

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 Technician
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Support Technician
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)MCSE
21 (50.00 %)DHCP
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (50.00 %)VERITAS
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Sophos
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Government
21 (50.00 %)Migration
21 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (50.00 %)Data Migration
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)DHCP
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
11 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Migration
11 (50.00 %)Data Migration
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)MCSE
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)VERITAS
11 (50.00 %)Sophos