Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1724
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.632 %0.781 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£200-
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£241
% change on same period last year+16.58 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.60£20.00
Average hourly rate£30.60£27.50
% change on same period last year+11.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.60£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.77£23.63
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads76128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.120 %0.137 %
Daily rates quoted2741
Average minimum daily rate£256£289
Average daily rate£278£303
% change on same period last year-8.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£316
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted2029
Average minimum hourly rate£15.81£23.68
Average hourly rate£16.75£24.94
% change on same period last year-32.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.68£26.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
3rd Line Support Suffolk3rd Line Support
Suffolk

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.

3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ipswich 3rd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich 3rd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

14 (80.00 %)Solaris
14 (80.00 %)Linux
14 (80.00 %)Sun
23 (60.00 %)Cisco
23 (60.00 %)Brocade
23 (60.00 %)HP
23 (60.00 %)EMC
23 (60.00 %)SAN
23 (60.00 %)AIX
23 (60.00 %)HPUX
23 (60.00 %)VERITAS
32 (40.00 %)Legato
32 (40.00 %)Change Management
32 (40.00 %)CLARiiON
32 (40.00 %)Symmetrix
32 (40.00 %)NetBackup
32 (40.00 %)OpenView
32 (40.00 %)OVPA
32 (40.00 %)HP Data Protector
41 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
41 (20.00 %)CA
41 (20.00 %)Telecoms
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)Internet
41 (20.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
41 (20.00 %)UNIX
41 (20.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)OO
41 (20.00 %)SAS

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)SAS
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)SAN
21 (20.00 %)Internet
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
11 (20.00 %)Finance
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)CLARiiON
12 (40.00 %)Symmetrix
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Solaris
14 (80.00 %)Linux
23 (60.00 %)AIX
23 (60.00 %)HPUX
31 (20.00 %)UNIX
31 (20.00 %)Windows
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Change Management
21 (20.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)NetBackup
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (40.00 %)OpenView
12 (40.00 %)Legato
12 (40.00 %)OVPA
12 (40.00 %)HP Data Protector
21 (20.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Sun
23 (60.00 %)HP
23 (60.00 %)EMC
23 (60.00 %)VERITAS
23 (60.00 %)Brocade
23 (60.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)CA