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This section looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1211
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads912
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.012 %
As % of the category below12.33 %8.955 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£185
Average daily rate-£205
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£224£250
% change on same period last year-10.36 %
Hourly rates quoted75
Average minimum hourly rate£26.69£26.96
Average hourly rate£27.38£27.28
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.08£27.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.06£18.35
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads73134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.134 %
Daily rates quoted2345
Average minimum daily rate£303£325
Average daily rate£321£338
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted2317
Average minimum hourly rate£25.05£16.74
Average hourly rate£25.72£17.83
% change on same period last year+44.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.39£18.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Support Engineer SuffolkSupport Engineer
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.

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Ipswich Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ipswich Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Ipswich Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

17 (77.78 %)AIX
17 (77.78 %)Solaris
17 (77.78 %)Linux
17 (77.78 %)Cisco
17 (77.78 %)Sun
17 (77.78 %)HP
17 (77.78 %)EMC
17 (77.78 %)SAN
17 (77.78 %)Brocade
26 (66.67 %)HP Data Protector
26 (66.67 %)NetBackup
26 (66.67 %)VERITAS
26 (66.67 %)HPUX
34 (44.44 %)Windows
34 (44.44 %)SLA
43 (33.33 %)Legato
43 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (22.22 %)CLARiiON
52 (22.22 %)Symmetrix
52 (22.22 %)OVPA
52 (22.22 %)OpenView
61 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (11.11 %)Microsoft
61 (11.11 %)MCP

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (77.78 %)SAN
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)CLARiiON
12 (22.22 %)Symmetrix
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (77.78 %)AIX
17 (77.78 %)Solaris
17 (77.78 %)Linux
26 (66.67 %)HPUX
34 (44.44 %)Windows
43 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (11.11 %)MCP
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (44.44 %)SLA
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (66.67 %)NetBackup
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (66.67 %)HP Data Protector
23 (33.33 %)Legato
32 (22.22 %)OVPA
32 (22.22 %)OpenView
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (77.78 %)Cisco
17 (77.78 %)Sun
17 (77.78 %)HP
17 (77.78 %)EMC
17 (77.78 %)Brocade
26 (66.67 %)VERITAS
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft