Desktop Support Contracts in Kent
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Kent 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 32 32 38
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.394% 1.515% 0.662%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.509% 1.667% 0.685%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £130 £130 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -25.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £138 £150
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.45% -8.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.44%
Search 3 Desktop Support jobs in Kent
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 265 240 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.33% 90.91% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 114 166
Average daily rate £303 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.62% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £138 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £448 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 24 24
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £84.75 £27.50 £39.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
Dartford - 1 - -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £150 -
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (54.55%) DNS
4 5 (45.45%) VMware
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 5 (45.45%) Citrix
4 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (45.45%) DHCP
5 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
5 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
5 4 (36.36%) VBScript
5 4 (36.36%) Terminal Services
5 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (27.27%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (27.27%) PKI
6 3 (27.27%) SCOM
6 3 (27.27%) Firewall
6 3 (27.27%) IPsec
6 3 (27.27%) Juniper
6 3 (27.27%) IPv6
6 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
6 3 (27.27%) VPN
7 2 (18.18%) HP
7 2 (18.18%) Dell
7 2 (18.18%) EMC
7 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
7 2 (18.18%) MS Office
7 2 (18.18%) LAN

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) MS Office
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) DHCP
3 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
4 3 (27.27%) Firewall
4 3 (27.27%) IPsec
4 3 (27.27%) IPv6
4 3 (27.27%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) LAN
5 2 (18.18%) WLAN
5 2 (18.18%) WAN
6 1 (9.091%) VLAN
6 1 (9.091%) Internet
6 1 (9.091%) HTTP
General
1 2 (18.18%) Advertising
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) PKI
2 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
3 1 (9.091%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
5 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Release Management
2 1 (9.091%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) VBScript
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.091%) MCP
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) Terminal Services
2 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCOM
2 1 (9.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) Juniper
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Dell
3 2 (18.18%) EMC
4 1 (9.091%) Avaya
4 1 (9.091%) Veritas
Desktop Support/IT Engineer
Kent, South East
My client, a large NHS organisation, is looking for an experienced 1st/2nd line Service Desk Analyst to join their existing team... This role is varied, with the...
Sand Resources
Rate: £100 - £120 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
Desktop Support, VDI
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Supporting the Infrastructure Audit Action Plan project to undertake the following activities: - Support User Profiling and maintenance of profiles - Support in confirming data migration requirements and analysis - To...
Sanderson
Rate: £150 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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