The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 31 24 38
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 9 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 3.000% 4.815% 2.222%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.237% 5.263% 2.295%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 7
Average daily rate £200 £138 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -54.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £223 £225
% change year-on-year
+12.35% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.67% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
278 247 305
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.67% 91.48% 96.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 119 172
Average daily rate £300 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £138 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £27.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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
Maidstone - 3 - -
Tunbridge Wells -1 1 £150 -40.00%
Support Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (43.75%) MS Office
4 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 4 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (25.00%) Internet
6 3 (18.75%) HP
6 3 (18.75%) DNS
6 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
6 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL
6 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
6 3 (18.75%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
7 2 (12.50%) Banking
7 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
7 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (12.50%) VMware
7 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (12.50%) Advertising
7 2 (12.50%) Broadband
7 2 (12.50%) LAN
7 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
7 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
7 2 (12.50%) Photoshop

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) COM
1 1 (6.250%) XML
1 1 (6.250%) EDI
1 1 (6.250%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
1 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Office
2 4 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
4 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (12.50%) Photoshop
5 1 (6.250%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 3 (18.75%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) HTTP
3 2 (12.50%) Broadband
3 2 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (6.250%) VoIP
4 1 (6.250%) DHCP
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco IPT
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) Advertising
1 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) French Language
2 1 (6.250%) Italian Language
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (6.250%) NHS
2 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.250%) Network Management
3 1 (6.250%) Software Deployment
3 1 (6.250%) Data Management
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) MCP
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Terminal Services
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.250%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) HP
3 2 (12.50%) Dell
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix
3 2 (12.50%) Avaya
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco
4 1 (6.250%) Symantec
4 1 (6.250%) Nortel
Kent, South East
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