The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 37 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 1 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.397% - 1.618%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.431% - 1.689%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £158 £200 £210
% change year-on-year
-21.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
232 231 296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.06% 92.03% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 110 174
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £138 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 28
Average hourly rate £17.00 £12.50 £13.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -5.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.35 £27.50 £26.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Support Technician
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) TOAD
3 1 (33.33%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) AutoCAD
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Pro/ENGINEER
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Notes
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (33.33%) Pro/ENGINEER
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) TOAD
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Lotus