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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Support Engineer
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4453
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.901 %0.189 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£204£195
% change on same period last year+4.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.29£19.30
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Job Titles KentJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads444530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.585 %0.554 %
Daily rates quoted109108
Average minimum daily rate£301£272
Average daily rate£323£284
% change on same period last year+13.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted7995
Average minimum hourly rate£19.47£27.12
Average hourly rate£21.00£29.08
% change on same period last year-27.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.53£31.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.89
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Technical Support Engineer South EastTechnical Support Engineer
South East

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.

Technical Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Engineer Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Technical Support Engineer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
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Daily Rate
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Average Daily Rate
% Change
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RochesterNew entry-2--
Technical Support Engineer South EastTechnical Support Engineer
South East

Technical Support Engineer
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

14 (80.00 %)VAX
14 (80.00 %)SC Cleared
14 (80.00 %)Security Cleared
14 (80.00 %)DECnet
14 (80.00 %)Clustering
14 (80.00 %)VMS
21 (20.00 %)Active Directory
21 (20.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (20.00 %)MCSE
21 (20.00 %)MS Exchange

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
11 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)DECnet
Miscellaneous
14 (80.00 %)VAX
14 (80.00 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
14 (80.00 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)SC Cleared
14 (80.00 %)Security Cleared
Qualifications
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (20.00 %)MCSE
System Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Vendors
11 (20.00 %)Citrix
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