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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support 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 jobs that have cited Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4247
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.270 %1.085 %
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£249£283
% change on same period last year-11.90 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.67
Average hourly rate-£13.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.58£15.95
% change on same period last year+3.90 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads370553
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.499 %0.553 %
Daily rates quoted132113
Average minimum daily rate£281£330
Average daily rate£298£347
% change on same period last year-13.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted53111
Average minimum hourly rate£18.59£21.66
Average hourly rate£20.24£23.98
% change on same period last year-15.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.88£26.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.87£25.62
% change on same period last year-6.81 %
Technical Support South EastTechnical Support
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
Demand Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Kent region over the 3 months to 4 September 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CanterburyNew entry-1--
Technical Support South EastTechnical Support
South East

Technical Support
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

14 (66.67 %)DECnet
14 (66.67 %)Clustering
14 (66.67 %)VAX
14 (66.67 %)VMS
14 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
14 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
22 (33.33 %)Health
22 (33.33 %)Migration
22 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (16.67 %)Citrix
31 (16.67 %)MetaFrame
31 (16.67 %)Novell
31 (16.67 %)Terminal Server
31 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)GroupWise
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %).NET
31 (16.67 %)MS Project
31 (16.67 %)MS Office
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)Windows XP
31 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
31 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)Novell eDirectory
31 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (16.67 %)NetWare
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
11 (16.67 %)GroupWise
11 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Project
11 (16.67 %)MS Office
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)DECnet
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Health
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)Clustering
14 (66.67 %)VAX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)VMS
21 (16.67 %)NetWare
21 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (16.67 %)Windows
21 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
14 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
22 (33.33 %)Migration
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)VB
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (16.67 %)MetaFrame
21 (16.67 %)Terminal Server
21 (16.67 %)Novell eDirectory
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft
11 (16.67 %)Citrix
11 (16.67 %)Novell