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This section looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Leeds 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 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Second Line Support
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7067
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads1010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.855 %0.901 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£213-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£225-
UK excluding London average daily rate£147£167
% change on same period last year-11.65 %
Hourly rates quoted55
Average minimum hourly rate£16.13£10.53
Average hourly rate£16.83£12.09
% change on same period last year+39.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.53£13.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.22£15.73
% change on same period last year-3.24 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11691110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.558 %1.107 %
Daily rates quoted291188
Average minimum daily rate£322£335
Average daily rate£344£359
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted6392
Average minimum hourly rate£22.34£27.49
Average hourly rate£24.49£28.77
% change on same period last year-14.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.64£30.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
2nd Line Support West Yorkshire2nd Line Support
West Yorkshire

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.

2nd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds 2nd Line Support Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Leeds region.

Leeds 2nd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Leeds region.

Leeds 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Leeds 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Histogram

2nd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

116 (64.00 %)Windows
214 (56.00 %)Active Directory
311 (44.00 %)Microsoft
49 (36.00 %)Lotus
49 (36.00 %)Lotus Notes
49 (36.00 %)Windows XP
56 (24.00 %)MS Excel
56 (24.00 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (20.00 %)Novell
65 (20.00 %)MS Office
65 (20.00 %)NetWare
74 (16.00 %)LAN
74 (16.00 %)Lotus Domino
83 (12.00 %)WAN
83 (12.00 %)TCP/IP
92 (8.000 %)VPN
92 (8.000 %)DNS
92 (8.000 %)Dell
92 (8.000 %)Intranet
92 (8.000 %)Internet
92 (8.000 %)3G
92 (8.000 %)Remedy
92 (8.000 %)Health
92 (8.000 %)NHS
92 (8.000 %)Windows Vista
101 (4.000 %)Time Management
101 (4.000 %)Data Migration
101 (4.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (4.000 %)Migration
101 (4.000 %)VLAN

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (36.00 %)Lotus Notes
24 (16.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (4.000 %)MS Exchange
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (24.00 %)MS Excel
25 (20.00 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.00 %)LAN
23 (12.00 %)WAN
23 (12.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (8.000 %)VPN
32 (8.000 %)DNS
32 (8.000 %)Intranet
32 (8.000 %)Internet
32 (8.000 %)3G
41 (4.000 %)VLAN
41 (4.000 %)HTTP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.000 %)Health
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)NHS
21 (4.000 %)Blackberry
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (64.00 %)Windows
29 (36.00 %)Windows XP
36 (24.00 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (20.00 %)NetWare
52 (8.000 %)Windows Vista
61 (4.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.000 %)Time Management
11 (4.000 %)Data Migration
11 (4.000 %)Migration
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (56.00 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (44.00 %)Microsoft
29 (36.00 %)Lotus
35 (20.00 %)Novell
42 (8.000 %)Dell
42 (8.000 %)Remedy
51 (4.000 %)Symantec
51 (4.000 %)Apple
51 (4.000 %)Citrix