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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank77-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.610 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£197£218
% change on same period last year-9.57 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£16.60-
Average hourly rate£16.60-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.60-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.81£17.19
% change on same period last year+9.38 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11471275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.622 %1.291 %
Daily rates quoted265274
Average minimum daily rate£323£329
Average daily rate£346£346
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted79103
Average minimum hourly rate£20.32£27.40
Average hourly rate£21.93£28.49
% change on same period last year-23.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.55£29.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Technical Support Engineer West YorkshireTechnical Support Engineer
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.

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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Leeds Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

15 (62.50 %)HP
24 (50.00 %)Compaq
24 (50.00 %)Dell
24 (50.00 %)SharePoint
33 (37.50 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)CSS
33 (37.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (37.50 %)Publishing
33 (37.50 %)CMS
42 (25.00 %)XSLT
42 (25.00 %)XHTML
42 (25.00 %)C#
42 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (25.00 %)JavaScript
42 (25.00 %).NET
42 (25.00 %)NHS
51 (12.50 %)VPN
51 (12.50 %)Microsoft
51 (12.50 %)OpenView
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server
51 (12.50 %)MS Office
51 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
51 (12.50 %)WebServices
51 (12.50 %)XML
51 (12.50 %)Web Design
51 (12.50 %)Health
51 (12.50 %)Fault Management
51 (12.50 %)OVSD
51 (12.50 %)Knowledge Management
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (37.50 %)HTML
13 (37.50 %)CSS
22 (25.00 %).NET
22 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (25.00 %)XSLT
22 (25.00 %)XHTML
31 (12.50 %)Windows SharePoint Services
31 (12.50 %)WebServices
31 (12.50 %)XML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)SharePoint
23 (37.50 %)CMS
23 (37.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (12.50 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)VPN
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Publishing
21 (12.50 %)Health
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)NHS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Web Design
11 (12.50 %)Knowledge Management
11 (12.50 %)Fault Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)C#
12 (25.00 %)JavaScript
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (12.50 %)OpenView
11 (12.50 %)OVSD
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)HP
24 (50.00 %)Compaq
24 (50.00 %)Dell
31 (12.50 %)Microsoft