Leicestershire IT Support Technician Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician role in IT contracts within the Leicestershire 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 IT Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IT Support Technician
Location Birmingham Brighton Bromley Calderdale Cheshire City of London Dartford Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Folkestone Grimsby Halifax Hampshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Manchester Middlesex North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Preston Romford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	42
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	1.064 %	0.508 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£105	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.00	£9.00
Average hourly rate	£12.25	£10.75
% change on same period last year	+13.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.50	£12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£12.19	£13.49
% change on same period last year	-9.67 %
Job Titles Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	188	394
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.305 %	0.430 %
Daily rates quoted	53	83
Average minimum daily rate	£288	£310
Average daily rate	£302	£336
% change on same period last year	-10.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	88
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.12	£17.77
Average hourly rate	£20.73	£19.01
% change on same period last year	+9.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.35	£20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.15	£23.97
% change on same period last year	-3.43 %
IT Support Technician East Midlands

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.

IT Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

IT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Support Technician across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 4 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
Leicester	-	2	-	-

IT Support Technician East Midlands

IT Support Technician
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title.

1 1 (50.00 %) Windows 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows XP 1 1 (50.00 %) Active Directory 1 1 (50.00 %) ECDL

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Operating Systems 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows XP	Qualifications 1 1 (50.00 %) ECDL
System Software 1 1 (50.00 %) Active Directory