London Helpdesk Team Leader Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Helpdesk Team Leader role in IT contracts within the London 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 Helpdesk Team Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Chelmsford City of London East Midlands East of England England Essex Leicester Leicestershire London South East Surrey UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Witham Worcestershire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	364	431
Rank change on same period last year	+67
Matching contract IT job ads	8	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	0.033 %	0.081 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£255	£250
Average daily rate	£260	£300
% change on same period last year	-13.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£265	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£152	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	4	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.25	£17.80
Average hourly rate	£18.75	£18.57
% change on same period last year	+0.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.25	£19.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£22.58
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	24057	39555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.15 %	42.10 %
Daily rates quoted	9752	14901
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£424
Average daily rate	£416	£452
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1457	2056
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.18	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£24.60	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Helpdesk Team Leader England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Helpdesk Team Leader across the London region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Helpdesk Team Leader across the London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Helpdesk Team Leader across the London region over the 3 months to 1 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 Helpdesk Team Leader within the London region over the 3 months to 1 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
City of London	+6	2	£318	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Helpdesk Team Leader 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 Helpdesk Team Leader in their job title.

1 10 (55.56 %) ITIL 2 8 (44.44 %) SLA 3 7 (38.89 %) Active Directory 4 4 (22.22 %) Service Management 4 4 (22.22 %) MS Office 5 3 (16.67 %) Microsoft 5 3 (16.67 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (11.11 %) LANDesk 6 2 (11.11 %) Workflow 6 2 (11.11 %) Finance 6 2 (11.11 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 2 (11.11 %) MS Excel 6 2 (11.11 %) MS Exchange 6 2 (11.11 %) COM 6 2 (11.11 %) Citrix

7 1 (5.556 %) Lotus 7 1 (5.556 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (5.556 %) Windows 7 1 (5.556 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (5.556 %) Auditing 7 1 (5.556 %) Banking 7 1 (5.556 %) Investment Banking 7 1 (5.556 %) assyst 7 1 (5.556 %) Incident Management 7 1 (5.556 %) Government 7 1 (5.556 %) Law 7 1 (5.556 %) Publishing 7 1 (5.556 %) Handset 7 1 (5.556 %) Business Continuity 7 1 (5.556 %) Problem Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Helpdesk Team Leader 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 Helpdesk Team Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (11.11 %) COM	Application Platforms 1 2 (11.11 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (11.11 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (5.556 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 4 (22.22 %) MS Office 2 2 (11.11 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (5.556 %) assyst
General 1 2 (11.11 %) Finance 2 1 (5.556 %) Government 2 1 (5.556 %) Law 2 1 (5.556 %) Publishing 2 1 (5.556 %) Banking 2 1 (5.556 %) Investment Banking 2 1 (5.556 %) Auditing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (5.556 %) Handset
Operating Systems 1 1 (5.556 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (55.56 %) ITIL 2 4 (22.22 %) Service Management 3 3 (16.67 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (11.11 %) Workflow 5 1 (5.556 %) Business Continuity 5 1 (5.556 %) Incident Management 5 1 (5.556 %) Problem Management 5 1 (5.556 %) Disaster Recovery
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (44.44 %) SLA	System Software 1 7 (38.89 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 3 (16.67 %) Microsoft 2 2 (11.11 %) Citrix 2 2 (11.11 %) LANDesk 3 1 (5.556 %) Lotus