The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Maidenhead region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 17 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 2 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 2.410% - 9.474%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.667% - 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
Average daily rate £275 - £89
UK excluding London average daily rate £248 £220 £225
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
75 57 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 90.36% 78.08% 91.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 10 42
Average daily rate £288 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.33% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £260 £89
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £410 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 11
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% +1.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £16.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £25.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Analyst
Berkshire

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Support Analyst across the Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Maidenhead Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Analyst across the Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Analyst across the Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) CCNA
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) MOM
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (50.00%) MCITP
2 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (50.00%) SCOM
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (33.33%) UAG
3 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
3 2 (33.33%) ISA Server
3 2 (33.33%) Symantec

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) ClearQuest
General
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) MCSE
1 3 (50.00%) CCNA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GxP
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
3 2 (33.33%) UAG
3 2 (33.33%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) MOM
1 3 (50.00%) SCOM
2 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
3 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (16.67%) Dell
3 1 (16.67%) SAP