The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 16 13 6
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 2 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 2.532% 1.266% 8.696%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.740% 1.639% 9.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £203 £263
% change year-on-year
+18.51% -22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -9.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-4.22% +4.41%
All Job Titles
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
73 61 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 92.41% 77.22% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 13 39
Average daily rate £275 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £89
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 10
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% +14.28%
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 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Engineer
Berkshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) Sophos
1 2 (66.67%) WSUS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) Sophos