Desktop Support Contracts in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support 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 Manchester 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
Desktop Support
Rank 68 83 56
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 7 5 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.743% 0.381% 1.270%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.795% 0.413% 1.346%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £163 £156 £90
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +73.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £140 £138 £150
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 10
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.25 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +52.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £15.25 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.70 £15.25 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 880 1211 966
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.42% 92.23% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 592 428
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 78 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.10% +15.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wigan +3 1 - -
Oldham - 1 - -
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (61.54%) Windows
1 8 (61.54%) Windows XP
1 8 (61.54%) LAN
1 8 (61.54%) WAN
2 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 4 (30.77%) SLA
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) MCP
5 3 (23.08%) MCSA
5 3 (23.08%) Cisco
5 3 (23.08%) Dell
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (23.08%) Dell Certification
5 3 (23.08%) Internet
5 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Firewall
5 3 (23.08%) VMware
5 3 (23.08%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
5 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (15.38%) Application Packaging
6 2 (15.38%) MS Office

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) LAN
1 8 (61.54%) WAN
2 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
3 3 (23.08%) Internet
3 3 (23.08%) Firewall
4 1 (7.692%) DNS
4 1 (7.692%) DHCP
4 1 (7.692%) IP Telephony
General
1 3 (23.08%) Banking
1 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) NHS
1 1 (7.692%) Thin Client
1 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
1 8 (61.54%) Windows XP
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL V3
3 1 (7.692%) Capacity Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) MCP
1 3 (23.08%) MCSA
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Citrix
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Dell
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) AppSense
3 1 (7.692%) McAfee
Desktop Support Engineer 'software upgrades'
Wigan, Lancashire
The successful Engineer will have atleast 3 years solid PC upgrade knowledge in a commercial 'Microsoft Software applications' environment. Skills and knowledge: VDI, Active Directory Upgrades, MS Windows...
Bullit Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: From £13 to £14 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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