The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Analyst 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 IT Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Analyst
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.212% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.227% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £135 £180
% change year-on-year
+55.55% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £12.80 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% +2.40%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
883 1192 952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.54% 91.69% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 590 419
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 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 75 77
Average hourly rate £16.84 £18.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.00% +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 £33.32 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Support Analyst
North West

IT Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester IT Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester IT Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester IT Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support Analyst
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited IT 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 IT Support Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (66.67%) iPad
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 2 (66.67%) iPhone
2 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
2 2 (66.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (66.67%) Terminal Services
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7

IT Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited IT 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 IT Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (66.67%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (66.67%) iPad
2 2 (66.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
1 2 (66.67%) Terminal Services
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Apple