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The table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Middlesex 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 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Second Line Support
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5040
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.174 %0.717 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£153£179
% change on same period last year-14.19 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£19.75
Average hourly rate-£20.72
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.07£16.31
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads576558
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.815 %0.565 %
Daily rates quoted120140
Average minimum daily rate£342£301
Average daily rate£358£318
% change on same period last year+12.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted4153
Average minimum hourly rate£23.67£20.78
Average hourly rate£24.62£21.54
% change on same period last year+14.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.58£22.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
2nd Line Support South East2nd Line Support
South East

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.

2nd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Middlesex 2nd Line Support Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex 2nd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)Retail
31 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Marketing
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Windows NT
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)Adobe
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)Citrix
31 (25.00 %)NHS

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Retail
11 (25.00 %)Marketing
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)NHS
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Windows NT
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Adobe
11 (25.00 %)Citrix