The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Milton Keynes 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support Analyst
Rank 50 61 54
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 5 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.942% 0.143% 0.332%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.006% 0.152% 0.351%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £210 - £164
UK excluding London average daily rate £185 £140 £185
% change year-on-year
+32.14% -24.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
497 659 570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 93.60% 94.41% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 272 216
Average daily rate £325 £315 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 48 75
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
2nd Line Support Analyst
Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Milton Keynes 2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes 2nd Line Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes 2nd Line Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Lotus
2 6 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 6 (75.00%) MS Office
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (50.00%) Citrix
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (25.00%) Broadband
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) PDA
5 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (25.00%) 3G
5 2 (25.00%) Remedy
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Broadband
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (25.00%) PDA
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
4 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Lotus
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) Remedy
4 1 (12.50%) VMware