Milton Keynes 2nd Line Support Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Milton Keynes 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Second Line Support
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Rank	61	59
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	14	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	1.577 %	1.071 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£240	-
Average daily rate	£240	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£240	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£166	£158
% change on same period last year	+4.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	£12.00
Average hourly rate	£21.00	£13.13
% change on same period last year	+60.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.00	£14.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.25	£15.82
% change on same period last year	-3.57 %
Job Titles Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	888	840
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.184 %	0.850 %
Daily rates quoted	270	170
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£297
Average daily rate	£338	£316
% change on same period last year	+6.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	116	103
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.75	£19.47
Average hourly rate	£20.41	£20.38
% change on same period last year	+0.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.06	£21.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
2nd Line Support Buckinghamshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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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 Milton Keynes region.

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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 Milton Keynes region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 10 (47.62 %) Windows 2 7 (33.33 %) Active Directory 3 5 (23.81 %) MS Office 3 5 (23.81 %) Windows XP 3 5 (23.81 %) MS Exchange 4 4 (19.05 %) Cisco Certification 4 4 (19.05 %) Cisco 4 4 (19.05 %) CCIE 5 3 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (9.524 %) Cisco PIX 6 2 (9.524 %) Network Security 6 2 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (9.524 %) Automotive 6 2 (9.524 %) Retail 6 2 (9.524 %) Blue Coat

6 2 (9.524 %) Cisco IPT 6 2 (9.524 %) CCNP 6 2 (9.524 %) MCP 6 2 (9.524 %) Microsoft Certification 6 2 (9.524 %) CheckPoint 6 2 (9.524 %) Firewall 6 2 (9.524 %) Government 6 2 (9.524 %) IPCC 6 2 (9.524 %) CCVP 7 1 (4.762 %) Management Information System 7 1 (4.762 %) DameWare 7 1 (4.762 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (4.762 %) UNIX 7 1 (4.762 %) HP 7 1 (4.762 %) Compaq

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Application Platforms 1 5 (23.81 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (4.762 %) Exchange Server 2003	Applications 1 5 (23.81 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 2 (9.524 %) Firewall 1 2 (9.524 %) IPCC 1 2 (9.524 %) Cisco IPT 1 2 (9.524 %) Cisco PIX 1 2 (9.524 %) Network Security	General 1 2 (9.524 %) Automotive 1 2 (9.524 %) Government 1 2 (9.524 %) Retail 2 1 (4.762 %) Electric
Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) Management Information System 1 1 (4.762 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 10 (47.62 %) Windows 2 5 (23.81 %) Windows XP 3 1 (4.762 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (4.762 %) UNIX 3 1 (4.762 %) Solaris 3 1 (4.762 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (4.762 %) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (4.762 %) CRM	Qualifications 1 4 (19.05 %) Cisco Certification 1 4 (19.05 %) CCIE 2 2 (9.524 %) CCNP 2 2 (9.524 %) MCP 2 2 (9.524 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (9.524 %) CCVP 3 1 (4.762 %) MCDST 3 1 (4.762 %) Degree
System Software 1 7 (33.33 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (4.762 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 4 (19.05 %) Cisco 2 2 (9.524 %) CheckPoint 2 2 (9.524 %) Blue Coat 3 1 (4.762 %) IBM 3 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft 3 1 (4.762 %) HP 3 1 (4.762 %) Compaq 3 1 (4.762 %) Dell 3 1 (4.762 %) Citrix