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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Specialist
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5763
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.528 %0.399 %
Daily rates quoted80
Average minimum daily rate£302-
Average daily rate£308-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£314-
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£295
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.83
Average hourly rate-£33.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.96£25.57
% change on same period last year+24.96 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads720751
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.014 %0.759 %
Daily rates quoted241202
Average minimum daily rate£291£311
Average daily rate£311£325
% change on same period last year-4.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted93124
Average minimum hourly rate£18.24£20.53
Average hourly rate£19.27£21.33
% change on same period last year-9.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.30£22.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Support Specialist BuckinghamshireSupport Specialist
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.

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Support Specialist Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Specialist across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Milton Keynes Support Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Specialist across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region that cited Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title.

113 (72.22 %)Security Cleared
212 (66.67 %)Windows
39 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
46 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
46 (33.33 %)Client/Server
55 (27.78 %)Cisco
64 (22.22 %)Microsoft
64 (22.22 %)Citrix
64 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
64 (22.22 %)Terminal Server
64 (22.22 %)OVOW
73 (16.67 %)Auditing
73 (16.67 %)Operations Management
73 (16.67 %)OpenView Configuration Management
73 (16.67 %)3G
73 (16.67 %)2G
73 (16.67 %)Migration
73 (16.67 %)Replication
73 (16.67 %)ITSM
73 (16.67 %)DNS
73 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
73 (16.67 %)ITIL
73 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (16.67 %)CNE
73 (16.67 %)Novell Certification
73 (16.67 %)Windows XP
73 (16.67 %)MCSE
73 (16.67 %)Active Directory
73 (16.67 %)OpenView
82 (11.11 %)HP

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region that cited Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
21 (5.556 %)Lotus Notes
21 (5.556 %)Lotus Domino
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (16.67 %)3G
13 (16.67 %)DNS
13 (16.67 %)2G
22 (11.11 %)Firewall
31 (5.556 %)FDDI
31 (5.556 %)Intranet
31 (5.556 %)Internet
31 (5.556 %)BSS
31 (5.556 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (5.556 %)MPLS
31 (5.556 %)OSPF
31 (5.556 %)BGP
31 (5.556 %)DSLAM
31 (5.556 %)L2TP
31 (5.556 %)NetScreen
31 (5.556 %)ATM
31 (5.556 %)LAN
31 (5.556 %)WAN
31 (5.556 %)Ethernet
31 (5.556 %)RIP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Auditing
22 (11.11 %)Finance
22 (11.11 %)Government
22 (11.11 %)Legal
31 (5.556 %)Telecoms
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (33.33 %)Client/Server
23 (16.67 %)Replication
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (66.67 %)Windows
29 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
33 (16.67 %)Windows XP
33 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
42 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (5.556 %)UNIX
51 (5.556 %)FreeBSD
51 (5.556 %)Solaris
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (72.22 %)Security Cleared
26 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
33 (16.67 %)ITIL
33 (16.67 %)ITSM
33 (16.67 %)Migration
33 (16.67 %)Operations Management
42 (11.11 %)Problem Management
42 (11.11 %)DV Cleared
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.556 %)Java
11 (5.556 %)Perl
11 (5.556 %)PHP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (16.67 %)CNE
13 (16.67 %)Novell Certification
13 (16.67 %)MCSE
22 (11.11 %)SCSP
31 (5.556 %)CCNA
31 (5.556 %)Cisco Certification
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (22.22 %)Terminal Server
23 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (22.22 %)OVOW
23 (16.67 %)OpenView
23 (16.67 %)OpenView Configuration Management
32 (11.11 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (5.556 %)NNM
41 (5.556 %)CiscoWorks
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (27.78 %)Cisco
24 (22.22 %)Microsoft
24 (22.22 %)Citrix
32 (11.11 %)HP
32 (11.11 %)Symantec
32 (11.11 %)McAfee Security
41 (5.556 %)Huawei
41 (5.556 %)Lotus