Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT contracts within the North East 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 Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4741
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.393 %2.075 %
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£250£260
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£14.00
Average hourly rate£12.00£16.50
% change on same period last year-27.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.48£18.56
% change on same period last year-16.60 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads509771
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.798 %0.839 %
Daily rates quoted101198
Average minimum daily rate£291£334
Average daily rate£312£347
% change on same period last year-10.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted90109
Average minimum hourly rate£17.23£25.21
Average hourly rate£18.60£27.30
% change on same period last year-31.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.98£29.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.38£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Technical Support EnglandTechnical Support
England

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.

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

North East Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Support across the North East region.

North East Technical Support Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Support across the North East region.

North East Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DurhamDown-71--
Tyne and WearUp+11--
Technical Support EnglandTechnical Support
England

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

16 (75.00 %)Microsoft
16 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (37.50 %)Government
23 (37.50 %)Cisco
32 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
32 (25.00 %)VME
32 (25.00 %)Firewall
32 (25.00 %)Banking
32 (25.00 %)Information Management
32 (25.00 %)MVS
32 (25.00 %)Active Directory
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)UNIX
32 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (25.00 %)UML
32 (25.00 %)SSADM
32 (25.00 %)DSDM
32 (25.00 %)Windows XP
41 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
41 (12.50 %)VoIP
41 (12.50 %)DHCP
41 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
41 (12.50 %)VPN
41 (12.50 %)DNS
41 (12.50 %)MS Excel
41 (12.50 %)CRM
41 (12.50 %)SharePoint
41 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
41 (12.50 %)MCSE

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
11 (12.50 %)SharePoint
11 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
11 (12.50 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (12.50 %)MS Excel
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft CRM
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)Firewall
21 (12.50 %)Wireless
21 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
21 (12.50 %)VoIP
21 (12.50 %)DHCP
21 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
21 (12.50 %)VPN
21 (12.50 %)DNS
21 (12.50 %)Internet
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Government
22 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (12.50 %)Finance
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Blackberry
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (37.50 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (25.00 %)VME
32 (25.00 %)UNIX
32 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (25.00 %)Windows XP
32 (25.00 %)MVS
41 (12.50 %)Linux
41 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)UML
12 (25.00 %)SSADM
12 (25.00 %)DSDM
12 (25.00 %)Information Management
12 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
21 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
21 (12.50 %)Systems Analysis
21 (12.50 %)CRM
21 (12.50 %)Zachman Framework
21 (12.50 %)TOGAF
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)C
11 (12.50 %)SQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)MCSE
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)Microsoft
23 (37.50 %)Cisco
31 (12.50 %)HP
31 (12.50 %)Lotus
31 (12.50 %)CheckPoint
31 (12.50 %)VMware
31 (12.50 %)WatchGuard