North West Desktop Support Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Analyst role in IT contracts within the North West 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Desktop Support Analyst
Location Aberdeen Basildon Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chertsey Cheshire City of London Cleethorpes Congleton County Antrim Darlington Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hounslow Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South Shields South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	121
Rank change on same period last year	-12
Matching contract IT job ads	10	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.283 %	0.454 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£190
Average daily rate	-	£190
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£190
UK excluding London average daily rate	£151	£136
% change on same period last year	+11.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	£14.00
Average hourly rate	£13.07	£14.50
% change on same period last year	-9.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.14	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.84	£15.93
% change on same period last year	-6.86 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3534	3747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.711 %	3.791 %
Daily rates quoted	819	800
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£320
Average daily rate	£346	£336
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	421	363
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.71	£21.12
Average hourly rate	£22.79	£22.71
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.86	£24.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Desktop Support Analyst 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst across the North West 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 Desktop Support Analyst across the North West 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 Desktop Support Analyst across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	-6	4	-	-
Manchester	-18	2	-	-
Merseyside	0	2	-	-
Lancashire	+11	1	-	-

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Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title.

1 11 (78.57 %) Windows 2 8 (57.14 %) MS Office 3 6 (42.86 %) Microsoft 4 5 (35.71 %) MS Exchange 5 4 (28.57 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (28.57 %) Windows XP 6 2 (14.29 %) Configuration Management 6 2 (14.29 %) TCP/IP 6 2 (14.29 %) Active Directory 6 2 (14.29 %) MS Excel 7 1 (7.143 %) Windows NT 7 1 (7.143 %) DHCP 7 1 (7.143 %) MCSE 7 1 (7.143 %) ITIL 7 1 (7.143 %) HND

7 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft Certification 7 1 (7.143 %) Avaya 7 1 (7.143 %) NHS 7 1 (7.143 %) DNS 7 1 (7.143 %) PDA 7 1 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 1 (7.143 %) Degree 7 1 (7.143 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 5 (35.71 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 2003	Applications 1 8 (57.14 %) MS Office 2 2 (14.29 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 2 (14.29 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (7.143 %) DNS 2 1 (7.143 %) DHCP	General 1 1 (7.143 %) Finance
Miscellaneous 1 1 (7.143 %) NHS 1 1 (7.143 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 11 (78.57 %) Windows 2 4 (28.57 %) Windows 2000 2 4 (28.57 %) Windows XP 3 1 (7.143 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (14.29 %) Configuration Management 2 1 (7.143 %) ITIL	Qualifications 1 1 (7.143 %) HND 1 1 (7.143 %) MCSE 1 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (7.143 %) Degree
System Software 1 2 (14.29 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 6 (42.86 %) Microsoft 2 1 (7.143 %) Avaya